Friends Remembered: Dianne R. McKenzie
Dianne R. (Seifert) McKenzie, 81, of Baldwin, Pa., died Sunday, March 22, 2020. McKenzie was born on June 8, 1938, to the late William and Alvina Seifert of Pittsburgh, Pa. …
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Friends Remembered: Jarrett M. Cherok
Jarrett M. Cherok, 38, of San Angelo, Texas, died Friday, Jan. 10, 2020. In 2006, Cherok was named a Carnegie hero for his June 8, 2005, rescue of a 47-year-old …
2019 in review: 73 awards made, more than $786K dispersed in grants
2019 was a relatively quiet year for the Hero Fund compared to the previous year’s excitement of our 10,000th medal awarded. But 2019 was nonetheless a landmark year as the …
Board Notes: Global pandemic requires everyone to sacrifice
“You know, I’d better write my Impulse article now, before I catch this damned virus.” I’ve been writing this quarterly column since 2007, or thereabouts, but this is the first …
Carnegie hero memorializes act with forearm tattoo
On the outside of Julie K. Callaghan’s forearm, just above her wrist, a reminder in black ink spells out “50 mph” in slanted script with an arrow extending from the …
Norfolk Southern railroad features Carnegie hero during Black History Month
Hero laid to rest in Indonesia, grave in family plot marked with Carnegie medallion
A Carnegie hero laid to rest in Indonesia now has a grave marker denoting the heroism he exhibited nearly 60 years before his death. “Few natives in this population have …
Symposium named for Carnegie hero celebrates 10 years
Developed by retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Perry Smith, who is also Smith’s son-in-law, the symposium includes a one-hour program that touches on Dyess’ life. “There’s a pattern to …
Carnegie Medal Presentation to Carnegie Hero Danny Lee Tiger
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, right, presented the Carnegie Medal to Danny Lee Tiger, of Ardmore, Okla., in a Feb. 11, 2020, ceremony in Oklahoma City. On June 26, 2019, when …
Carnegie Medal Presentation to Carnegie Hero Michael Benjamin James
Railroad signal maintainer Michael Benjamin James, center, celebrated with his mother, Janet Shuler, left, and wife, Cortney Skelding, right, after he received the Carnegie Medal from Michael Melham, mayor of …
Carnegie Medal Presentation to widow of Carnegie Hero David Covington
Photo by William R. Toler/Richmond (N.C.) Observer. Rockingham (N.C.) Mayor Steve Morris, left, presents the Carnegie Medal awarded to the late David Covington to his widow, Jane, center, and nephew, …
Carnegie Medal Presentation to Carnegie Hero Darren M. Smith
Hero Fund Commission members A.H. Burchfield III, left, and Dan D. Sandman, right, presented Carnegie Hero Darren M. Smith, center, with the Carnegie Medal Jan. 17, 2020, in Vero Beach, …
Accident on 1914 film set spurs camera man to attempt rescue of actress
It wasn’t supposed to be a dramatic scene. For a movie depicting gun smuggling at the U.S. border with Mexico, this sequence simply was to show a bandit’s daughter crossing …
Exceptional Graduates: Carnegie Hero Fund scholar to pursue master’s degree in Christian counseling
Carnegie Hero Fund Scholar Hannah Radke, 22, will graduate this spring from Mount Vernon Nazarene University, in Mount Vernon, Ohio. “I can say with absolute certainty, that without the scholarships …
Friends Remembered: Michael Robert Keyser
Michael Robert Keyser, 49, of Hesperia, Calif., died Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, after he stopped to help a truck driver whose tractor-trailer overturned on Interstate 15. Keyser was killed in …
Rescue at the swamp: birthday celebrations turn near-deadly
On May 1, 1962, the weather was overcast in Mason County, Wash. Will H. Simpson had just finished up work as a plywood machine operator around 4 p.m. It was …
The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 61
No action more heroic than that of doctors and nurses volunteering their services in the case of an epidemic. — 1904 Carnegie Hero Fund Commission Deed of Trust.
Overheard: Impulse 61
I’m a big girl. I’m a strong woman. It didn’t matter at the time. — Vickie Tillman, Carnegie Medal awardee #10000, referencing bruises she sustained while helping rescue a police …
Hero Fund response to COVID-19
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted all of us across the globe, and the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission is no exception. First and foremost our concern is for the health …