Carnegie Medal Presentation to Stephen Harder
U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse presented Quincy, Washington, police officer Stephen Harder with the Carnegie Medal for Heroism at a June 20 ceremony held at Quincy City Hall. Pictured are Newhouse …
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Carnegie Medal Presentation to Bruce J. Lake
Truro (Nova Scotia) Police Inspector Bruce Lake, left, was presented the Carnegie Medal by, from left, police Chief Dave MacNeil and police board Vice Chair Bill Thomas at the June …
Carnegie Medal Presentation to Fairuz Jane Schlecht
At some point the night Fairuz Schlecht rescued three children from a burning apartment in Newport Beach, California, someone put a beautiful blanket over her to keep warm. “It’s …
Carnegie Medal Presentation to Ashley Harkins
Connecticut State Police Colonel Daniel Loughman, right, presented the Carnegie Medal to police Sergeant Ashley Harkins on May 29 at the Connecticut State Police annual awards ceremony held at the …
Carnegie Medal Presentation to the family of Adem Qorri
Volunteer presenter Tom Trento presents the Carnegie Medal to the family of Adem Qorri, from left, wife Blerta, and sons, Adan, 11, and Diar, 6. Qorri’s family and friends gathered …
Carnegie Medal Presentation to Judy Arroyo
Long Beach City Manager Daniel Creighton, right, presented police officer Judy Arroyo with the Carnegie Medal for Heroism at a June 4 private ceremony held at the City of Long …
Carnegie Medal Presentation to Thomas Elbrecht
Unified Fire Chief Dominic Burchett, right, presented the Carnegie Medal to firefighter Thomas Elbrecht at a private ceremony held on June 25 at the Unified Fire Authority station in …
Carnegie Medal Presentation to Robert J. Selfridge III
Chief Fred Grimste of the Barnegat Light (New Jersey) Volunteer Fire Company presented the Carnegie Medal to Robert J. Selfridge III at a ceremony held June 27 at his fire …
Pittsburgh’s Thomas Wentling elected as Hero Fund Chair
At its annual meeting on June 18, 2024, the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission elected Thomas L. Wentling, Jr., to serve as the Commission’s chair, effective immediately. Mr. Wentling replaces Eric …
Mesa man’s memorial
By Carol Hiatt//The Norwood Post Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the Oct. 17 edition of The Norwood Post and is about Carnegie Hero Edward Jack Miller who lived …
The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 77
“Whenever heroism is displayed by man or woman in saving a human life, the Fund applies” — Andrew Carnegie, Hero Fund Deed of Trust, 1904
Friends Remembered: Jim Roddey
Dear friend of the Hero Fund, Jim Roddey, 91, died in Pittsburgh on Thursday, March 7, 2024. Roddey was born in 1933 in Asheville, North Carolina. Through his weekly radio …
Friends Remembered: Norman C. Van Arsdalen
Carnegie Hero Norman C. Van Arsdalen, 96, died on Friday March 29, 2024, at a senior living facility in Haddonfield, New Jersey. Seventy years earlier, Van Arsdalen saved teens from …
Friends Remembered: Harry A. Oiler, JR.
Carnegie Hero Harry A. Oiler, Jr., 81, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, died Monday, March 18, 2024, in Florida. He was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 1966 after rescuing a woman …
Friends Remembered: Robert D. Parr
Carnegie Hero Robert D. Parr, 83, died at his home in Knightsville, Indiana, on Thursday, March 20, 2024. Parr received the Carnegie Medal after helping save a man from suffocation …
Friends Remembered: Lewis Herbert Chase
Carnegie Hero Lewis Herbert Chase, 93, died Friday, February 16, 2024. He was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 1981. On May 22, 198, following an accident with a train, a …
Friends Remembered: John G. Patrick
Carnegie Hero John G. Patrick, 84, died Saturday, February 17, 2024, at University Hospital of Cleveland. Patrick received the Carnegie Medal for Heroism in 1962. At the age of 21, …
Dick Tracy comic strip features Carnegie Hero
Truro (Nova Scotia) Police Officer Bruce J. Lake was featured in the April 14 edition of the police detective Dick Tracy comic strip, a syndicated comic strip that has been …
Overheard: Impulse 77
There were children that needed assistance. He went without hesitation into the water and saved these children. Unfortunately, his life was not saved. — Best friend of Peter Rosengren, Carnegie …
1967: Two teens save man from attacking bear in remote Idaho forest
Byrle G. Walker, a 34-year-old teacher from Idaho Falls, Idaho, was working part-time for the U.S. Forest Service, when he set out to inspect trees and do insect control work …