 In the State of Rhode Island five health and educational facilities have been dedicated in Mr. Fogarty's name – The John E. Fogarty Occupational Training Center for the Mentally Retarded – the John E. Fogarty Medical and Rehabilitation Unit at the Joseph H. Ladd School for the Mentally Retarded – the John E. Fogarty Health Science Building at the University of Rhode Island Colleges of Pharmacy and Nursing – and the John E. Fogarty School in Glocester, Rhode Island.The John E. Fogarty Memorial Hospital in North Smithfield was also named in his honor.The John E. Fogarty Memorial Building was designed in 1968 by architects Castellucci, Galli, & Planka to house the state welfare office.