RAY E. LEE.

RAY E. LEE.
Ray E. Lee, commissioner of public lands, was born in Ringgold. Iowa, November 10, 1878, a son of L. T. and Mary L. (Livermore) Lee. The father was a stock man and in the conduct of his business along that line provided for the support of his family, which numbered five sons and two daughters. Ray E. Lee, the second of the family, was educated in the rural schools of Iowa and in the schools of Missouri, the family having removed to that state during his boyhood. There he attended the Marysville Seminary and afterward became a student in the Northwestern University at Chicago, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy in 1903. He then accepted a professorship in the Marysville Seminary, where he remained until 1905, when he entered the law department of the University of Missouri, being graduated therefrom with the class of 1907. He afterward made his way direct to Cheyenne, Wyoming, where he entered upon the practice of his profession and won substantial success as a lawyer. He prepared his cases with great thoroughness and care and his mind is naturally analytical, logical and inductive. He was forceful in the presentation of his cause, being strong in his argument and logical in his deductions. In 1911 he was chosen to aid in framing the laws of the state, being elected to the general assembly, and in 1917 Governor Kendrick appointed him to his present office as commissioner of public lands for a two years' term. On the 5th of June, 1909. Mr. Lee was married to Miss Adelaide McDonough, a daughter of Dr. M. L. McDonough, of Winchester, Illinois. In fraternal circles Mr. Lee is a Mason and has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. He also belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and is identified with Phi Delta Phi, a law fraternity. He is fond of golf and outdoor life and turns to it for recreation. He is a recognized leader in the ranks of the democratic party and in 1910 was chairman of the democratic central committee of Laramie and in 1916 was made chairman of the democratic county central committee. He worked most earnestly for the success of his party and carried the county for Senator Kendrick the first time it ever went democratic. In 1912 he was a delegate to the state democratic convention. He is a member of the Wyoming and of the American Bar Associations and is recognized as a lawyer of pronounced ability and as an official whose devotion to the public welfare is above question. He has been closely connected with the settlement of various public problems and has had not a little to do with molding public thought and action in Wyoming during the years of his residence here.

Ray E. Lee, commissioner of public lands, was born in Ringgold. Iowa, November 10, 1878, a son of L. T. and Mary L. (Livermore) Lee. The father was a stock man and in the conduct of his business along that line provided for the support of his family, which numbered five sons and two daughters.
Ray E. Lee, the second of the family, was educated in the rural schools of Iowa and in the schools of Missouri, the family having removed to that state during his boyhood. There he attended the Marysville Seminary and afterward became a student in the Northwestern University at Chicago, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy in 1903. He then accepted a professorship in the Marysville Seminary, where he remained until 1905, when he entered the law department of the University of Missouri, being graduated therefrom with the class of 1907. He afterward made his way direct to Cheyenne, Wyoming, where he entered upon the practice of his profession and won substantial success as a lawyer. He prepared his cases with great thoroughness and care and his mind is naturally analytical, logical and inductive. He was forceful in the presentation of his cause, being strong in his argument and logical in his deductions. In 1911 he was chosen to aid in framing the laws of the state, being elected to the general assembly, and in 1917 Governor Kendrick appointed him to his present office as commissioner of public lands for a two years' term.
On the 5th of June, 1909. Mr. Lee was married to Miss Adelaide McDonough, a daughter of Dr. M. L. McDonough, of Winchester, Illinois. In fraternal circles Mr. Lee is a Mason and has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. He also belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and is identified with Phi Delta Phi, a law fraternity. He is fond of golf and outdoor life and turns to it for recreation. He is a recognized leader in the ranks of the democratic party and in 1910 was chairman of the democratic central committee of Laramie and in 1916 was made chairman of the democratic county central committee. He worked most earnestly for the success of his party and carried the county for Senator Kendrick the first time it ever went democratic. In 1912 he was a delegate to the state democratic convention. He is a member of the Wyoming and of the American Bar Associations and is recognized as a lawyer of pronounced ability and as an official whose devotion to the public welfare is above question. He has been closely connected with the settlement of various public problems and has had not a little to do with molding public thought and action in Wyoming during the years of his residence here.