Dr. Jean Griswold Memorial Highway

Act 140 of 2022, § 24, under MULTIPLE DESIGNATIONS IN MULTIPLE COUNTIES AND A REPEAL - DESIGNATION.

Act 140 of 2022, § 24

Section 24. 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 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 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 State Route 3012, also known as Walton Road, on the border of Whitpain Township and Plymouth Township, to the intersection with Pennsylvania Route 363, in Worcester Township, Montgomery County, is designated the Dr. Jean Griswold Memorial Highway.

(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to traffic in both directions on the highway.