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IN SR0060
Resolution
Status
Passed
3/12/2014
Primary Sponsor
Brandt Hershman
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AI Summary
- Urges the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename a section of U.S. Highway 231 the "Ray Ewry Memorial Highway"
- Honors Raymond Clarence Ewry, born October 14, 1873, in Lafayette, Indiana, who overcame polio and orphaning to become an Olympic champion
- Ewry won 10 gold medals competing in the Paris Olympics (1900), St. Louis Olympics (1904), Athens Olympics (1906), and London Olympics (1908), making him the second most successful Olympian after Michael Phelps
- Ewry led Purdue University's varsity track team to its first national title and was inducted into the USA Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1974
- Ewry used his Purdue engineering degree to build dams and reservoirs for the New York Board of Water Supply that still provide drinking water to over 8 million residents
Legislative Description
A SENATE RESOLUTION intended to urge the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename a section of U.S. Highway 231 the "Ray Ewry Memorial Highway"
Last Action
Second reading: adopted voice vote
3/12/2014
Committee Referrals
Homeland Security, Transportation, and Veterans Affairs3/4/2014
Full Bill Text
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