MARINE SCIENCE 



FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1960 



U.S. Senate, 

 Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, 



Washington^ D.C. 

 The committee met at 9 :30 a.m., in room 5110, Senate Office Build- 

 ing, Hon. Frank J. Lausche, presiding. 



Senator Lausche. Mrs. Ray, if you will step forward, please. 

 (A biographical sketch of Mrs. E,ay follows :) 



DixT Lee Rat 



Address : Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle 5, Wash- 

 Major field of interest : Marine biology. 

 Born : Tacoma, Wash., September 3, 1914. 



Degrees: BA., Mills College, 1937; M.A., 1938; Ph. D. (biology) Stanford 

 University, 1945. 



Professional career: Instructor zoology. University of Washington, 1945-47; 

 assistant professor, 1947-57 ; associate professor, 1957- ; member staff, Friday- 

 Harbor Laboratories, 1947- ; executive committee 1958-. 



Awards : Guggenheim fellow, 1952-53. 



Member: American Association for the Advancement of Science,. 



American Institute of Biological Science, Western Society Naturalists- 

 Scientific contributions in : Microbiology ; fish morphology ; marine- 



invertebrates ; cellulolytic activity of marine wood-boring animals. 



STATEMENT OE DIXY LEE EAY, ASSOCIATE PEOFESSOE OP 

 ZOOLOGY, UNIVEESITY OP WASHINGTON 



Mrs. Rat. My name is Dixy Lee Ray. I am associate professor of 

 zoology at the University of Washington where my time is divided 

 between instruction in invertebrate zoology on the Seattle campus, 

 and research and graduate training at the university's marine field lab- 

 oratories at Friday Harbor. The area of my special interest is marine 

 biology. It is a pleasure to be here today and to have tliis opportu- 

 nity to speak in support of an expanded program of research in 

 oceanography. 



That it is in the best interests of our Nation to increase our knowl- 

 edge and deepen our understanding of the world we live in, is suffi- 

 ciently self-evident so as to require little justification. The present 

 and vital need to focus attention upon study of the sea, and the rea- 

 sons why this must be a truly national endeavor have already been 

 pointed out by Senator Magiiuson in his opening statement. 



I would like to add only this : that I am wholeheartedly in accord 

 with what he has said. And it is my opinion that the points h.% 

 stressed express also the convictions of biologists generally. 



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