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IN SCR0035
Concurrent Resolution
Status
2/14/2011
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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Honors Ernest P. Bicknell, who was appointed National Director of the Red Cross in 1908 and served in that capacity until his death in 1935
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Recognizes Bicknell's humanitarian work including relief efforts during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, service as General Superintendent of the Chicago Bureau of Charities, and post-World War I relief work in Europe
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Notes Bicknell was born near Bicknell, Indiana in 1861, graduated from Indiana University, and worked six years as a newspaper reporter
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Requires 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
2/14/2011