Mimi Lee
| Mimi Lee | |
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| First Lady of Maryland | |
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In role June 4, 1977 – January 16, 1979 |
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| Preceded by | Jeanne Dorsey Mandel |
| Succeeded by | Jeanne Dorsey Mandel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 1, 1920 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Died | August 9, 2011 (aged 91) Laurel, Maryland, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Blair Lee III |
| Relations | Pierre de Lagarde Boal (father) |
| Children | Two daughters, six sons |
| Alma mater | Bryn Mawr College (1943) |
| Occupation | Chemist |
Mathilde B. "Mimi" Lee (May 1, 1920 – August 9, 2011) was an American chemist, athlete and philanthropist who served as the First Lady of Maryland from 1977 to 1979 when her husband, then Lt. Governor Blair Lee III, became acting Governor following the departure of Governor Marvin Mandel.
Lee was born Mathilde Boal on May 1, 1920, in Washington, D.C. She was named for her maternal grandmother, a distant relative of Christopher Columbus. Her mother, Jeanne de Menthon, a native of France, was a descendant of the 11th century French saint, Bernard of Menthon. Lee's father, Pierre de Lagarde Boal, was an American diplomat who served as the United States' ambassador to Nicaragua and Bolivia during the 1940s. Boal, who was fluent in English, French and Spanish, lived in ten countries by the time she completed college.
Boal graduated from Elmwood School, an exclusive all-girls school in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, where her father was stationed for a diplomatic post. She obtained a bachelor's degree in chemistry in 1943, graduating cum laude from Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
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