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Retired U.S. Sen. Al Simpson and wife Ann of Cody have a simple wish for their approaching 91st birthdays.
The former senator, recently honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom …
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Retired U.S. Sen. Al Simpson and wife Ann of Cody have a simple wish for their approaching 91st birthdays.
The former senator, recently honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom — the nation’s highest civilian award — is turning 91 on Sept. 2, and his wife Ann is approaching her 91st birthday on Oct. 10.
For their birthdays, they are asking friends to participate in the Show Your Love campaign, a fundraising effort that will support the new Mineta-Simpson Institute to be created at the Heart Mountain Interpretive Center.
Mineta, who died in May, was the Secretary of Transportation in the George W. Bush administration. He and Simpson famously met and became friends as Boy Scouts when Mineta was interned at the Heart Mountain camp during World War II. Mineta later served 20 years in the U.S. House of Representatives from California while Simpson was in the U.S. Senate.
The Hughes Charitable Foundation is matching all contributions up to $500,000. Anyone who donates between Aug. 24 and Sept. 1, 2022, will receive an invitation to a Zoom birthday party with Al and Ann Simpson on Sept. 8.
