HJR47 Summary

• Commends Reverend Doctor Jerome V. Harris for exceptional professional achievements in banking, religious leadership, and church administration.

• Recognizes Harris's 30-year career at Regions Financial Corporation, including his 1985 designation as "Outstanding Alabama Banker of the Year" and retirement as Senior Vice President in 2000.

• Honors Harris's 42 years of pastoral ministry serving as Senior Pastor of six AME churches in Alabama, including his tenure at Historic Brown Chapel in Selma where he witnessed the 1965 Bloody Sunday march and welcomed President Bill Clinton to the 35th Commemoration ceremony.

• Acknowledges Harris's election in 2000 as 7th Executive Director of the Department of Retirement Services for the African Methodist Episcopal Church, where he grew the retirement investment portfolio from $47.5 million to approximately $125 million over 20 years.

• Resolution adopted by House on February 27, 2020 and Senate on May 4, 2020.