Foundation Started in Daniel Pearl's Honor
N E W Y O R K, March 6 -- Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter who was kidnapped and murdered in Pakistan, inspired many people during his life. Now it is likely he will inspire millions more after death.
As South Asia bureau chief for the Journal, Pearl had traveled to Karachi, Pakistan's largest city, to try to arrange an interview with the founder of an obscure Muslim sect, but was abducted Jan. 23. On Feb. 21, Pakistani and U.S. officials confirmed his death.
Daniel Gill, who was Pearl's oldest friend and in his words, "like a brother," appeared on Good Morning America, where he spoke about two funds that have been set up in the journalist's memory.
Gill, 38, first met Pearl when the two were in the same fourth-grade class, and they have remained close throughout adulthood.
The Daniel Pearl Foundation has been formed to support causes which inspired Pearl's life and work: to promote cross-cultural understanding and to prevent hate-based violence, said Gill, a San Francisco lawyer. The fund will support projects and organizations that Pearl was active in during his life, including music education and tutoring programs for poor children, as well as projects aimed at fighting hunger and homelessness.
Contributions to The Daniel Pearl Foundation are tax deductible and can be sent to:
The Daniel Pearl FoundationCare of: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher2029 Century Park East, Suite 4000Los Angeles, CA 90067
Another fund, the Daniel Pearl Memorial Trust, is to benefit Pearl's pregnant widow, Mariane Pearl, and their soon-to-be born child.
Contributions to the Daniel Pearl Memorial Trust can be sent to:The Daniel Pearl Memorial TrustCare of: Robert J. Laughlin, Vice President J.P. Morgan Trust Company of Delaware500 Stanton Christiana Road 2/CS Newark, DE 19713
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