It is my privilege to shake hands with those heroes … and to present to them the awards of the Hero Fund, assuring them that the victories of war which involved the death of man sank into insignificance compared with their victory of Peace, saving men at the risk of their own lives.
— From Andrew Carnegie’s address at the May 24, 1910, Annual Meeting of the Peace Society in London
Other articles in this issue:
- Friends remembered: Marion J. Wheeler
- Friends remembered: Vernon R. Hughes
- Exceptional Graduates: Graduating scholarship recipient first to wear Hero Fund honor cord
- 2018 in review: 71 awards made, more than $845,000 given in grants
- Board notes: Carnegie Hero Fund stays true to founder’s values
- Andrew Carnegie’s immigration story appears in Journeys essay compilation
- Friends remembered: Jean B.J. Vautour
- Historian David Nasaw speaks of Carnegie’s dreams of peace at Hague event
- Carnegie Medal Presentation to Carnegie Heroes Jennifer Lynn Dixon and Aaron Andrew Young
- Carnegie Medal Presentation to Carnegie Hero Cregg Jerri