Susan M. Rizza became the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission’s first female case investigator in August 1989. Rizza grew up in Cheswick, Pa., near the site of the Harwick Mine Disaster. …
The Carnegie Hero Fund turned 120 on April 15. At 3:30 p.m. on that date in 1904, Hero Fund President Charles L. Taylor called the inaugural meeting of the Hero …
Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon, left, presented the Carnegie Medal for Heroism to Ryan Pasborg at a ceremony held at the Governor’s residence in Cheyenne on April 27, 2024. Pasborg was …
Hero Fund President Eric Zahren traveled to Canada to present the Carnegie Medal for Heroism to Alan H. Mackie at a presentation held April 14 at the Grand Valley …
The family of Thomas Lee Hawk gathered to accept his posthumous Carnegie Medal for Heroism at the Morgan County Public Safety Complex in Madison, Georgia, on April 4. Rep. Mike …
Lincoln police officer Tu Anh Tran was presented with the Carnegie Medal for Heroism on March 22 by Nebraska Lt. Gov. Joe Kelly at a presentation held at the Lincoln, …
Nebraska Lt. Gov. Joe Kelly, right, presented the Carnegie Medal for heroism to Jordan B. Kurtzer at a ceremony held Feb. 7 at the Lincoln, Nebraska, State Capitol building. Kurtzer …
The Henderson/Morris family poses with U.S. Senator Joni Ernst who presented sisters JaCora Morris and Jasmine Lashale Morris with the Carnegie Medal for heroism on Feb. 23 at a presentation …
Suffolk police officer Sean Patrick Kalletta was presented with the Carnegie Medal for Heroism on Feb. 22 by Suffolk County Executive Edward P. Romaine and acting Commissioner Rob Waring at …
On the morning of March 27, 1966, 7-year-old Catherine L. Waters and her 11-year-old sister Janet were getting ready to go to morning mass in a neighborhood of Providence, Rhode …
By Jim Buchanan//The Sylvia (North Carolina) Herald Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the Nov. 23 edition of The Sylvia Herald and is reprinted with permission. It’s been more …
“I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.” — Andrew Carnegie, Gospel of Wealth, 1889
I know he died a hero and that gives me comfort, and I said, ‘He earned his wings for sure that day.’ — Widow of Scott Kilburn, Carnegie Medal recipient …
Perhaps there are some everyday takeaways in the stories of the Carnegie heroes. Not something that will send you running into a burning building or plunging into swift, icy waters, …
Arnold Warren Parrett, 85, of Hamilton, Kentucky, died Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. He was born to Neal and Pearl (Manning) Parrett on Oct. 15, 1938, in Williamsburg, Kentucky. Parrett received …
Carnegie Hero Donal A. Wallace, 93, died Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023 in Happy Valley, Oregon surrounded by his family. Wallace was born May 25, 1930 in Sonora, California to Arthur …
Hero Fund Commission member Dan Sandman, 75, of Vero Beach, Florida, and Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania, died Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. He had served on the Commission for 21 years. …
Stanley W. Bowes, 86, died on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, at the Regina General Hospital in Regina, Saskatchewan. Bowes was born to Stan and Freda (Olson) Bowes in Walpole, Saskatchewan, …
Steven Alan Tarnoff, 73, died on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023, in Morristown, Tennessee. Tarnoff received the Carnegie Medal in 1981 after saving a man from burning after a plane crashed …
