Carnegie Medal presentation to Calvin Bradley Stein
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 …
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Carnegie Medal presentation to Damian Bell
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 …
From the archives: A renowned explorer, Carnegie hero remembered as fair, decent
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 …
The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 53
“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 …
Friends remembered: Mary Laverne McDaniel
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 …
March 2017 edition of imPULSE
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 …
Friends remembered: William R. Wimble
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 …
Friends remembered: Ruth Ella Thomas
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
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 …
2016 in review: 93 given Carnegie Medals as Hero Fund extends founder’s vision
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 …
Board notes: From selfish genes come better angels
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 …
Beloved little brother still makes her laugh
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 Hero visits Commission office
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 …
Hero with service dog profiled in new show
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, …
Friends remembered: Ronald Leon Diggins
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 …
Awardees’ graves marked with Hero Fund medallions
To the Hero Fund: Reaching goals
I am writing to express to you my gratitude for allowing me the opportunity to pursue my career in education. Because of your help, I have not only been able …
Retiree’s avocation of playing Santa Claus is fitting for hero of Christmas Day rescue
Dennis Francis Keefe played Santa Claus of a sort on Christmas Day 1974 when he gave the precious gift of rescued lives to a Bronx, N.Y., family. It’s 42 years …
‘CBS Sunday Morning’ segment widely viewed, reaction favorable
The CBS Sunday Morning cover story on the Hero Fund, which aired on Dec. 11, 2016, was seen by an estimated 6.24 million viewers. “The national television profile went a …
Rescue station honors Carnegie Medal awardee
One of the sites of a newly designed beach rescue station in Cocoa Beach, Fla., is being dedicated to the memory of Fred Hunt, Jr., who died Oct. 22, 2007, …