By Matthew Campbell Pennsylvania Association of Numismatists A medal was part of Andrew Carnegie’s thought process from the beginning. His Deed of Trust of March 12, 1904, states: “A medal …
Awarded the Carnegie Medal in 1922 for his heroic ice rescue two years earlier, the late Clarence L. Spear is partially to thank for the long life of the 9-year-old …
As it turns out, Andrew Carnegie’s undergirding of the Hero Fund is both fiscal and physical. His gift of $5 million in 1904 established the Commission, which over the following …
By Eric P. Zahren, Executive Director Carnegie Hero Fund Commission Gentlemen, we live in a heroic age. Andrew Carnegie’s Deed of Trust establishing the Hero Fund in 1904 opens with …
Michael J. Thanos, 22, of Chesterton, Ind., the son and grandson of Carnegie Medal awardees, is a senior at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., where he is studying aviation flight …
Representatives from six of the hero funds established by Andrew Carnegie more than a century ago met in The Hague, Netherlands, in early October 2016. Nine of the 11 original …
Ashley Marie Aldridge lives near a passenger rail track in Auburn, Ill., and on Sept. 15 last year saw a 75-year-old man attempting to negotiate a track crossing in his …
Larry J. Koos, left, of La Motte, Iowa, is a Jackson County, Iowa, supervisor, and it was at a supervisors meeting on Sept. 9, 2014, that he charged after a …
Neil Jones, Sr., right, of Binghamton, N.Y., was at his job as a hospital valet supervisor when he helped to save a Johnson City, N.Y., police officer from an armed …
Andrew Baugh, second from left, of Mason City, Ill., was presented his Carnegie Medal in late August 2016 at the home of the young man he rescued, Chase W. McDermand, …
Calindo C. Fletcher, Jr., played football for Buckhorn High School, New Market, Ala., and it was on the same football field that his family was presented his Carnegie Medal, awarded …
By contemporary accounts, the visit of Andrew Carnegie and his wife, Louise, and daughter, Margaret, to Santa Cruz, Calif., on March 11, 1910, was thoroughly enjoyed by both the …
Kenneth F. Smith rescued James A. Daisey from burning, Lincoln, Delaware, May 20, 2014. Daisey, 65, was driving a dump truck on a two-lane highway when a speeding car entered …
Robert Seth Ludington, Kenya D. Betty, and Jacob D. Kirinovic saved Dorothy J. Bell from burning, Hale, Michigan, August 8, 2014. Bell, 79, was in the kitchen of her one-story …
Leyton Page helped to save Jacob W. Morris and John W. Morgan from drowning, Bush, Louisiana, March 28, 2015. Jacob, 8, and his brother, John, 6, were thrown into the …
Kevin Scott Johnson II died attempting to save Willa M. Pennington from drowning, Flat Gap, Kentucky, July 13, 2015. Pennington, 74, was inside her mobile home as severe thunderstorms moved …
Isbel Jimenez saved Jeannette Marshall from burning, Breckenridge, Texas, September 16, 2015. Marshall, 59, was in her mobile home at night after a fire broke out in its living room. …
Keoni Bowthorpe rescued Colin W. Cook from a shark attack, Haleiwa, Hawaii, October 9, 2015. Cook, 25, was surfing in the Pacific Ocean at a point about 600 feet from …
Matthew R. Bartholomew helped to save Joyce A. Byrd from drowning, Midlothian, Virginia, February 16, 2015. Byrd, 65, remained in the driver’s seat of a sedan after it left the …
Christian E. Euchenhofer rescued Roger G. Quinn from burning, Greene, New York, September 1, 2014. Quinn, 70, was piloting a light-sport airplane when it crash-landed shortly after take-off at a …
