Behind the Scenes: Commission elects 2 new members
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 …
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Officer John Smith,
2019 Awardee
Author: Griffin Erdely
From the Archives: 1994 – Modest farmhand saves Quebec farmer from attacking bull
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 …
Hero reunited with Carnegie Medal 30 years after loss in devastating flood
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 …
Inside the gallery: 2 Carnegie Medals from the 1970s tell the story of 2 harrowing fire rescues
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 …
From the Archives: 17-year-old disarms high school shooter in Oregon
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 …
Behind the Scenes: Admin. assistant finds ‘place’ at Hero Fund
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 …
Friends Remembered: Damion Derobbio
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 …
Friends Remembered: Charles Noland Pierceall
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 …
Friends Remembered: Joseph B. Coleman
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 …
Friends Remembered: Rogene A. Vartanian
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, …
The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 73
“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 …