PRINTER'S NO. 3256
No. 604 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY DePASQUALE, GILLESPIE, R. MILLER, NICKOL, PERRY,
SAYLOR, BEAR, BEYER, BOBACK, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI,
CAUSER, CLYMER, COHEN, CONKLIN, COX, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI,
EVERETT, FAIRCHILD, FRANKEL, GALLOWAY, GEIST, GEORGE,
GIBBONS, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARHART, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HESS,
JAMES, KOTIK, KULA, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MANN, MANTZ, McGEEHAN,
McILHATTAN, MELIO, METCALFE, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MILNE, MOUL,
MOYER, MURT, MUSTIO, MYERS, PALLONE, PARKER, PETRONE,
PHILLIPS, RAMALEY, RAPP, READSHAW, REED, REICHLEY, ROEBUCK,
ROSS, RUBLEY, SAINATO, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH, SONNEY,
SURRA, SWANGER, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, J. WHITE, WOJNAROSKI,
YOUNGBLOOD AND GINGRICH, FEBRUARY 26, 2008
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
FEBRUARY 26, 2008
A RESOLUTION
1 Honoring the service of Ann Getty DeMoise to her country during
2 World War II and recognizing her role as a pioneering woman
3 in the workforce.
4 WHEREAS, Ann Getty DeMoise was born in Uniontown on August
5 20, 1921, and is 86 years of age; and
6 WHEREAS, Mrs. DeMoise, a member of the Beta Sigma Omicron
7 Sorority, graduated from Westminster College in New Wilmington
8 in 1943 with a bachelor's degree in business administration; and
9 WHEREAS, Mrs. DeMoise completed her undergraduate degree in
10 five semesters, instead of the normal eight, participated in the
11 first Westminster College summer semester and was a member of
12 the first co-ed dining hall at the college; and
13 WHEREAS, Mrs. DeMoise married Dr. Felix DeMoise on June 5,
1 1946, a marriage that blessed her with a daughter, Abigail Susan
2 DeMoise Schappell, born May 25, 1952, and a grandson, Jonathan
3 Michael Schappell, born July 27, 1982; and
4 WHEREAS, Mrs. DeMoise's first job was as an assistant to the
5 vice president and treasurer of Gulf Oil, and she was the only
6 female member of the department; and
7 WHEREAS, Mrs. DeMoise's duties included working with bonds
8 and insurance, as well as assisting the families of soldiers
9 injured by exploding tankers during World War II; and
10 WHEREAS, Mrs. DeMoise volunteered for The Salvation Army by
11 providing food and beverages to soldiers as they passed through
12 the local train station; and
13 WHEREAS, During World War II, Mrs. DeMoise was employed by
14 Bendix Aviation in Philadelphia, which at the time was a
15 national defense company; and
16 WHEREAS, While employed by Bendix Aviation, Mrs. DeMoise
17 worked as an assistant to the chief engineer and was the only
18 woman on the team; and
19 WHEREAS, The position required her to be responsible for all
20 of the top secret documents and blueprints used to develop the
21 device that would hide the Enola Gay from Japanese radar during
22 its mission to Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945, thus
23 facilitating an end to World War II; and
24 WHEREAS, After the war, Mrs. DeMoise relocated to York with
25 her husband, a groundbreaking chiropractor, and family;
26 therefore be it
27 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize Ann
28 Getty DeMoise for her outstanding service to her country during
29 World War II and for her contributions as a pioneering woman in
30 the workplace.
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