25 Years Later, McCloskey’s Legacy Lives On
A quarter-century after 9/11, scholarship has awarded nearly a quarter-million dollars
Brooke Rohr never met Katie McCloskey, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t remember her.
McCloskey was a graduate of Adams High School in South Bend, and a victim of the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York. Rohr wasn’t yet born when the attack happened.
But as the 2022 recipient of the Katie McCloskey Memorial Scholarship, Rohr became a part of the long and lasting legacy of a remarkable young woman gone too soon.
“Being a recipient of the Katie McCloskey scholarship was not just financially helpful but also an honor,” said Rohr. “I committed to visiting the 9/11 Memorial before graduating.”
Rohr made good on that commitment, visiting the memorial and finding Katie’s name in December 2025 (pictured, right). She graduated from IU Bloomington in May 2026 with a business degree and minors in mathematics and ceramics.
Since its inception, the Katie McCloskey Memorial Scholarship has awarded more than $240,000 to dozens of students, and the award’s legacy will continue to grow in the years and decades to come.