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Officer John Smith, 2019 Awardee

Author: Abby Marie

Exceptional Graduates: Carnegie hero achieves dream of becoming veterinarian

Exceptional Grad Summer N. White

Posted on February 25, 2022 by Abby Marie

In Spring 2021, Summer N. White earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Oklahoma State University. Ten years earlier, White acted on an impulse to attempt to save a …

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Carnegie heroes appear on CBS’ 60 Minutes

60 Minutes segment

Posted on February 25, 2022 by Abby Marie

The Hero Fund saw increased interest in the Carnegie Medal and its heroes in the months after CBS’ news magazine 60 Minutes aired a segment about Carnegie heroes in Fall …

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Impulse 68: Board Notes

clues

Posted on February 25, 2022 by Abby Marie

Here at the Hero Fund we enjoy the traditional classic Christmas move It’s A Wonderful Life as much as anyone. It’s a great movie, one of the best American movies. …

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Granddaughter arranges marking of hero’s grave

grave marker

Posted on February 25, 2022 by Abby Marie

The family of Carnegie Hero Fred Alsman, who saved a 1- and 2 year-old from their burning home in 1967, will place a Carnegie Hero grave marker on his headstone …

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From the Archives: 40th Anniversary of the Rescue on the Potomac

Rescue on the Potomac

Posted on February 25, 2022 by Abby Marie

On January 13, 1982, cold temperatures and snow plagued the Washington, D.C., area so much so that, by the afternoon, businesses and schools had closed for the day. The great …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Jean-Paul LaPierre

Carnegie Medal presentation to Jean-Paul LaPierre

Posted on February 25, 2022 by Abby Marie

Hero Fund President Eric Zahren, left, along  with Weymouth (Massachusetts) Mayor Robert Hedlund, presented the Carnegie Medal to Jean-Paul LaPierre, right, at a Nov. 3, 2021, ceremony held at Weymouth …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Hiedi Johnston

Carnegie Medal presentation to Hiedi Johnston

Posted on February 25, 2022 by Abby Marie

In a screenshot of a Nov. 16, 2021, board meeting, Hiedi Johnston, of Willow Creek, California, displays the Carnegie Medal for the Humboldt County supervisors, who recognized Johnston. Johnston helped …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie Heroes Ernest Beauparland and Ronald Rock

Carnegie Medal presentation to Beauparland and Rock

Posted on February 25, 2022 by Abby Marie

Carnegie Medal recipients Ernest Beauparland (left) and Ronald Rock (right) pose with their partners after a private presentation held Nov. 2, 2021, at The Harvard Club of Boston, in which …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to family of Sivad H. Johnson

Carnegie Medal presentation to family of Sivad Johnson

Posted on February 25, 2022 by Abby Marie

Detroit Fire Commissioner Eric Jones, center, presented the Carnegie Medal posthumously awarded to Sivad H. Johnson to his brother, Jamal, left, and father, William, on Nov. 18, 2021. Johnson, an …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie Heroes Stephen P. Carkhuff and Alan R. Cote

Carnegie Medal presentation to Carkhuff and Cote

Posted on February 25, 2022 by Abby Marie

Carnegie Medal recipients Stephen P. Carkhuff, left, and Alan R. Cote, right, pose with Fallon R. Andrews, one of the two people the duo saved from a burning vehicle on …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to son of Allen Robert Linder

Carnegie Medal presentation to son of Allen Robert Linder

Posted on February 25, 2022 by Abby Marie

Allen Linder, Jr., right, accepts the Carnegie Medal posthumously awarded to his father, Allen Robert Linder, from Huron County (Ohio) Commissioner Terry Boose on Jan. 6, 2022. The elder Linder,  …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Eric C. Keys

Carnegie Medal presentation to Eric C. Keys

Posted on February 25, 2022 by Abby Marie

Charles County (Maryland) Sheriff’s Cpl. Eric C. Keys holds his Carnegie Medal after a Nov. 30, 2021, presentation at the sheriff’s department in La Plata, Maryland. While transporting a prisoner, …

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Friends remembered: James M. Walton

James M. Walton

Posted on February 25, 2022 by Abby Marie

James M. Walton, 91, of Gulfstream, Florida, died Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022, surrounded by his family. Walton served on the board of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission from 1968 to …

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Friends remembered: Ernest Lee Krueger

Ernest Lee Krueger

Posted on February 25, 2022 by Abby Marie

Ernest Lee Krueger, 72, of Spokane, Washington, died Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, after a tough battle with stomach cancer, with his beloved dog Piper by his side. Krueger was born …

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Friends remembered: John Garner Dicken, Jr.

John Garner Dicken, Jr.

Posted on February 25, 2022 by Abby Marie

John Garner Dicken, Jr., 79, of Goshen, Indiana, died Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021, at home. Dicken received the Carnegie Medal for saving a 64-year-old woman whose car was stuck on …

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Overheard: Impulse 68

Posted on February 25, 2022 by Abby Marie

He jumped up there and did something that is courageous. I’d like to say we’d all do the same thing, but I can’t even say that I would.  — Eyewitness …

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Friends remembered: Gerard Jansen

Gerard Jansen

Posted on February 25, 2022 by Abby Marie

Gerard Jansen, 89, of Guelph, Ontario, died Jan. 11, 2022, at Hospice Wellington. Born in Zevenaar, Netherlands, Feb. 10, 1932, to Frank and Dina Jansen, Jansen immigrated to Canada in …

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The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 68

Andrew Carnegie and Louise Whitfield Carnegie

Posted on February 25, 2022 by Abby Marie

“A sunny disposition is worth more than fortune. Young people should know that it can be cultivated; that the mind, like the body, can be moved from the shade into …

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Low-income veterinary surgery center bearing Carnegie hero’s name to open next year

Philip Scholz and dog

Posted on November 17, 2021 by Abby Marie

Carnegie Hero Philip Scholz never let his family forget about their beloved dog years after Sparky died. Scholz was 6 when they lost their pet, but Sparky made cameo appearances …

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From the Archives: Nurse saves father and son from 1913 hospital fire

Nurse Lillian M. Coburn

Posted on November 17, 2021 by Abby Marie

On the cool morning of Sept. 7, 1913, at California’s Susanville Hospital, a father and son were residing in adjacent rooms. William D. Minckler, Sr., a 62-year-old civil engineer, was …

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