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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION |
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| INTRODUCED BY M. SMITH, MAHER, BRADFORD, CALTAGIRONE, D. COSTA, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, EVERETT, FLECK, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GRELL, HENNESSEY, HESS, KORTZ, KULA, MAJOR, MANN, MILLARD, MOUL, MUSTIO, QUINN, READSHAW, ROCK, ROSS, SCAVELLO, SWANGER, VEREB, VULAKOVICH AND WAGNER, APRIL 1, 2011 |
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| INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, APRIL 1, 2011 |
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| A RESOLUTION |
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1 | Recognizing April 9, 2011, as "Martha Dixon Day" in |
2 | Pennsylvania, to honor the life of FBI Special Agent Martha |
3 | Dixon. |
4 | WHEREAS, Martha Dixon was born January 10, 1959, in Mount |
5 | Lebanon, Pennsylvania; and |
6 | WHEREAS, Ms. Dixon graduated from Mount Lebanon High School |
7 | in 1977; and |
8 | WHEREAS, She continued her education at the University of |
9 | Pittsburgh, from which she graduated in 1982 with a degree in |
10 | chemistry; and |
11 | WHEREAS, Ms. Dixon began her professional career in Little |
12 | Rock, Arkansas, at the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory where she |
13 | worked as a forensic chemist analyzing crime scenes and |
14 | providing expert testimony on behalf of the State of Arkansas; |
15 | and |
16 | WHEREAS, Ms. Dixon became an agent of the Federal Bureau of |
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1 | Investigation (FBI) in 1987; and |
2 | WHEREAS, She was then assigned to the Knoxville, Tennessee, |
3 | FBI Field Office, where, among other assignments, she negotiated |
4 | and resolved the uprising at the Talladega Federal Correctional |
5 | Institution in August 1991; and |
6 | WHEREAS, Her participation in this event and successful |
7 | forced entry into the prison, which had been overtaken by |
8 | prisoners, returned control to prison officials, for which she |
9 | was decorated for her bravery; and |
10 | WHEREAS, In 1992, Ms. Dixon was transferred from the |
11 | Knoxville field office to the Washington, D.C. Main Field Office |
12 | of the FBI (WMFO), and assigned to the Cold Case Homicide Task |
13 | Force to assist the Washington, D.C. Metro Police Force in |
14 | determining unsolved crimes; and |
15 | WHEREAS, On November 22, 1994, Special Agent Dixon made the |
16 | ultimate sacrifice on behalf of the FBI as she responded to |
17 | gunfire in the Cold Case Division area of the WMFO; and |
18 | WHEREAS, By injuring the perpetrator, Ms. Dixon prevented the |
19 | possibility of an even greater loss of human life and injury to |
20 | fellow law enforcement agents and civilians within the building; |
21 | and |
22 | WHEREAS, Ms. Dixon has been awarded several honors, including |
23 | the FBI Memorial Star, the FBI Commendation for Meritorious |
24 | Service, the FBI Medal of Valor, the Michael John Buczek Medal |
25 | of Honor, the FBI Agents Association's J. Edgar Hoover Memorial |
26 | Award for Valor, the Attorney General's Award for Bravery, the |
27 | naming of the FBI Pittsburgh Field Office in her honor, |
28 | recognition on numerous memorial plaques and the 2006 |
29 | Outstanding Mount Lebanon High School Alumni Award; and |
30 | WHEREAS, In memory of Ms. Dixon, her family initiated the |
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1 | Martha Fund; and |
2 | WHEREAS, The largest fundraiser for the Martha Fund is |
3 | "Martha's Run," which is an event exemplifying Ms. Dixon's love |
4 | of running, and the 2011 "Martha's Run" is scheduled for April |
5 | 9, 2011; and |
6 | WHEREAS, Donations to the Martha Fund are used to build or |
7 | renovate and maintain playgrounds, and to date three public |
8 | playgrounds have been erected in her honor, including Martha's |
9 | Playground in Mount Lebanon; and |
10 | WHEREAS, Martha was the proud aunt to several nieces and |
11 | nephews and loved watching them play; and |
12 | WHEREAS, These playgrounds offer children a safe place to |
13 | play; therefore be it |
14 | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize April |
15 | 9, 2011, as "Martha Dixon Day" in Pennsylvania, to honor the |
16 | life of this brave woman who paid the ultimate sacrifice in the |
17 | service to and protection of others. |
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