At a Pacific Grove, California, Carnegie Medal presentation held June 25, heroes Paul W. Bandy, Aimee Johns, and Heath Braddock, right, display the Carnegie Medal while flanking Stephen F. Bruemmer, …
New York Environmental Conservation Officer Daniel Franz holds the Carnegie Medal that was presented to him during a Carmel, New York, town meeting held July 5. Pictured from left are …
Sarah Perry, mother of Carnegie Hero Aden Spencer Perry displays the Carnegie Medal while Broward County (Florida) Mayor Lamar P. Fisher, left, and the Broward County Commissioners applaud at …
Carnegie Hero Jose M. Pichardo poses with New Hampshire Fire Marshal Sean P. Toomey, who presented Pichardo with the Carnegie Medal at a June 20 presentation at the Nashua (New …
Carnegie Hero Odis Lee Jones Jr., 84, died Sunday, May 28, 2023, in Okolona, Mississippi. Jones, then a 27-year-old conveyer operator living in Shannon, Mississippi, received the Carnegie Medal after …
Carnegie Hero William Harold Denzer, 72, died Sunday, July 2, 2023, in Germantown, Ohio. He was born Jan. 29, 1951, to William and Marilyn Denzer in Newark, Ohio. Denzer received …
Carnegie Hero Dennis J. Myers, 71, died Tuesday, May 16, 2023, in Leipsic, Ohio, surrounded by his family. Myers was born to Norman and Helen Myers on Dec. 20, 1951, …
Carnegie Hero Gerald M. Forrester, 82, died Tuesday, May 30, 2023, in Shelton, Washington. Forrester was awarded the Carnegie Medal for saving the life of fellow Carnegie hero Richard Swenson …
The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission is pleased to announce the recent election of two new members. Duane D. Holloway is a senior vice president, general counsel, and chief ethics and …
Warren Deacon, a 47-year-old beef farmer from Waterville, Quebec, had begun Nov. 25, 1994, like any other, as he took responsibility for rounding up the cattle on his farm. Located …
A son went to extraordinary lengths to reunite his 93-year-old father with the Carnegie Medal he earned 58 years earlier. Harold Nickens, Sr., was 34 when he saved a 49-year-old …
Every year, the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission distributes individually-struck, bronze medals to award recipients or their families with the hope that they will serve as a lasting reminder of the …
Before classes began at Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon, on May 21, 1998, between 100 and 200 students were milling about in the cafeteria, including 17-year-old student Jacob Russell …
I FOUND MY PLACE. When I walked through the doors here at Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, I KNEW. I started at the Carnegie Hero Fund as a temporary employee in …
Damion DeRobbio, 43, died on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, at his home in Poland, Ohio. DeRobbio was born in Pittsburgh on March 29, 1979, to Philip Anthony and Margaret Caitlyn …
Charles Noland Pierceall, 89, of Washington, Illinois, died on Sunday, March 5, 2023. Pierceall was born to Carl and Martha Pierceall in Fancy Farm, Kentucky, on Nov. 24, 1933. Pierceall …
Joseph B. Coleman of Ashland, New Hampshire, died Monday, March 6, 2023. Coleman was born Sept. 10, 1928, in Providence, Rhode Island. He was the son of George V. and …
Carnegie Hero Rogene A. (Vartanian) McCorquodale, 79, of Santa Rosa, California, died Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. She was born March 2, 1944, in San Francisco to Jack and Lorraine Vartanian, …
“In this world we must learn not to lay up our treasures, but to enjoy them day by day as we travel the path we never return to. If …
