Friends remembered: William R. Wimble
William R. Wimble, 84, of Valrico, Fla., died April 24, 2016. He was one of five men awarded the medal in 1963 for that year’s Feb. 14 rescue of the …
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Friends remembered: Ruth Ella Thomas
Ruth Ella Thomas, 84, of SeaTac, Wash., died Dec. 21, 2016. She was the widow of Norman J. Thomas, who was posthumously awarded the medal in 1990 in recognition …
Angel in heaven, hero on Earth
Angel in heaven, hero on Earth. Those words were engraved in stone to memorialize Kiera Vera Larsen, who died at age 10 in 2016 while saving a toddler from being …
2016 in review: 93 given Carnegie Medals as Hero Fund extends founder’s vision
In late 2016, 1973 Carnegie Hero William R. Whitacre of Salinas, Calif., returned his medal to the Hero Fund’s office with a request for assistance in enhancing its presentation. The …
Board notes: From selfish genes come better angels
By Mark Laskow, Chair Carnegie Hero Fund Commission The Carnegie Hero Fund is dedicated to telling the stories of the heroes who have earned the Carnegie Medal. But, why? Is …
Beloved little brother still makes her laugh
By Deborah Badgett Wilcox Greensboro, N.C. When I was a teenager it was my job to clean up the dirty dishes after dinner. And it was “my job” to pick up …
Carnegie Hero visits Commission office
Carnegie Medal awardee Paul J. Archambault and his wife, Jacquelyn, center, of Corona, Calif., are fans of Pittsburgh’s football and hockey teams, and in early December 2016 they planned a …
Hero with service dog profiled in new show
Liane Heather Wood recounted her role in a 2013 river rescue in Ontario for a new documentary series chronicling the positive effect of service animals. Wood and her service dog, …
Friends remembered: Ronald Leon Diggins
Ronald Leon Diggins, 76, formerly of Milton-Freewater, Ore., died Dec. 26, 2016. Diggins was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 1969 for saving a worker from the burning structure of an …
Awardees’ graves marked with Hero Fund medallions
To the Hero Fund: Reaching goals
I am writing to express to you my gratitude for allowing me the opportunity to pursue my career in education. Because of your help, I have not only been able …
Retiree’s avocation of playing Santa Claus is fitting for hero of Christmas Day rescue
Dennis Francis Keefe played Santa Claus of a sort on Christmas Day 1974 when he gave the precious gift of rescued lives to a Bronx, N.Y., family. It’s 42 years …
‘CBS Sunday Morning’ segment widely viewed, reaction favorable
The CBS Sunday Morning cover story on the Hero Fund, which aired on Dec. 11, 2016, was seen by an estimated 6.24 million viewers. “The national television profile went a …
Rescue station honors Carnegie Medal awardee
One of the sites of a newly designed beach rescue station in Cocoa Beach, Fla., is being dedicated to the memory of Fred Hunt, Jr., who died Oct. 22, 2007, …
2015-16 annual reports cite ‘persistent heroic spirit’
Annual reports summarizing the activities of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission in 2015 and 2016 have been combined into a 132-page booklet that is soon to be fresh off the …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Keoni Bowthorpe
Keoni Bowthorpe, center, of Waialua, Hawaii, was awarded the Carnegie Medal by Hawaii’s governor, David Ige, right, at a ceremony in the state capitol in Honolulu in November 2016. With …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Scott R. Williams
Scott R. Williams, center, of Berlin, Vt., received his Carnegie Medal at a ceremony in the Vermont Statehouse, Montpelier, in late November 2016. A state’s attorney for Washington County, Vt., …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Isbel Jimenez
Isbel Jimenez climbed through the small window of a mobile home bathroom at night to help in the rescue of a woman who had been overcome by smoke. For his …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Todd D. Clausen
Sioux City (Iowa) Mayor Robert E. Scott, left, presented the Carnegie Medal to city resident Todd D. Clausen at a city council meeting in late January 2017. Clausen was cited …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Matthew R. Bartholomew
Matthew R. Bartholomew, a physician from Midlothian, Va., was given his Carnegie Medal by another Carnegie hero, Glenn S. Bingham of Williamsburg, Va., at a meeting of the Chesterfield County …