In Memoriam...                                  
...as reported in the New York Daily News

Gifts to Make 9/11 Loved Ones Proud 
By PATRICE O'SHAUGHNESSY
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER 
Sunday, February 22nd, 2004 

They lost loved ones in the World Trade Center catastrophe, but within months of the towering act of hate and 
evil, their sorrow shifted to the resolution to do something positive. In the name of their father, brother, son or 
friend,they decided to build something or help someone, to give to the sick, the poor, the hungry and the needy. 

Through 9/11 benefits, fund-raising and other contributions, they carried on with the fallen ones' endeavors, or 
were inspired by them to find a new purpose.

Dennis McHugh
A Bridge to the Future

The wind-swept place on the edge of the Hudson River near the Tappan Zee Bridge was where Dennis McHugh 
enjoyed life: running along the water, attending nearby St. John's Church, sharing a quiet dinner with his wife, 
Una McHugh, at the Sidewalk Cafe. 
In April, builders are due to break ground in a parking lot there, the future site of a magnificent red brick building 
with a river view and stacks of books offering windows to other panoramas.                                  
The Dennis P. McHugh Piermont Public Library will honor the 34-year-old firefighter from Ladder 13 on the upper 
East Side who perished in the World Trade Center attack. A foundation set up by his family has pledged $500,000
toward the construction of the library and community center.                                  
"We had spent a lot of time at that spot, and I was reaching for something to make something good happen out of
all this mess," Una McHugh said. 
Una McHugh, 38, is a reading specialist in the Nyack school district, and her husband loved books and instilled that
love in his oldest daughter,Chloe, 8. The couple also had twins, Sophie and Joseph, 3. 
"I always went to the same library, and Dennis would hop around, go to all the libraries in the area with Chloe," 
Una McHugh said. 
Dennis McHugh had a career in financial services before he became a firefighter in 1998. His wife said that people 
were shocked that her husband had 30 credits toward his MBA. 
Her brother, Rob Hinchcliffe, said the foundation pledged $500,000 over several years, to be raised at various
fund-raising events, with the McHugh-Hinchcliffe families making up the difference. 
The foundation will fund ongoing children's programs at the library, which will have an auditorium and cultural 
center,expanded children's section, updated computer equipment and a selection of volumes on local history and 
geography. 
Una McHugh said the project has helped her get through the pain of losing her husband. "To see the involvement 
offamily and friends and community ... the support is comforting," she said.

Kenneth Tietjen
A Tradition of Giving

Since he was a boy, Kenneth Tietjen had given to the less fortunate. His charity knew no season.                                  
At Christmastime, he'd buy bicycles for needyboys and girls in Monmouth County, N. J. In summers, he'd help out at
the Special Olympics on the Jersey Shore. In between, he brought food to homeless shelters in Jersey City. 
So it was only fitting that the Port Authority police officer's family members would continue giving in his name. 
They bought wooden ramps so wheelchair users can easily traverse the sand to get near the water's edge on 
beaches at Sandy Hook. This past Christmas, they purchased 200 bikes for children. 
Tietjen was 31 when he died. He was last seen heading up a stairwell in the south tower after the second plane 
struck. He already had helped direct people to safety from the lobby of the flaming north tower. 
"We decided very early on that it was our responsibility to get up every day and make Kenny proud of us," said his 
sister, Laurie Tietjen.                                  
Kenneth Tietjen was not married and left no children. He had insurance, and the Twin Towers Fund for uniformed 
responders who died compensated his family. People from all over the world sent donations to the family. 
A woman sent a check for $2, and the gesture made Laurie Tietjen cry. "People were so good to us," she said. 
"None of us was financially dependent on him, and after we helped his girlfriend and her son, we wanted to use 
the money to help people." 
His remains were found two days before Christmas of 2001, giving more meaning to the yuletide tradition. The 
Tietjens bought 11 bicycles for children that year. 
The slain cop's love of the beach inspired his mother, Janice. She saw wheelchair-accessible boardwalks at 
Wildwood and came up with the idea to donate similar devices to Sandy Hook. Last June, two 
handicapped-accessible ramps were dedicated,thanks to the family's $5,000 gift to the National Park Service. 
In addition to relatives' own donations, they've raised $50,000 for good works in Kenneth Tietjen's name. "It's 
something we love to do," Laurie Tietjen said. 


