HJR62 Summary

• Honors Reverend Jesse Milan, a distinguished civil rights leader who died on February 8, 2021, at age 92.

• Recognizes Milan's career as the first black public school teacher in the Lawrence school district and his later role as Regional Director of Compliance for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development covering Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, and Iowa.

• Documents his service as an Episcopal Church Deacon, founding of Mungano (Baker University's first student diversity organization), and receipt of an honorary doctorate from Baker University in 2001.

• Notes his extensive volunteer work including 50 years at Kansas University relays, leadership of the Kansas NAACP branch, mentoring of university athletes, and service with the Salvation Army.

• Extends condolences to his surviving children—Jesse Milan Jr., John Edward Milan, Julie Ann Milan, and Joy Lynne Milan—and two grandchildren.