[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 25, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E352-E353]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING JANE DALLEN HAGEDORN

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                          HON. DORIS O. MATSUI

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 25, 2023

  Ms. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, it is with profound sadness that I rise to 
honor the life of my good friend, Jane Dallen Hagedorn, who passed away 
on March 14, 2023, in Sacramento, California. Jane was not only a close 
friend of mine, and someone I knew for many years, but she was a friend 
to Sacramento--someone who spent her life dedicated to enriching our 
community. Jane was committed to public service and championed 
healthcare and the environment.

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  Jane was born in 1943 in Marion, Virginia and raised in Port Clinton, 
Ohio by her parents, John and Helen Dallen, an engineer and a 
schoolteacher. Jane's love of family, community, books, and the 
environment followed her through life. Jane attended Lake Erie College 
in Ohio, University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and earned a 
Master's degree in Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins 
University. While in Washington D.C., she met James Hagedorn, with whom 
she lovingly shared 56 years of marriage. After living in San 
Francisco, they moved to Sacramento where they raised their family.
  Jane, a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, is survived 
by husband James C. (Sacramento), children James A. (Anissa) and 
Jennifer K. Mikacich (Jared) of Sacramento, and delightful 
grandchildren Matthew, Julia and John Charles Hagedorn and Jared and 
Kevan Mikacich. Also survived by brother John Dallen (Frances) and 
sister Peggy Mekemson (Curtis) along with numerous nieces and nephews 
and extended family. She spent quality time with her grandchildren--
traveling, reading, playing, teaching--enriching their lives as they 
enriched hers.
  Jane spent 32 years as the Founder and CEO of Sacramento-Emigrant 
Trails Lung Association (now Breathe California). During her time, she 
was a leader of clean air for all and increased education for all 
things related to healthy lungs. The successful effort to pass Prop 99 
allowed for programs to reduce smoking, to provide health care services 
to indigents, to support tobacco-related research, and to fund resource 
programs for the environment.
  Jane was a founder of the Sacramento Tree Foundation, the California 
Oaks Fund and the Sacramento Tomorrow Coalition. Jane was the first 
female Sacramento County Planning Commissioner and recognized by the 
Sacramento Bee as one of the Most Influential Women in Sacramento 
County. Always a leader, Jane was a board member of the Tahoe Regional 
Planning Authority, Arden Park Recreation District, California Planning 
and Conservation League, Sacramento Symphony, Friends of Light Rail, 
and Valley Vision; she was also an American Leadership Foundation 
Fellow. Jane was an author and a volunteer with the Arden-Dimick 
Friends of the Library.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring the life of 
Jane Hagedorn--someone who dedicated her life to giving back to our 
community. Without a doubt, Jane was one of the most generous, 
intelligent, and thoughtful women I have ever had the privilege to 
know. Jane provided so much love and kindness to those of us who had 
the honor to share in her life. Jane's legacy of her impact on people's 
lives and encouraging others to do better will last for many years to 
come.

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