Kay Drey

Kay Drey has been studying the hazards of nuclear power and radioactive waste since 1974 and has been working toward the shutdown of nuclear power plants and related uranium fuel cycle facilities. Prior to that her primary work was in the field of civil rights.

She is a Board member of the Nuclear Information & Resource Service in Washington, D.C., and is also a Board member of the Green Center, a public outdoor education and cultural arts gathering place in University City.

She received a B.A. degree in anthropology from the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor in 1954.

Among the awards she has received are: the Elijah P. Lovejoy Award (with her husband, Leo -- 2002); St. Louis Woman of Achievement (1993); Ethical Humanist of the Year (St. Louis Ethical Society, with Leo -- 1983); St. Louis Argus (Distinguished Citizen -- (1976); U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region VII (Environmental Quality -- (1979); St. Louis Council on Environmental Health and Safety (1981); American Jewish Congress, St. Louis (Democracy in Action -- 1976); and United Nations Assn., St. Louis (with Leo -- 1995).