Our Mission Statement

Welcome to the Jérôme Lohez September 11th Scholarship Foundation.

Our Mission is to foster French and American unity and cultural understanding, by supporting scientific and technological exchanges in higher education, in honor of those diverse citizens who perished in the 2001 attacks in New York.

The foundation was launched in November 2005 in honor of Jérôme Robert Lohez, a French citizen who died in the North tower of the World Trade Center.

History

The Jérôme Lohez September 11th Scholarship Foundation was established in November 2005, in honor of Jérôme Robret Lohez, a French citizen who perished in the World Trade Center's North Tower on September 11, 2001.

Jérôme was born on Jan. 3, 1971, in La Garenne Colombes, Hauts de Seine in France. He spent his childhood and adolescence in city of Lille, and in the French regions Alsace and Bourgogne.

Jérôme received his secondary and higher education in Science and Technology in Alsace. He later studied Computer Science at EPITA - École pour L'informatique et les Techniques Avancees (College of Computer Science and Advanced Technologies), graduating in 1994. That year, Jérôme came to the United States as an exchange student, and matriculated from the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken New Jersey, with a masters of science degree in computer sciences.

The American entrepreunarial spirit caught the young Jérôme's attention. He first stayed in the United States while working for a start-up company. His hard work, intelligence, excellent work ethic and team spirit were quickly recognized, and his talent launched his career. He was soon hired by Sun Microsystems as a software architect.

It was Jérôme's extraordinary reputation at Sun Microsystems that led the executives of NexxtHealth, a subsidiary of Blue Cross Blue Shield, to handpick him as the senior technology infrastructure architect for their firm. Jérôme and his team were scheduled to release a new product on Sept. 11, 2001. This product "would have been a breakthrough in the [health insurance] industry" a NexxtHealth executive says.

Prior to the creation of the foundation, Ms. Dening Lohez and friends set up the Jérôme Lohez Memorial Scholarship Award at the Stevens Institute of Technology, which became part of the school's endowment fund managed by Stevens. The foundation is now independent.

2008 Corporate Contributors

Beeston and Patterson, Inc.

EPITA

Life's Journey, LLC

2008 Corporate Donors (Gift-in-kind)

Marnier-Lapostolle

Liste Rouge - Paris

Baccarat Crystal

Events

2007 Annual Fundraiser Gala at the French Consulate

2006 Annual Fundraiser Gala at the French Consulate

Foundation News

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Contact Us

General Information

Jérôme Lohez September 11th Scholarship Foundation
124 W 60^th Street
Suite 36J
New York, NY 10023

Ph: +1 (212) 588-8852 c/o Massat Consulting Group
Fax: +1 (212) 397-0907

Staff Contacts

Dening Lohez, Founder
info@jl911.org

Treasurer
treasurer@jl911.org

Ann Cianflone, Legal Counselor
legal@jl911.org

Webmaster

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