biography
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| (1914–94)
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| biography:
| Biologist and US governor, born in Tacoma, Washington, USA. Associate marine biology professor at the University of Washington (1947–72), she also directed the Pacific Science Center of research and public education in Seattle (1963–72). The first woman on the Atomic Energy Commission, as chairman (1973–5) she championed nuclear power plant construction. As an Independent governor of Washington (1977–81), she refused to close the nuclear waste dump at Hanford, WA. On leaving office she became an engineering consultant. |
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