he suffered a fatal stroke. Legacy Higgins held 30 patents, mostly covering amphibious landing craft and vehicles. In 1943 Creighton University awarded him an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. In 1987, the Fleet Oiler, USNS Andrew J. Higgins (T-AO-190) was named in his honor. There is a memorial to Higgins in Columbus, Nebraska, and a seven-mile (11 km) segment of U.S. Route 81 south of Columbus is designated as the "Andrew Jackson Higgins Expressway". In 2000, a 7-block section of Howard Avenue in the Warehouse District of New Orleans near the newly opened D-Day Museum (now The National WWII Museum) was renamed "Andrew Higgins Street.". Gerald Meyer, a history teacher at Columbus High School, worked with his students to create the Andrew Jackson Higgins National Memorial in Higgins' hometown of Columbus, Nebraska, which was dedicated in August 2001. See also Higgins Industries D-Day Higgins boat References External links Higgins Memorial Project Biography of Andrew J. Higgins at Naval History and Heritage Command Higgins and His War-winning Boats, Defense Media Network American manufacturing businesspeople American shipbuilders American people of World War II People from Columbus, Nebraska Businesspeople from New Orleans 1886 births 1952 deaths 20th-century American businesspeople