PRINTER'S NO. 2680
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2295
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY DALEY, VITALI, HILL-EVANS, JAMES, GUENST, BURNS,
MALAGARI, FREEMAN, JOZWIAK, MADDEN, HENNESSEY, NEILSON AND
HOWARD, JANUARY 27, 2022
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 27, 2022
AN ACT
Designating a portion of State Route 3001 from the intersection
with Walton Road to the intersection with South Valley Forge
Road in Montgomery County as the Dr. Jean Griswold Memorial
Highway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Dr. Jean Griswold Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) A resident of Philadelphia, Dr. Jean Griswold was
born on July 30, 1930, and was diagnosed with multiple
sclerosis at 36 years of age but continued to work actively
in her office until she was 79 years of age.
(2) Dr. Griswold graduated from Kent Place School,
Douglass College with a bachelor of arts degree in economics
and business and Rutgers University with a master of
education degree in personnel and guidance.
(3) Dr. Griswold received an honorary doctorate degree
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from Holy Family University.
(4) From 2003 to 2004, Dr. Griswold was an entrepreneur-
in-residence at the Wharton School of the University of
Pennsylvania.
(5) In 1982, Dr. Griswold founded Griswold Special Care,
later renamed Griswold Home Care, which became the world's
oldest multinational nonmedical home care company with
hundreds of offices and more than 10,000 professional
caregivers throughout the United States, Mexico and South
Korea.
(6) Dr. Griswold also founded Pop-Ins, Home Helpers,
House Calls Unlimited, Nurses Aides of North America and
Nursing Options Worldwide.
(7) In 2013, Dr. Griswold published "Fears of the
Elderly."
(8) Dr. Griswold has been featured on the Today Show and
in Forbes Magazine and Entrepreneur Magazine.
(9) Dr. Griswold has received countless awards
recognizing her tireless efforts to help those in need,
including Pennsylvania's Honor Roll of Women, Fifty Best
Women in Business, Rutgers University's Hall of Distinguished
Alumni, the Spirit of Philadelphia Award and Working Woman's
Entrepreneurial Excellence Award.
(10) Dr. Griswold passed away on January 28, 2017, at 86
years of age, after a 50-year battle with multiple sclerosis.
(b) Designation.--The portion of State Route 3001 from the
intersection with Walton Road to the intersection with South
Valley Forge Road in Montgomery County is designated as the Dr.
Jean Griswold Memorial Highway.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
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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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