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            Although the Cat MacRae Fund is the primary entity created to honor Cat's life, her family and friends have established numerous other memorials.  Some of the more prominent ones are as follows:

1. A portrait at the Ivy Club, where Cat shared countless fond memories with fellow Princetonians.  Hers is the first and only female portrait hanging in the Great Hall of Ivy.  Over 100 people gathered at Ivy to honor Cat and the installation of her portrait on February 1, 2003.  Click here for pictures of the event.

2. A lovely bronzed fawn sculpture in a nature preserve in Hobe Sound, Cat's favorite vacation destination.  The fawn's body faces the rising sun in the East, while its eyes remain focused on the setting sun in the West.  Such a posture is symbolic of Cat, who constantly looked ahead to the future, while always maintaining an appreciation of the past.

3. The Catherine Fairfax MacRae Memorial Award for that graduating student of the Brearley School who excels in both mathematics and English.  Although the prize was first awarded in June 2002, it will only be awarded in years when there is a graduating student who truly excels in both fields.

4. The Cat MacRae tennis award at the Meadow Club in Southampton, New York.

5. A bench in Central Park, New York City.

6. "The Sunday after Tuesday," a collection of sermons given at college and university chapels after September 11.  Dean William H. Willimon of Duke University published the volume and dedicated it to Cat's memory.

7. A beautiful memorial garden near Nassau Hall at Princeton University, where Cat and the 12 other Princetonians lost on September 11 are honored.  To view the remarks given by President Shirley Tilghman at its dedication, click here.