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JUN 17, 1971 1982
Jackie Robinson, OCT 24, 1972 Jackie
Jr. dies Jackie Robinson
At 24 years old, Jackie, Jr. dies Robinson postal stamp
in a car accident while driving passes
home from his job as Assistant The U.S. Postal Service
Regional Director of Daytop, away first commemorates Jackie
Inc, a drug rehabilitation center Robinson with a stamp in
in Seymour, Connecticut that With his wife 1982, then issues additional
had helped Jack, Jr. overcome Rachel present, stamps honoring his life in
his drug habit. Jack Roosevelt 1999, 2000, and 2013.
Robinson dies of a APR 15, 1997
heart attack at his MAY 1973 Number 42
home in Stamford, Jackie Robinson
Connecticut. He is is retired
53 years old. Foundation (JRF) throughout
Rachel Robinson, along with baseball
founding board members Martin
Edelman, Charles Williams and The nation, led by
Franklin Williams, honors her President Bill Clinton,
husband’s memory by establishing celebrates the 50th
the Jackie Robinson Foundation to anniversary of Jackie
provide four-year scholarships, Robinson’s historic entry
MAR 1, 1971 DEC 1, 1972 hands-on mentoring, and leadership into baseball in an on-
War on drugs Jackie Robinson development opportunities to talented field ceremony with
college students with limited finan-
Jackie Robinson and cial resources. Having disbursed over MAR 26, 1984 Rachel Robinson,
President Clinton and
Jackie, Jr. appear together Construction $85 million in scholarships and direct MLB Commissioner
on a program about drug Corporation program services which include job Presidential Allan “Bud” Selig. MLB
abuse sponsored by the placement, study abroad opportunities recognition also honors Robinson by
New York State Narcotics Rachel Robinson becomes and graduate school fellowships, JRF retiring his number, 42,
Addiction Control Commis- president of the Jackie Robinson continues to address the achievement President Ronald throughout Major League
sion for the Scotia-Glenville Construction Corporation that gap in higher education through its Reagan posthumously Baseball, the only number
school district. Jackie, Jr. she and her husband founded celebrated scholarship program. awards Jackie Robinson in baseball history to have
had become addicted to and renames it the Jackie the Presidential Medal been retired across the
drugs as a soldier during Robinson Development of Freedom, which league. The number 42 is
the Vietnam War. Corporation. The company In 2019, JRF will expand Robinson’s Rachel Robinson displayed on the stadium
legacy further with the opening of the
builds 1,600 low-to-moderate Jackie Robinson Museum in NYC. accepts on his behalf. wall of every major league
income housing units. ball park in the United
States.
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