Friends remembered: John M. Perritt Jr.
John M. Perritt Jr., 69, of Fleming Island, Florida, died suddenly on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. In 1970, Perritt was awarded the Carnegie Medal for attempting to save a 19-year-old …
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Friends remembered: Clarence Q. Urbain
Clarence Q. Urbain, 95, of Epworth, Iowa, died Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, at Bethany Home in Dubuque, Iowa. In 1960, Urbain was named a Carnegie hero for helping to rescue …
Friends remembered: Todd D. Clausen
Todd D. Clausen, 49, of Sioux City, Iowa, died Sunday, Aug. 29, 2020, after a three-year battle with stage-four pancreatic cancer. In 2016, Clausen was awarded the Carnegie Medal for …
Friends remembered: Ronald Norman Grant
Ronald Norman Grant, 70, of Victoria, British Columbia, died Friday, July 31, 2020 in Ontario. Grant was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 1965 for saving a 2-year-old girl from being …
Carnegie Medal Presentation to Carnegie Heroes Grant A. Goffinet and Brent D. Duncan
Jasper (Indiana) Police officers Grant A. Goffinet, left, and Brent D. Duncan received the Carnegie Medal for saving a 33-year-old man from an overturned,burning sport utility vehicle in a …
Friends remembered: Wallace Earl Clendenen
Wallace Earl Clendenen, 98, of Knoxville, Tennessee, died Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. Clendenen was named a Carnegie hero in 1942 for saving a 20-year-old student from drowning in Tellico Plains, …
From the Archives: 16-year-old girl saves elderly neighbor in 1965 Ontario building blaze
In the early morning of an overcast Nov. 9, 1965, B. Bedelia Faeder, 73, was asleep in her third-floor apartment on King Street in Brockville, Ontario. The stone and brick …
The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 62
As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.
Parade celebrates Carnegie hero after 63 years of community service
In fitting celebration of a fire chief’s decades of service to his community, Carnegie Hero Paul H. Stoudt, Jr., 88, was recently surprised with a parade of at least 20 …
Board notes: Individual actions speak louder than words
By Mark Laskow, Chair Carnegie Hero Fund Commission “As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.” —Andrew Carnegie One hardly …
State rep, police chief present Carnegie Medal to South Dakota police officers
Two Sturgis (S.D.) police officers received the Carnegie Medal July 9 after a private presentation at the Sturgis City Hall. Rep. Dusty Johnson and Sturgis Police Chief Geody VanDewater presented …
Investigations manager celebrates 35 years at Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
If you ask Hero Fund Investigations Manager Jeffrey Dooley what he likes to do outside of work, he’ll tell you he likes to do what everyone likes to do: He …
Hero Fund commits to honor COVID-19 heroes
The Hero Fund will create a special committee to look at ways to recognize and honor those who have willingly placed themselves in harm’s way to care for those afflicted …
Overheard: Impulse 62
I turned from news cameraman into a rescuer, basically. — Austin Raishbrook, Carnegie Medal awardee #9992 At that point, I had to do something. I couldn’t wait any longer. She …
Suffragist, 1 of 3 rescuers in 1915 water case, wanted focus on drowned painter
After Lucy G. Branham became known as a suffragist and agitator for other political causes, news reports commonly cited her as a Carnegie hero when she stumped across the country. …
Friends remembered: Gerald A. LaMonica
Gerald A. LaMonica, 85, of Dearborn Heights, Mich., died Tuesday, April 28, 2020. Ten years earlier, LaMonica was awarded the Carnegie Medal for saving a 10-year-old girl from attacking dogs …
From the Archives: Hiking trip gone awry — 1965 rappelling rescue takes hours
On the evening of July 7, 1965, 18-year-old Clayton E. Toensing was descending the steep face of a 430-foot cliff with two younger teenagers, when he lost his footing, fell …
COVID-19 resolution
WHEREAS, the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, under the terms of its foundation, is empowered and expected to exercise the intentions of the founder in recognizing the exhibition of selfless heroism …
Friends Remembered: Dianne R. McKenzie
Dianne R. (Seifert) McKenzie, 81, of Baldwin, Pa., died Sunday, March 22, 2020. McKenzie was born on June 8, 1938, to the late William and Alvina Seifert of Pittsburgh, Pa. …
Friends Remembered: Jarrett M. Cherok
Jarrett M. Cherok, 38, of San Angelo, Texas, died Friday, Jan. 10, 2020. In 2006, Cherok was named a Carnegie hero for his June 8, 2005, rescue of a 47-year-old …