Robert D. Ray

Robert D. Ray

Infobox Governor


name= Robert D. Ray
caption=
order= 38th
office= Governor of Iowa
term_start= January 1969
term_end= January 1983
lieutenant=
predecessor= Robert D. Fulton
successor= Terry E. Branstad
birth_date= birth date and age |1928|09|26
birth_place= Des Moines, Iowa
death_date=
death_place=
party= Republican
profession=
spouse= Billie Ray
footnotes=

Robert Dolph Ray (born September 26, 1928 in Des Moines, Iowa) served as the Republican Governor of Iowa from 1969 to 1983. In 1975 his administration permitted 13,000 southeast Asian refugees to settle in Iowa, including the Tai Dam. He was an advocate of the nickel deposit on aluminum cans. A popular governor during his fourteen-year administration, he has continued to be extremely active in public affairs in Iowa since leaving the capitol, serving as interim Mayor of the City of Des Moines, President of Drake University, and leading several statewide educational awareness efforts and fundraising campaigns.

During Ray's time in office, the Iowa Constitution was modified, increasing the Governor's term of office from two years to four years.


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