The Museum mourns the tragic passing of Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns, who died heroically in the line of duty on June 10 protecting our visitors and staff. There are no words to express our grief and shock over the loss of a cherished friend and exemplary colleague, who served as a Special Police Officer at the Museum for six years. He was a dedicated professional whose outgoing personality and warm smile will be deeply missed by his Museum family.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to his wife, his children, and his entire family.
In June the Museum established the USHMM Officer Johns Family Fund for the benefit of his family. That fund was closed on October 15, 2009.
To pay tribute to Officer Johns’s heroism, the Museum has established the Stephen Tyrone Johns Summer Youth Leadership Program Endowment Fund. Each year 50 outstanding young people from the Washington, D.C., area will learn about the timeless lessons of the Holocaust and be challenged to embrace the ideals that our beloved colleague sacrificed his life protecting. Make a gift to the USHMM Stephen Tyrone Johns Summer Youth Leadership Program Endowment Fund.
The Museum expresses its gratitude for the outpouring of support and messages of condolence we have received from so many concerned citizens and organizations across the country and around the world.
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