Michael J. Manley, Sr.
Michael J. Manley, Sr., died attempting to save Andrew Short from drowning, Virginia Beach, Virginia, September 27, 2015. While swimming in the Atlantic Ocean, Andrew, 17, was caught by a …
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Justin Lee Greenwald
Justin Lee Greenwald saved Ronald L. Lallone from burning, Calabasas, California, November 29, 2015. Lallone, 81, was asleep in a bedroom in one end of his mobile home after fire …
Mitchell Allan Williams
Mitchell Allan Williams rescued James E. Davis from attacking dogs, St. Pauls, North Carolina, June 20, 2015 Davis, 73, was in his front yard when one of three pit bulls …
Steven Michael Hill
Steven Michael Hill rescued Avalyn D. Dufek from burning, Jacksonville, Florida, November 20, 2015. Avalyn, 1, was strapped into a car seat that was secured to the passenger side of …
Scott R. Williams
Scott R. Williams attempted to rescue Lara K. Sobel from assault, Barre, Vermont, August 7, 2015. Sobel, 48, was walking in the parking lot of a commercial building when an …
Bradley C. Runions and Adam Joe Martin
Bradley C. Runions and Adam Joe Martin saved Michael W. Remmert from burning, Hayward, Wisconsin, July 6, 2015. Remmert, 42, lay unconscious on the floor of the sunroom of his …
Christopher Chmielnicki
Christopher Chmielnicki helped to save Brenda D. Jelley from burning, Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, September 18, 2015. Jelley, 50, was asleep in the bedroom of a 37-foot motorhome that her boyfriend …
Jameson Bartscher and Todd D. Clausen
Jameson Bartscher and Todd D. Clausen rescued Cassidy J. Wanna from burning, and Bartscher rescued Gabrielle G. Wanna and Rebecca L. Stoughton, Summit, South Dakota, June 9, 2015. Cassidy, 2 …
15:13 Work-related accident claimed life of Carnegie Hero Donald Noel Harwood
Late in the morning on June 15, 1966, Donald Noel Harwood made the spur-of-the-moment decision that cost him his life as he struggled to save another’s. After his supervisor at …
September 2016 edition of imPULSE
The September 2016 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 articles about Carnegie Heroes who have …
President Obama gives Medal of Valor to Carnegie Hero
When both of Pittsburgh’s daily newspapers carried a photo of Donald E. Thompson on their front pages last May 17, 2015, it was like seeing an old friend. Thompson was …
Board notes: Judge the acts, not the actors
By Mark Laskow, Chair Carnegie Hero Fund Commission “Judge not, lest you be judged.” —Matthew 7:1 That is how Jesus put it. In more modern terms, someone accused of questionable …
Carnegie Hero Connor M. Bystrom graduates vet school
Carnegie Hero Connor M. Bystrom of Holmes Beach, Fla., celebrated his veterinary school graduation in June 2016 with his parents, William and Jeannie Holmes Bystrom. Cited by the Hero Fund in …
Carnegie Hero Christopher Jon Ihle: Banker to builder
Following his award of the Carnegie Medal in 2014, Christopher Jon Ihle of Huxley, Iowa, went through something of a post-rescue career change, resulting in his new business, My Main …
Minor league outfielder’s best catch saved the town doctor 103 years ago
By Van Craddock Longview, Texas More than 100 years ago, John R. Hoffmann was known for his heroic efforts on the Longview Cannibals’ minor league baseball team. An East Texas …
Sweet reunion 15 years later with Carnegie Hero Horatio G. Pino
Carnegie Hero Horatio G. Pino of Virginia Beach, Va., and Kayla McDaniel first met five minutes after midnight on April 19, 2001. Pino, then 34, was a deputy with the …
Graves of heroes marked
Graves of Carnegie Medal awardees in Connecticut and Ontario have been designated with a bronze marker cast in the likeness of the medal. The markers are made available by the …
2015 Carnegie Medal awardee latest to receive Coast Guard Gold Medal
In 2015, Terry Brown of Dallas, Ore., was awarded the Carnegie Medal for his actions of June 2, 2014, by which he helped to save a teenage boy from drowning …
Douglas R. Chambers retires
Douglas R. Chambers, left, the Hero Fund’s director of external affairs, made his last medal presentation in late June 2016 and retired from the organization a week later. He is …
Service anniversaries
Long and faithful service by two members of the Commission was recognized at its 112th annual meeting in June 2016. Board chair Mark Laskow, shown at left in both photos, …