The December 2017 edition of imPULSE, the Commission’s quarterly newsletter, can be read online. This issue includes resumes of the latest awardees’ heroic acts, as well as updates on several awardees and …
Those who learn about the life and death of Carnegie Hero Mary Frances Housley seem to get invested. From a 2007 high school A.P. U.S. History class at Housley’s alma …
Carnegie Hero John Paul Hollyfield was awarded the Carnegie Medal in September 2017 after he saved a 6-year-old girl from being struck by a falling tree limb in July 2015 …
By Mark Laskow, Chair Carnegie Hero Fund Commission It is pretty rare that a discussion of heroism erupts into the national discourse the way it did this fall. Almost everyone …
By Arnold Bass The Michigan City News-Dispatch There are numerous stories that tout the virtues and sometimes non virtuous events that marked the county’s history. In my researching the history …
By Carolyn Schiavo Raynham, Mass. My grandfather was a recipient of the Carnegie Medal for his heroism. Joseph D’Amato (1882- 1933), immigrated to the United States in 1908, at age …
Representatives from seven of the hero funds established by Andrew Carnegie more than a century ago met Oct. 2, 2017 in New York. Nine of the 11 original funds are …
Gov. Matt Bevin presented Carnegie Medal awards to two Kentuckians on Aug. 7, 2017 at a ceremony at the Kentucky State Capitol. Lori Doppelheuer Kearney of Maysville, Ky., died attempting …
Jeanne Atkinson, left, hugs Arapahoe County (Colo.) Sheriff David C. Walcher after accepting her late husband’s Carnegie Medal. Kenneth R. Atkinson was fatally shot in April 2016 after he responded …
By Lawrence W. Reed The Newnan Times-Herald Just for a moment, imagine a world without heroes. There would still be lots of good and decent people, mixed in with the …
The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission had several visitors to its Pittsburgh office recently. Carnegie Hero Lance O’Pry was visiting the area for work and stopped by to say hello. O’Pry …
U.S. Congressman Jamie Raskin, left, presented the Carnegie Medal to Carnegie Hero Jason Barnes of Westminster, Md., Sept. 14, 2017 at the representative’s Capitol Hill office. In July 2016, Barnes …
Three Carnegie Heroes were presented the Carnegie Medal at the Carnegie Hero World Funds meeting held Oct. 2, 2017 at the Carnegie Corporation offices in New York. Hero Fund Commission …
From left, Carnegie Heroes Robbie Goering-Jensen, Dennis Wilson, C. Fredric Holbeck, and Brett Bailes display their Carnegie Medals, while Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts and Omaha Police Capt. Michael McGee stand …
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission President Eric P. Zahren presented the Carnegie Medal to the family of Carnegie Hero Dennis D. Swenson in a private ceremony held Aug. 20, 2017 …
Seattle (Wash.) Police Officer John David Smith, center, was presented the Carnegie Medal by U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert, right, who represents Washington’s eighth district. With them is Kaarisa B. Karley, …
California Highway Patrol Capt. Barry Koenig, right, presented the Carnegie Medal to Stephanie Melinda Marino in an Oct. 24, 2017 presentation held at the highway patrol’s office in Stockton, Calif. …
From left, recent Carnegie Medal awardees Robert Sunkel and Linda Nolan with Ralph Cash Kaschai, a volunteer presenter of the Carnegie Medal who is also a Carnegie Hero, awarded in …
On a beautiful October afternoon, more than 300 distinguished guests — including Vartan Gregorian, Yo-Yo Ma, and Big Bird — gathered in the Beaux-Arts splendor of The New York Public …
At the age of 10, I started my summer by creating a neighborhood newsletter, formatted on a double-sided, 8.5-by-11 piece of paper. The handwritten, hand-drawn publication mostly included puzzles, a …