Jack Fanning
Realizing a Dream

The house on Long Island will officially be designated an "individual residential alternative," in the parlance of the 
state Office of Mental Health and Retardation, but the group home for six autistic youths will be affectionately 
called the Jack Fanning House, realizing the dream ofa man who gave his life saving others. 
Jack Fanning and his wife, Maureen Fanning, were raising two sons with autism, Sean and Patrick. As Sean 
became a teenager, the couple grew concerned about how their boys would be cared for in the future. For six 
years, MaureenFanning, 47, a registered nurse, had been trying with other Long Island families to raise money 
for a group home where autistic people could live through adulthood. There is a dearth of such places in the New 
York area, she said. 
In August 2001, Jack Fanning fantasized about winning the Powerball lottery. "If I win, we'll buy a group home 
and you'll run it," he told his wife. 
Three weeks later, he was gone. But his death would enable that off-hand wish to come true. Jack Fanning died 
in the lobby of the World Trade Center's south tower Sept. 11. The only trace of him was his crushed white 
battalion chief's helmet, found the following March. He was 54 years old, head of the Fire Department's 
hazardous materials unit and recognized as a national expert. He testified about the lack of domestic readiness 
for terrorist attacks in May 2001 before a U.S. Senate subcommittee. "He predicted his own death," Maureen 
Fanning said flatly. 
She explained it to Sean, then 13, with photos of his father and of the smoke-capped twin towers. "He screamed,
' No! No! No!' for a long time," his mother recalled, tears coming to her eyes and her voice falling to a whisper. 
After Sept. 11, she suddenly had access to people in Gov. Pataki's office and at the state mental health agency. 
She also had financial wherewithal. She and other family members established the Jack Fanning Memorial 
Foundation, and one home will be opened by late summer in South Huntington and another - yet to be chosen -
elsewhere in Suffolk soon after. The second will be named for Jack Fanning, and Sean will live there. 
"The foundation is here to stay," said Maureen Fanning, of West Hempstead. "We will hold fund-raisers. I want to 
be involved in 12 homes. We have a need here in Long Island. I'm not here just for my son's home." 
Jack Fanning would want to be remembered as a father, his wife said. "It seems incomprehensible that something
good can be coming out of something horrendous," she said. 


Edward Strauss
Inspired to Help Others 
With Eddie's Help

A humble name for a foundation, and the best tribute his relatives could think of for Edward Strauss. He was 44, 
chief of operations at the World Trade Center, and he died while going back and forth between the towers, 
clutching a bullhorn, aiding in the evacuation. 
"He was a big man, but I didn't get very much of him back," said his wife, Jane Strauss. She had the funeral last 
July. Edward Strauss' relatives were stunned that a severely disabled woman made the effort to come out to 
Iselin, N.J., from New York City for the service, nearly two years after the disaster, just because Strauss 
had always looked out for her when she was in the building. They were moved by a tribute to him on legacy.com, 
about how he helped dozens of homeless people get their lives back on track, with his support of a paper 
recyclingcenter at the World Trade Center. He enjoyed giving turkeys and all the trimmings to St. Cecelia's Church
in Iselin, or simply helping someone change a flat in the rain. 
"That's the type of guy he was: a helpful person. He helped everybody," Jane Strauss said. 
"Everybody was looking for a way to channel the grief," said his sister, Theresa Strauss. "We were inspired by 
things we heard from people who crossed Ed's life." 
So, using With Eddie's Help, the family contributes to St. Cecelia's food pantry and each June awards two $1,000
scholarships to graduates of his alma mater, John F. Kennedy High School in Iselin. Family members also help 
victims of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Lou Gehrig's disease. Theresa Strauss said $33,700 was disbursed last 
year. The family recently heard about a 12-year-old local girl with cancer and paid for treatment not covered by 
her health insurance. 
"That's what we like to do; just help people on an individual basis," Theresa Strauss said.

