Dixy Lee Ray was an American academic, zoologist, scientist, and politician who served as the 17th governor of Washington from 1977 to 1981. She was the state's first female governor and was in office during the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.
- Occupation
- marine biologist, politician, researcher
- Position held
- Governor of Washington, Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- September 3, 1914
- Died
- January 2, 1994