Hero Fund scholarships push student to follow filmmaking dream
Madeline Baker, 23, graduated from the University of Central Arkansas film program in spring 2020. Her interest in video production and editing piqued early in life. “At 8 years old, …
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Madeline Baker, 23, graduated from the University of Central Arkansas film program in spring 2020. Her interest in video production and editing piqued early in life. “At 8 years old, …
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Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.
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People say, ‘Oh, you saved a human life!’ There were other folks there. What prompted me to walk up to a burning car? I have no idea. I was happy …
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On the one-year anniversary of his heroic act, Vista (California) City Council officials publicly congratulated Carnegie Hero Kenneth Alfred for the Hero Fund commendation during a virtual meeting. On Sept. …
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Kenneth L. Gerondale, 91, of Anchorage, Alaska, died Friday, June 12, 2020. Nearly 70 years earlier, Gerondale was awarded the Carnegie Medal for saving the 24-year-old pilot of a jet-propelled …
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Thomas L. Edgell, 73, of East Liverpool, Ohio died Monday, June 29, 2020 at the St. Mary’s Alzheimer’s Center. Edgell was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 1980 after carrying a …
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John M. Perritt, Jr., 69, of Fleming Island, Florida, died suddenly on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. In 1970, Perritt was awarded the Carnegie Medal for attempting to save a 19-year-old …
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Clarence Q. Urbain, 95, of Epworth, Iowa, died Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, at Bethany Home in Dubuque, Iowa. In 1960, Urbain was named a Carnegie hero for helping to rescue …
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Todd D. Clausen, 49, of Sioux City, Iowa, died Sunday, Aug. 29, 2020, after a three-year battle with stage-four pancreatic cancer. In 2016, Clausen was awarded the Carnegie Medal for …
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Ronald Norman Grant, 70, of Victoria, British Columbia, died Friday, July 31, 2020 in Ontario. Grant was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 1965 for saving a 2-year-old girl from being …
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Jasper (Indiana) Police officers Grant A. Goffinet, left, and Brent D. Duncan received the Carnegie Medal for saving a 33-year-old man from an overturned,burning sport utility vehicle in a …
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Wallace Earl Clendenen, 98, of Knoxville, Tennessee, died Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. Clendenen was named a Carnegie hero in 1942 for saving a 20-year-old student from drowning in Tellico Plains, …
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In the early morning of an overcast Nov. 9, 1965, B. Bedelia Faeder, 73, was asleep in her third-floor apartment on King Street in Brockville, Ontario. The stone and brick …
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As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.
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In fitting celebration of a fire chief’s decades of service to his community, Carnegie Hero Paul H. Stoudt, Jr., 88, was recently surprised with a parade of at least 20 …
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By Mark Laskow, Chair Carnegie Hero Fund Commission “As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.” —Andrew Carnegie One hardly …
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Two Sturgis (S.D.) police officers received the Carnegie Medal July 9 after a private presentation at the Sturgis City Hall. Rep. Dusty Johnson and Sturgis Police Chief Geody VanDewater presented …
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If you ask Hero Fund Investigations Manager Jeffrey Dooley what he likes to do outside of work, he’ll tell you he likes to do what everyone likes to do: He …
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The Hero Fund will create a special committee to look at ways to recognize and honor those who have willingly placed themselves in harm’s way to care for those afflicted …
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I turned from news cameraman into a rescuer, basically. — Austin Raishbrook, Carnegie Medal awardee #9992 At that point, I had to do something. I couldn’t wait any longer. She …