Maurice "Moe" V. Barry Scholarship Fund
Applications for the New Jersey Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #46 Maurice V. (Moe) Barry Scholarship are available from September 1st to January 31st of each year. Please note, the deadline to return the Scholarship Application is March 1st of every year.
No applications will be accepted after that date!
These applications are open to any Children and/or Grandchildren of an Active or Associate Member of the Fraternal Order of Police New Jersey Lodge #46, who is a high school senior, graduating next year.
Scholarships will be awarded based on grade point average, class standing, and achievements in High School.
If interested please call the Lodge at 201-226-1946 and leave your name and home phone number on extension 1. Your information will be given to Brother Joseph Mastrofilippo; Chairman of the Scholarship Committee who will contact you for more information, and explain the criteria involved in submitting the application.
As in the past, the committee will have four $1,000 scholarships available to be awarded in Moe's memory. Deadline for the submission of applications will be March 1st of every year.
The scholarships will be awarded to the winners at the May Awards Ceremony and meeting.
Port Authority officer for 16 years, Maurice "Moe" V. Barry, 48, was assigned to the PATH commuter train system. The resident of Rutherford, NJ, upon hearing the reports of the terrorist attacks, was one of the first on scene when he rushed from Jersey City to Lower Manhattan and then into the North Tower to help in the rescue efforts. As thousands fled the searing flames and smoke of the Towers, Officer Barry was attempting to reach trapped and frightened workers on the upper floors. The last time he was seen, he was on his way to the higher floors to get people out. Barry had a history of heroism - he was involved in rescue efforts during an airplane crash at La Guardia airport; he once climbed a bridge to retrieve the body of a person electrocuted there; he was involved in the rescue effort during the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center; and he rescued a woman from her home, by boat, during Hurricane Floyd. Moe was also a volunteer for the Rutherford Ambulance Corps.
**excerpt from http://our.homewithgod.com/mkcathy/heroes.html#MB
Here is another site with a tribute to Maurice "Moe" V. Barry
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