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IN HCR0042
Concurrent Resolution
Status
N/A
Primary Sponsor
Matthew Ubelhor
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AI Summary
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Urges the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename the section of U.S. 231 from Interstate Highway 69 to Bloomfield as the "Donald W. Dean Memorial Highway"
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Donald Dean was born April 1, 1922, and died April 3, 2007; he graduated from Bloomfield High School in 1940
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Served in the Army during World War II for four years, six months, and 26 days as a technical sergeant in Tunisia, Sicily, and Italy under Generals George Patton and Mark Clark, earning six medal stars
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Elected to the Indiana House of Representatives in 1978 and served 12 years, including service on the Public Policy, Roads and Transportation, County and Townships, and Natural Resources committees and as chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committee
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Accomplished passage of the Grandparent's Visitation Law, initiated red and blue lights on police cars, secured funding for the Veterans Bridge over the White River, assisted in expanding Highway 37 to four lanes from Bedford to south of Mitchell, and oversaw creation of Circuit and Superior Courts in Greene County
Legislative Description
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename that part of U.S. 231 from Interstate Highway 69 to the city of Bloomfield the "Donald W. Dean Memorial Highway".