In Memoriam Scholarships/Funds...


Brett T. Bailey Foundation
The Brett T. Bailey Foundation raises money for various local charities through fundraising efforts associated with
the yearly BTB Mako Rodeo tournament, in honor of an avid fisherman lost on September 11, 2001. This year 
approximately $20,000 was raised and will go to the State of New Jersey National Guard and Reservists, to 
financially assist those active individuals and families in need, who have decided to make the ultimate sacrifice, to 
serve in Iraq and Afghanistan, to preserve our way of life.

Proceeds that go to the Brett T. Bailey Foundation will be used to provide scholarship funds to Institutions on 
behalf of individuals and families who have demonstrated personal sacrifice in their service to their Country, 
Community or Fellowman. We are currently working with the State of New ersey National Guard and Reservists, 
to financially assist those active individuals and families in need, who have decided to make the ultimate sacrifice, 
to serve in Iraq and Afghanistan, to preserve our way of life.

Contact Information: 
The Brett T. Bailey Foundation
5 Duncan Drive
Holmdel, NJ 07733
Website
Email
Tel: (732) 772-9730



Columbia University
Memorial funds established by family and friends honoring alumni victims.

Contact Information:
Website



D.C. Raymond Downey Scholarship Charity Fund
In addition to the fund, Hofstra University and Stony Brook University are hosts to scholarships in Chief Downey's
memory. Longtime supporters of Hofstra Wrestling and Stony Brook Football, the family created The Ray Downey 
Scholarship and Wrestling Fund at Hofstra University and the Deputy Chief Raymond M. Downey Scholarship 
Endowment at Stony Brook University. These scholarships will help young students achieve a quality education 
and enable them to participate in excellent Division 1 College programs.

Contact Information:
Website



Douglas Oelschlager Scholarship Fund
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The Douglas Oelschlager Scholarship Fund offers financia assistance for college to active volunteer firefighters 
and their children. 

Contact Information:
The Douglas Oelschlager Scholarship Fund
13 Deep Wells LN
Saint James, N.Y. 11780-1917
Tel: (631) 774-0668



Fairfield University September 11th Memorial Scholarship Fund
As an endowed scholarship, this fund will continue to provide assistance to eligible students as long as necessary.
In the event no eligible beneficiary can be identified, or following a time when those directly associated with the 
disaster will have completed college, funds generated by this scholarship will benefit exclusively children of 
Fairfield University alumni.

Contact Information:
Fairfield University
1073 North Benson Road
Fairfield, Connecticut 06824
Tel: (203) 254-4000



The FDNY Firefighter Michael Kiefer Fund 
As a result of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, FDNY Firefighter Michael 
Kiefer (L132 – Brooklyn NY) lost his life that day as his unit responded to the call. Friends of the Kiefer family have
established a fund within the New York Firefighters Burn Center Foundation (NYFBCF) to honor and memorialize 
Michael. It's called the FDNY Firefighter Michael Kiefer Fund. NYFBCF is a 100% non-profit charitable organization 
that has been in existence since 1976 and is heartily endorsed by both the New York City Fire Department as well 
as its primary recipient of donations, the New York Presbyterian-Cornell Medical Hospital, W.R. Hearst Burn
Center, located on York Avenue in New York City. 
                                 
Based on the funds that are raised, the gift donated could range from a $5,000 Dermaton (an operating room 
tool to split skin for grafts), a $25,000 freezer to preserve skin donations, or possibly a $75,000 fellowship for 
funding a dedicated medical doctor-resident for one year to treat burn patients at this world-renown Hospital. The
gift in Michael's memory will be presented to the Hospital on behalf of your kind generosity.

