Special Agent Terry R. Anderson Memorial Highway

Act 63 of 2024, § 52, under MULTIPLE DESIGNATIONS IN MULTIPLE COUNTIES - DESIGNATION.

Act 63 of 2024, § 52

Section 52. Special Agent Terry R. Anderson Memorial Highway.

(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:

(1) Terry Ray Anderson was born in Washington, Iowa, on January 19, 1924.

(2) Special Agent Anderson attended college at Drake University and the University of Notre Dame.

(3) Special Agent Anderson enlisted in the Marine Corps his sophomore year of college during World War II.

(4) Special Agent Anderson served in the Marine Corps for two years and was discharged as a lieutenant.

(5) Special Agent Anderson returned to Iowa in 1947 and taught history at Dallas Center High School, where he also coached football, basketball and track.

(6) Special Agent Anderson joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 1951.

(7) After joining the FBI, Special Agent Anderson spent his first year in the FBI's Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio, offices, and he was later assigned to the Philadelphia Division in January 1952 and served in the main office for four years before being assigned as a resident agent in Harrisburg.

(8) Special Agent Anderson lived in Cumberland County with his wife and four children, where he was active in local youth sports programs, supporting his children.

(9) On May 17, 1966, Special Agent Anderson was shot and killed in the line of duty while pursuing a kidnapped victim and her abductor in the rugged mountain terrain near Shade Gap, Huntingdon County.

(10) The kidnapped victim was later rescued and the abductor was killed on May 18, 1966.

(11) Special Agent Anderson was laid to rest at the Elm Grove Cemetery in his hometown of Washington, Iowa.

(b) Designation.--The portion of U.S. Route 522 from the intersection with Main Street to the intersection with Town Hill Street in Shade Gap Borough, Huntingdon County, is designated the Special Agent Terry R. Anderson 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.