PRINTER'S NO. 4647
No. 741 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY THOMAS, JOSEPHS, J. WILLIAMS, WASHINGTON, BISHOP,
OLIVER, CRUZ, ROEBUCK, JAMES, HORSEY, YOUNGBLOOD, MYERS,
PRESTON, ROBINSON, KIRKLAND AND D. EVANS, NOVEMBER 20, 2002
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
NOVEMBER 20, 2002
A RESOLUTION
1 Commending Samuel London Evans on the occasion of his 100th
2 birthday on November 11, 2002.
3 WHEREAS, Samuel London Evans was born on November 11, 1902,
4 and resides in the City of Philadelphia; and
5 WHEREAS, A former porter of the Stark Piano Company, former
6 manager of the Philadelphia Orchestra and founder of the
7 Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra Society, Mr. Evans has earned
8 recognition for his notable contributions to Philadelphia
9 musicians and concertgoers; and
10 WHEREAS, Mr. Evans provided further leadership and service
11 following his 1940 appointment by President Franklin Roosevelt
12 as coordinator of the United States Division of Physical Fitness
13 and his 1945 appointment to the Pennsylvania State Athletic
14 Commission; and
15 WHEREAS, Following his appointment by President Lyndon
16 Johnson as Czar of the War on Poverty in 1965, Mr. Evans was
17 instrumental in organizing the Philadelphia Housing Development
1 Corporation as well as Get Set, Head Start and Community Legal
2 Service programs in Philadelphia; and
3 WHEREAS, Mr. Evans organized Youth City for Philadelphia
4 youths and Family of Leaders, participated in the Columbia
5 University World Study Tour and the New York University
6 Frontiers of Knowledge Study in Integrated Concepts and served
7 as executive vice president of the United States Bicentennial
8 Corporation; therefore be it
9 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives extend
10 commendations to Samuel London Evans on the occasion of his
11 100th birthday on November 11, 2002, in recognition of his
12 outstanding citizenship and lifelong commitment to civic and
13 artistic enterprises, cooperative education and social justice.
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