Contact Information:
The FDNY Firefighter Michael Kiefer Fund 
c/o The New York Firefighters Burn Center Foundation                                  
21 Asch Loop 
Bronx, N.Y. 10475
Website



Ira Zaslow Foundation
The primary goal of this Foundation will be to honor the heroes & victims of the September 11th attacks on the 
World Trade Center in New York as well as the continued goal of ridding terrorism from our lives and the future 
lives to come. Through the generous support and donations of family, friends and colleagues, the Foundation 
plans to help build memorials, provide crisis counseling for victims, implement an academic scholarship in Ira’s 
name, and execute several other cause related projects in the weeks, months and years to come.

Contact Information:
Ira Zaslow Foundation
136 East 55th Street, Suite 5G
New York, NY 10022
Website
Email
Tel: (914) 844-0650  
Fax: (646) 201-9529



Jackie Sayegh Duggan Charitable Foundation
The Jackie Sayegh Duggan Charitable Foundation was founded in December 2001, soon after the horror of the 
September 11th terrorist attacks on our nation. We honor Jackie---wife, daughter, sister, friend and Catering 
Sales Manager at Windows on the World in the World Trade Center’s TowerI. It is the goal of our organization, 
with your support, to perpetuate Jackie’s memory byhelping children develop their potential, achieve their goals 
and become successful adults and proud Americans. It is Jackie’s spirit that we hope to instill in them.
A 501 (c) (3) Not-for-Profit Organization.

Contact Information:
The Jackie Sayegh Duggan Charitable Foundation
162 82nd Street
Brooklyn, NY 11209
Website
Tel: (718) 748-7501 



Johns Hopkins University, September 11th Alumni Memorial Scholarship 
W C I D W C I D
Need-based scholarship. Endowed scholarship awarded each year to an undergraduate student at the Krieger 
School of Arts and Sciences. Established in memory of the five Hopkins alumni who died on Sept. 11.

Contact Information:
John Hopkins University
c/o September 11th Alumni Memorial Scholarship 
3400 N. Charles St. 
Baltimore MD 21218
Website
Email
Tel: (410) 516-8028
Fax: (410) 516-6015



Katie McCloskey Memorial Scholarship Fund
Through the Community Foundation of St. Joseph County (Indiana), graduates of John Adams High School in 
South Bend, Indiana who are eligible will receive a scholarship to an accredited college or university of their choice.
Criteria for the award will be based on Katie McCloskey's academic,athletic, and personal qualities.
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Mark Hindy Charitable Foundation
This 501(c)(3) Foundation was established late in 2001 to honor the life of Mark Hindy who worked on the 104th
 floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center as an Equities Trader for Cantor Fitzgerald. He, along with 
the entire group of Cantor employees in the office that morning (658) died in the most horrific attack in our 
Nation's history. 

The Mission of this Foundation is to make a difference in the lives of children by: 
- Helping to provide, through scholarship, the opportunity for a higher standard of education for deserving 
children who might otherwise be denied that opportunity. 
- Helping to fund sports/summer programs for children that will foster a sense of teamwork and provide them with
a healthy channel for their energies.
- Helping to improve the quality of life of chronically ill children as they undergo treatment for their illnesses and 
disabilities.

Contact Information:
Mark Hindy Charitable Foundation
c/o Nolan Shanahan
61 Hillcrest Road
Warren, NJ 07059
Website
Email
Tel: 917-533-5437
Fax: 646-521-2035



Michael Lynch Memorial Foundation
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The family of Firefighter Michael F. Lynch, on rotation to Engine 40 on September 11th 2001,has established a 
scholarship program in his memory. The Michael Lynch Memorial Foundation awarded 5 scholarships in 2002 and 6 
scholarships in 2003, totaling $200,000. The recipients are eligible to receive $5000 per year of college education 
for up to 4 years. Any child who lost a parent on September 11th as well as children of active and retired 
firefighters are eligible to apply for the scholarship.

Contact Information:
Website



Saint Joseph's College Mike Fiore Scholarship Fund
CC
Saint Joseph's College will distribute as many as 5 annual scholarships to full-time undergraduate students who 
are the children of firefighters or police officers. Should any of the Fiore children apply and be accepted to Saint 
Joseph's College, preference will be give to the Fiore children to receive grants from this fund. Otherwise, 
preference will be given to the children of firefighters and police officers from the state of New York.

