Legacy
Ogonowski was survived by his wife Margaret and daughters Laura, Caroline, and Mary Katherine. His younger brother, Jim Ogonowski, who is also an agricultural activist, made an unsuccessful run for the United States House of Representatives in 2007.
A remote controlled model aircraft flying field in nearby Tewksbury, Massachusetts, has been dedicated to Captain Ogonowski. An alumnus of the Lowell Technological Institute, now the University of Massachusetts Lowell, Captain Ogonowski was posthumously presented an honorary doctorate at the 2003 commencement ceremony at Tsongas Arena. He was also a member of the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity.
The USAID Farmer to Farmer program was renamed the "John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter FTF Program" as part of the 2008 Farm Bill.
At the National 9/11 Memorial, Ogonowski is memorialized at the North Pool, on Panel N-74 adjacent to the name of Kathleen A Nicosia, a friend and flight attendant also killed on board American Airlines Flight 11 that day.
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