Carnegie Hero and scholarship recipient Marc J. Ellison, 47, from American Fork, Utah, graduated from Brigham Young University in August 2018. In 2007, Marc J. Ellison was awarded the Carnegie …
At the Hero Fund’s 115th annual meeting held in June 2019, board member Priscilla “Sibby” J. McCrady was recognized for her 30 years of service on the Commission. A resolution …
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, left, hugs Doretha Williams, who accepted her late husband’s posthumously awarded Carnegie Medal. Cantrell and New Orleans Fire Chief Tim McConnell presented the award to …
During a June 11, 2019 San Francisco Supervisors’ meeting, Carnegie Hero Nicholas Anderson, center, received the Carnegie Medal from San Francisco Supervisor Gordon Mar, right. Anderson was accompanied by his …
Carnegie Heroes Eric Martin, second from left, and Patrick Nolan McCarty, right, were awarded the Carnegie Medal from Carnegie Hero Fund Commission board chair Mark Laskow, center, and President Eric …
Carnegie Hero Kali Allen, left, was presented the Carnegie Medal by Broken Arrow (Okla.) Mayor Craig Thurmond during a June 17, 2019, city council meeting. In January 2018, Allen attempted …
Kentucky state Sen. Wil Schroder, left, and state Rep. Dennis Keene, right, pose with Carnegie Hero Kristian B. Harrison to celebrate his act of heroism at a special ceremony June …
North Cowichan (B.C.) Mayor Al Siebring, left, presented Carnegie Hero John Thomas Prokop with the Carnegie Medal during the municipality’s April 3, 2019, council meeting. Along a city street in …
Previous Carnegie Medal awardee Charles S. Harris, right, adorns Carnegie Hero Joshua Stewart Wright with a Carnegie Hero lapel pin after presenting him with the Carnegie Medal on Friday, June …
Fifty years ago, on the night of July 4, 1969, stormy weather was brewing in the city of Sandusky, Ohio. During this particular electrical storm, 70 m.p.h. gale winds persisted …
No expectation in which I have ever indulged … no air-castle which I have ever inflated, no dream which I have ever dreamed … equals what has been accomplished in …
Marion J. Wheeler, Jr., 67, of Gasden, Ala., died Friday, March 1, 2019. After rescuing a woman from assault in 1996, he was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 1997. Seated …
Vernon R. Hughes, 83, of Yreka, Calif., died Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. Vernon joined the Air Force in 1954 and served in Guam until 1957. He married in 1960 and …
In the Hero Fund’s Deed of Trust, Andrew Carnegie declared, “For exceptional children exceptional grants may be made for exceptional education.” The members of the Commission are delighted to support …
By Sybil P. Veeder, Chair, Executive Committee Carnegie Hero Fund Commission 2018 was an eventful year for the Commission. The organization awarded and celebrated its 10,000th Carnegie Medal for heroism, …
By Mark Laskow, Chair Carnegie Hero Fund Commission What was Andrew Carnegie up to when he created the Hero Fund in 1904? You might think the answer is obvious, but …
The immigration story of Hero Fund founder Andrew Carnegie – as told by great-granddaughter and Commission member Linda T. Hills – is included in more than 70 essays about journeying …
Jean B.J. Vautour, 85, of Ottawa, Ont., died Friday, Sep. 14, 2018. He was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 1964 for helping save two workmen from drowning in a hydroelectric …
The Carnegie PeaceBuilding Conversations, a three-day program presented by Carnegie institutions worldwide and their partners, was held Sept. 24, 2018, at the Peace Palace in The Hague. Among the event’s …
From left, Carnegie Hero Fund Commission President Eric P. Zahren speaks about the heroism of Jennifer Lynn Dixon and Aaron Andrew Young. Zahren presented the Carnegie Medal to them at …