Contact Information:
Saint Joseph's College
c/o Mike Fiore Scholarship Fund
278 Whites Bridge Road 
Standish, ME 04084
Tel: (207) 893-6612
Fax: 207-893-7862



Sean Caton Memorial Foundation
The Sean Caton Memorial Foundation is a non-profit service organization developed in memory of Christopher 
Sean Caton who was killed in the September 11th terrorist attacks. He was only 34 years old and worked for 
Cantor Fitzgerald on the 105th floor of One World Trade Center for over 8 years. The Sean Caton 
Memorial Foundation assist local charitable causes, focusing on those charities that aid children with terminal 
illnesses and their families.  Another goal is to provide an annual scholarship to both a female and a male 
graduating senior from Sean’s high school alma mater, Glen Rock High School.  We are dedicated to keeping 
Sean’s spirit alive while providing smiles, happiness and laughter to others in need.

Contact Information:
The Sean Caton Memorial Foundation
c/o Henderson
665 Park Avenue
Oradell, N.J.  07649
Website
Email



Sienna College Fr. Mychal Judge Scholarship for Families of Firefighters
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Fr. Kevin E. Mackin, OFM, president of Sienna College, has announced the establishment of a college scholarship 
honoring efforts of the New York Fire Department.

Contact Information:
Siena College
515 Loudon Road
Loudonville, N.Y. 12211-1462
Website
Email
Tel: (888) 287-4362



Stevens Institute of Technology September 11th Families Fund 
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Established in memory of Stevens students, parents,alumni and friends lost on September 11, children of 
victims killed in the September 11th terrorist attacks are eligible for a minimum of full tuition; full costs minus 
external grant and scholarship aid if need exceeds the cost of tuition. 

Contact Information: 
Stevens Institute of Technology 
c/o September 11th Families' Fund 
Castle Point on Hudson 
Hoboken, NJ 07030
Email 
Tel: (201) 216-5555 Fax: 201-216-8050 



Terry Farrell Firefighters Scholarship Fund 
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A Scholarship Fund has been established in the memory of Terry Farrell, a decorated member of Rescue 4/FDNY 
and Chief of the Dix Hills Volunteer Fire Department. Terry, along with 342 of his brothers, perished on September
11, 2001 in the World Trade Center attack. The Scholarship is open to the children of all active, retired, disabled
and deceased FDNY Members or Volunteer Department Members residing in the 4 Counties of Long Island
(Nassau, Suffolk, Queens & Brooklyn). 

Contact Information: 
Website



University of Glasgow (Glasgow, Scotland UK) 
Colin MacArthur Postgraduate Scholarship 
C I* C I* 
The scholarship was established in memory of Colin McArthur, a University of Glasgow alumnus who died in the 
World Trade Center on September 11th. The University of Glasgow is the second oldest in Scotland, having 
been founded in 1451. There are over 3,400 researchers in the University coveringnearly all subject areas. 
In 2001, the national assessment of research reported that 95% of the University's research staff were working 
in subject areas producing research of international quality. Sons, daughters or siblings of those who died as a 
direct result of the terrorist acts at the World Trade Center or the Pentagon or in the plane crash in Pennsylvania 
on September 11, 2001 are eligible. 

Contact Information: 
University of Glasgow 
c/o Development and Alumni
Office
3 The Square 
Glasgow, G12 8QQ 
Scotland, UK 
Website 
Email 
Tel: (from the U.S.) 011 44 141 330 4951 
Fax: (from the U.S.) 011 44 141 330 4647 



Wendy Faulkner Memorial Children’s Foundation 
To honor her memory in an appropriate and loving way, her husband and daughters founded this not-for-profit 
foundation to continue Wendy's mission of sending boxes of clothing, personal care items and small toys to 
unfortunate children and their caregivers around the world. 

Contact Information: 
Website