PRINTER'S NO. 3183
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2349
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY IRVIN, MOUL, SCHMITT, JAMES, BERNSTINE, KAUFFMAN,
STAATS, JOZWIAK, ROWE AND GILLEN, MAY 29, 2024
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MAY 29, 2024
AN ACT
Designating a portion of U.S. Route 522 from the intersection
with Main Street to the intersection with Town Hill Street in
Shade Gap Borough, Huntingdon County, as the Special Agent
Terry R. Anderson Memorial Highway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Special Agent Terry R. Anderson Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Terry Ray Anderson was born in Washington, Iowa, on
January 19, 1924.
(2) Special Agent Anderson attended college at Drake
University and the University of Notre Dame.
(3) Special Agent Anderson enlisted in the Marine Corps
his sophomore year of college during World War II.
(4) Special Agent Anderson served in the Marine Corps
for two years and was discharged as a lieutenant.
(5) Special Agent Anderson returned to Iowa in 1947 and
taught history at Dallas Center High School, where he also
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coached football, basketball and track.
(6) Special Agent Anderson joined the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) in 1951.
(7) After joining the FBI, Special Agent Anderson spent
his first year in the FBI's Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio,
offices, and he was later assigned to the Philadelphia
Division in January 1952 and served in the main office for
four years before being assigned as a resident agent in
Harrisburg.
(8) Special Agent Anderson lived in Cumberland County
with his wife and four children, where he was active in local
youth sports programs, supporting his children.
(9) On May 17, 1966, Special Agent Anderson was shot and
killed in the line of duty while pursuing a kidnapped victim
and her abductor in the rugged mountain terrain near Shade
Gap, Huntingdon County.
(10) The kidnapped victim was later rescued and the
abductor was killed on May 18, 1966.
(11) Special Agent Anderson was laid to rest at the Elm
Grove Cemetery in his hometown of Washington, Iowa.
(b) Designation.--The portion of U.S. Route 522 from the
intersection with Main Street to the intersection with Town Hill
Street in Shade Gap Borough, Huntingdon County, is designated
the Special Agent Terry R. Anderson Memorial Highway.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to
traffic in both directions on the highway.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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