Dennis R. McGee, seated, of Greeneville, Tenn., received his late wife’s Carnegie Medal from Charles S. Harris of Ooltewah, Tenn., earlier in 2017. Dinah Keturia McGee, 67, died July 10, …
Carnegie Medal awardee Donald E. Thompson, right, of West Hills, Calif., is one of the newer volunteer presenters of the medal, and in March 2017 he had the opportunity to …
Christopher Chmielnicki, right, of Henryville, Pa., received his Carnegie Medal from Eric P. Zahren, the Commission’s Executive Director, in February 2017. Chmielnicki was awarded the medal in September in recognition …
Thomas Manger, right, chief of the Montgomery (Md.) Police Department, presented the Carnegie Medal to each of his officers who rescued an unconscious man from a burning car after a …
Calvin Bradley Stein, right, took quite a beating last July when he was run over and dragged by a team of runaway ponies while saving a small girl from their …
The Hon. Sara Kurovski, left, is mayor of Pleasant Hill, Iowa, and in March 2017 she had the honor of presenting a Carnegie Medal to one of her constituents, Damian …
By Phoebe Porter Conway, Mass. Carnegie Medal awardee Charles T. Porter, Jr.—known by his family as “Talby” and by the outside world as “Charlie”—led an adventurous life. It was often …
“We have got to show young men that there are just as great battles to be fought in peace-time as in war-time and just as much heroism demanded, just as …
Mary Laverne McDaniel, 89, of Longview, Texas, died March 21, 2017. She was the widow of Carnegie Medal awardee James Young McDaniel, who was fatally wounded while struggling with a …
The March 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 a review of the Commission’s …
William R. Wimble, 84, of Valrico, Fla., died April 24, 2016. He was one of five men awarded the medal in 1963 for that year’s Feb. 14 rescue of the …
Ruth Ella Thomas, 84, of SeaTac, Wash., died Dec. 21, 2016. She was the widow of Norman J. Thomas, who was posthumously awarded the medal in 1990 in recognition …
Angel in heaven, hero on Earth. Those words were engraved in stone to memorialize Kiera Vera Larsen, who died at age 10 in 2016 while saving a toddler from being …
In late 2016, 1973 Carnegie Hero William R. Whitacre of Salinas, Calif., returned his medal to the Hero Fund’s office with a request for assistance in enhancing its presentation. The …
By Mark Laskow, Chair Carnegie Hero Fund Commission The Carnegie Hero Fund is dedicated to telling the stories of the heroes who have earned the Carnegie Medal. But, why? Is …
By Deborah Badgett Wilcox Greensboro, N.C. When I was a teenager it was my job to clean up the dirty dishes after dinner. And it was “my job” to pick up …
Carnegie Medal awardee Paul J. Archambault and his wife, Jacquelyn, center, of Corona, Calif., are fans of Pittsburgh’s football and hockey teams, and in early December 2016 they planned a …
Liane Heather Wood recounted her role in a 2013 river rescue in Ontario for a new documentary series chronicling the positive effect of service animals. Wood and her service dog, …
Ronald Leon Diggins, 76, formerly of Milton-Freewater, Ore., died Dec. 26, 2016. Diggins was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 1969 for saving a worker from the burning structure of an …
