HR 63 Summary

• Commemorates the life and death of Reverend Jesse Milan, a distinguished Civil Rights leader who died on February 8, 2021, at age 92.

• Honors his career as the first black public school teacher in the Lawrence, Kansas school district and his later role as Assistant Professor of Education at Baker University, where he founded the university's first student diversity organization.

• Recognizes his service as Regional Director of Compliance for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development covering Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, and Iowa from 1971 to 1988.

• Acknowledges his decades of volunteer work mentoring athletes at Kansas University, his 50-year commitment to the Kansas University relays, leadership in civil rights organizations, and his service as a Deacon in the Episcopal Church.

• Records his death with deep sadness and offers tribute to his life and legacy, extending heartfelt sympathy to his surviving children, Jesse Milan Jr., John Edward Milan, Julie Ann Milan, and Joy Lynne Milan.