In Spring 2021, Summer N. White earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Oklahoma State University. Ten years earlier, White acted on an impulse to attempt to save a …
The Hero Fund saw increased interest in the Carnegie Medal and its heroes in the months after CBS’ news magazine 60 Minutes aired a segment about Carnegie heroes in Fall …
Here at the Hero Fund we enjoy the traditional classic Christmas move It’s A Wonderful Life as much as anyone. It’s a great movie, one of the best American movies. …
The family of Carnegie Hero Fred Alsman, who saved a 1- and 2 year-old from their burning home in 1967, will place a Carnegie Hero grave marker on his headstone …
On January 13, 1982, cold temperatures and snow plagued the Washington, D.C., area so much so that, by the afternoon, businesses and schools had closed for the day. The great …
Hero Fund President Eric Zahren, left, along with Weymouth (Massachusetts) Mayor Robert Hedlund, presented the Carnegie Medal to Jean-Paul LaPierre, right, at a Nov. 3, 2021, ceremony held at Weymouth …
In a screenshot of a Nov. 16, 2021, board meeting, Hiedi Johnston, of Willow Creek, California, displays the Carnegie Medal for the Humboldt County supervisors, who recognized Johnston. Johnston helped …
Carnegie Medal recipients Ernest Beauparland (left) and Ronald Rock (right) pose with their partners after a private presentation held Nov. 2, 2021, at The Harvard Club of Boston, in which …
Detroit Fire Commissioner Eric Jones, center, presented the Carnegie Medal posthumously awarded to Sivad H. Johnson to his brother, Jamal, left, and father, William, on Nov. 18, 2021. Johnson, an …
Carnegie Medal recipients Stephen P. Carkhuff, left, and Alan R. Cote, right, pose with Fallon R. Andrews, one of the two people the duo saved from a burning vehicle on …
Allen Linder, Jr., right, accepts the Carnegie Medal posthumously awarded to his father, Allen Robert Linder, from Huron County (Ohio) Commissioner Terry Boose on Jan. 6, 2022. The elder Linder, …
Charles County (Maryland) Sheriff’s Cpl. Eric C. Keys holds his Carnegie Medal after a Nov. 30, 2021, presentation at the sheriff’s department in La Plata, Maryland. While transporting a prisoner, …
James M. Walton, 91, of Gulfstream, Florida, died Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022, surrounded by his family. Walton served on the board of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission from 1968 to …
Ernest Lee Krueger, 72, of Spokane, Washington, died Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, after a tough battle with stomach cancer, with his beloved dog Piper by his side. Krueger was born …
John Garner Dicken, Jr., 79, of Goshen, Indiana, died Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021, at home. Dicken received the Carnegie Medal for saving a 64-year-old woman whose car was stuck on …
He jumped up there and did something that is courageous. I’d like to say we’d all do the same thing, but I can’t even say that I would. — Eyewitness …
Gerard Jansen, 89, of Guelph, Ontario, died Jan. 11, 2022, at Hospice Wellington. Born in Zevenaar, Netherlands, Feb. 10, 1932, to Frank and Dina Jansen, Jansen immigrated to Canada in …
“A sunny disposition is worth more than fortune. Young people should know that it can be cultivated; that the mind, like the body, can be moved from the shade into …
Carnegie Hero Philip Scholz never let his family forget about their beloved dog years after Sparky died. Scholz was 6 when they lost their pet, but Sparky made cameo appearances …
On the cool morning of Sept. 7, 1913, at California’s Susanville Hospital, a father and son were residing in adjacent rooms. William D. Minckler, Sr., a 62-year-old civil engineer, was …
