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IN SCR0017
Concurrent Resolution
Status
1/13/2011
Primary Sponsor
John Waterman
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AI Summary
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Urges the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename the portion of State Road 159 from Bicknell to Freelandville in Knox County the "Ernest P. Bicknell Highway"
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Ernest P. Bicknell was appointed National Director of the Red Cross in 1908 and served as Vice Chairman for Insular and Foreign Operations until his death in 1935
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Bicknell was born near Bicknell, Indiana, graduated from Indiana University, worked as a newspaper reporter for six years, and served as General Superintendent of the Chicago Bureau of Charities
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Bicknell responded to the 1906 San Francisco earthquake representing Chicago and Illinois, and spent extended periods in Europe following World War I studying relief needs and receiving medals from Belgium, France, Italy, and Russia
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Directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit copies of the resolution to Bicknell's family and the Indiana Department of Transportation commissioner
Legislative Description
Urging INDOT to name part of State Road 159 the Ernest P. Bicknell Highway.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security, Transportation and Veterans Affairs
1/13/2011