Friends remembered: Berman P. Detty
Carnegie Hero Berman P. Detty, 81, of Frankfort, Ohio, died July 16, 2017. On January 7, 1988, Detty responded to the scene of a burning car that had been involved …
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Friends remembered: Ronald W. Miracle
Ronald W. Miracle, 68, of St. Charles, Mo., died May 20, 2017. Miracle was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 1991 after he saved a woman from a burning car on …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Steven Michael Paulus
From left, Louisiana First Lady Donna Edwards applauds, as Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards presents the Carnegie Medal to Steven Michael Paulus, while Paulus’ wife Melanie and sons Hunter and Brennan …
A Web Completed: President Walter F. Rutkowski retires from ‘jewel of an organization’
When Walter Rutkowski walked into the Hero Fund offices in September 1973, as a newly hired field investigator, the future must have gleamed like the resident typewriter keys busy telling …
‘One hell of a guy’ Michael J. Manley, Sr., receives U.S. Coast Guard Lifesaving Medal
Last fall, Michael J. Manley, Sr., was posthumously awarded the Carnegie Medal for attempting to save his step-son, Andrew Short, from drowning one year earlier. Manley drowned in the rough …
Board notes: Legacy of departing president helped organization ‘thrive’
By Mark Laskow, Chair Carnegie Hero Fund Commission Organizations that prosper for 113 years must have something special going for them. Walter F. Rutkowski was certainly something special for the …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Sanford Harling III
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission Executive Director Eric P. Zahren, left, presented the Carnegie Medal to Sanford Harling, Jr. and Dana Henderson, the parents of posthumous Carnegie Hero Sanford Harling III …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Humberto Sanchez III
Carnegie Hero Humberto Sanchez III, left, holding son Jayden Sanchez, walks onto the stage to accept his Carnegie Medal, presented by Stockton, Calif., Mayor Michael Tubbs at a state-of-the-city event …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Steven L. Spurling
St. Charles Police Chief James Keegan, Suzette B. Turyna, Carnegie Hero Steven L. Spurling, and volunteer presenter Paul A. Ansolabehere pose with the Carnegie Medal after Ansolabehere presented it to …
Story of Carnegie Hero Weldon M. Praytor enlivens family reunion
Nearly 85 years to the day that Weldon M. Praytor helped a man escape from the bottom of a well, Praytor’s descendants recognized his heroism at a family reunion held …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Richard David Greeno and Lisa McNairy
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission Executive Director Eric P. Zahren presented the Carnegie Medal to Richard David Greeno and Lisa McNairy in ceremonies held May 18, 2017. In October, 2015, Greeno and …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Leyton Page
Bogalusa (La.) Mayor Wendy Perrette, left, presented the Carnegie Medal to awardee Leyton Page, during a May 2, 2017, city council meeting. More than a year earlier, Page, then 16, …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Timothy Carpenter
The actions of Carnegie Hero Timothy Carpenter epitomize the Carnegie Medal, according to U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot, who presented the medal to Carpenter, of Cincinnati, in a ceremony held May …
Nine philanthropists named recipients of the 2017 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy
The Carnegie Corporation of New York, on behalf of the international family of Carnegie institutions, named nine philanthropists as recipients of the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy recently. The awards will …
15:13: In saving teacher, hero Primitivo Garcia committed himself to greater destiny
As the residents of Kansas City, Mo., absorbed the news that a young man had been shot protecting his pregnant teacher, a billboard went up: “Primitivo Garcia did not hesitate. …
Carnegie Medal exhibit wins awards
Numismatist and medal collector Matthew Campbell of Washington, Pa., has taken his award-winning exhibit about the Carnegie Medal on the road – first to the Central States Numismatic Society’s 78th …
Commission Member visits Carnegie homeland
Carnegie Hero Fund Treasurer Dan D. Sandman, left, with William Thomson, great-grandson of Andrew and Louise Carnegie. In June 2017, Sandman and his wife, Bonnie, of Pittsburgh, traveled to the …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Madison L. Williams
Madison L. Williams, second from right, holding the Carnegie Medal, with her family, from left, grandmother Jan Williams, great-grandfather Carrol McIntosh, and mother Leigh Williams. Williams suggested holding the May …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Joseph B. Hamblin
U.S. Congressman Chris Stewart, right, presented the Carnegie Medal to Carnegie Hero Joseph B. Hamblin of St. George, Utah, during an April 19, 2017, presentation at the St. George City …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Raul Moreno
In the city of Conyers, Ga., Mayor Randal S. Mills, left, declared June 7, 2017, Raul Moreno Day. At a city council meeting held June 7, 2017, Mills presented Moreno …