The Stephen D. Quinn Scholarship Fund was established in 2006 by Quinnie’s family and friends to memorialize a great man.
The sole purpose of the fund is to set up scholarships at Our Lady of Victory Grammar School in Floral Park, NY for 8th grade graduates going on to Catholic High Schools. The recipients must embody the spirit, enthusiasm, love of life, faith, sportsmanship, community involvement, and Christian values of Steve Quinn.
Quinnie grew up in Little Neck, attended High School at Bishop Reilly in Queens, went to Stonehill College in Massachusetts, and got married to Kathleen McNally. Together they raised their daughter, Kaitlyn on Long Island, and along the way, amassed a multitude of friends and relatives who loved and adored him.
He was funny, cynical, loving, loyal, honest, candid, patriotic, successful, happy, and fully engaged in every minute of every day.
The best way to describe Quinnie is to read the eulogy so eloquently presented at his funeral mass by his loving daughter, Kaitlyn.
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please contact Kathleen Quinn.
The Ignatz Award
To commemorate the 10 year anniversary the Ignatz Award was retired this year. This award was originally supposed to go to someone that Quinnie might have poked some fun at. But over the years the recipients were just some of the kids that Quinnie loved, took under his wing, gave advice to and pointed the occasional Quinnie finger at. So it is appropriate that the final Igantz Award was given to the kid he had the most fun with, the kid he laughed the hardest with and the one he probably pointed that finger at the most.
Quinnie was so lucky when it came to friendships. It is only appropriate that the final Ignatz Award was presented not only to his best friend but his other soul mate, the kid he loved to play with the most, FALS, aka Jimmy Fallon. FALS received a very deserving standing ovation for his devotion to Quinnie and his tireless efforts in making this event the kind of day Quinnie would have loved!