Bill Text: IN HCR0007 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Urging INDOT to name part of SR 59 the Orville Redenbacher Memorial Highway.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2013-02-04 - Referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation [HCR0007 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-HCR0007-Introduced.html
RESOLUTION No. ________
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename the section of State Road 59 from United States Highway 40 to State Road 42 the "Orville Redenbacher Memorial Highway".
_______________________, read first time and referred to Committee on
RESOLUTION
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department
of Transportation to rename the section of State Road 59 from United
States Highway 40 to State Road 42 the "Orville Redenbacher
Memorial Highway".
Whereas, Orville Redenbacher was born in 1907 in Brazil,
Indiana, and grew up on his family's farm;
Whereas, Orville Redenbacher began growing popcorn at
12 years of age, saving enough money from this first business
to attend college;
Whereas, Orville Redenbacher graduated from Brazil High
School in 1924 in the top 5% of his class;
Whereas, Orville attended Purdue University, graduating
with a degree in agronomy in 1928;
Whereas, Orville worked as a school teacher and county
agricultural agent, managed a 12,000 acre farm, and worked
as a low level executive in the fertilizer industry, but his real
passion was popcorn;
Whereas, In 1951, business partner Charles Bowman and
Orville Redenbacher purchased a local corn seed business
near Valparaiso called George F. Chester and Son;
Whereas, Orville experimented with thousands of hybrid
strains of popcorn before creating the perfect strain and
launching the Orville Redenbacher brand in 1970;
Whereas, Orville Redenbacher Gourmet Popping Corn was introduced at Marshall Field's department store in Chicago, Illinois, and, within five years, was the leading national popcorn;
Whereas, Orville Redenbacher died on September 19,
1995; and
Whereas, The name Orville Redenbacher is synonymous
with gourmet popcorn, and his product has become a
national household snack: Therefore,
SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly wishes to honor
the memory of Orville Redenbacher for his many contributions to
Indiana by renaming the section of State Road 59 from United States
Highway 40 to State Road 42 in both directions the "Orville
Redenbacher Memorial Highway".
SECTION 2. That the Principal Clerk of the House of
Representatives transmit copies of this resolution to the family of
Orville Redenbacher and the commissioner of the Indiana Department
of Transportation.
