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    • Latest Award Announcements
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    • Rolls of Honor
      • Two-time Carnegie Medal recipients
    • Search Heroes
    • Resources for Heroes & Families
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Officer John Smith, 2019 Awardee

Category: imPULSE Issue 53

2017 in review: 77 awards made, more than $850,000 given in grants

2017 in review

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Carnegie Hero Fund

By Sybil P. Veeder, Chair, Executive Committee Carnegie Hero Fund Commission 2017 marked a year of change, growth, and continued success for the Hero Fund at large, which is reflected …

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Eagle Scout project dedicated to Carnegie Hero

eagle scout

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Carnegie Hero Fund

  An Eagle Scout project that was ultimately dedicated to Carnegie Hero Robert W. Eicher was featured recently at a national Boy Scouts of America gala. Completed in August 2016, …

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Board Notes: Author’s research shows link between altruism and human brain

altruism

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Carnegie Hero Fund

By Mark Laskow, Chair Carnegie Hero Fund Commission Abigail Marsh, an associate professor of psychology and neuroscience at Georgetown University, has written a galvanizing account of her research into the …

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Spark of Nerve documentary chronicles girl saved by Carnegie Hero

Spark of Nerve

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Carnegie Hero Fund

When 15-year-old Loren B. Schaller walked into San Francisco’s Creighton’s Bakery on a spring day in 2007, she did not know her life would permanently be changed. Unprovoked, a man …

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Former AP reporter Joe Mandak hired as Commission investigator

Joe Mandak

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Carnegie Hero Fund

By the time I was hired to investigate Carnegie Medal nominees, I’d been writing about them for more than 17 years. That stretch of Carnegie Hero reporting began shortly after …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to family of Carnegie Hero Jamie Alan Hyatt

Carnegie Hero Jamie Alan Hyatt

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Carnegie Hero Fund

From left, volunteer presenter Paul A. Ansolabehere presented the Carnegie Medal to the family of posthumously awarded Carnegie Hero Jamie Alan Hyatt: mother Geraldine Hyatt and father Robert Hyatt, along …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie Hero David E. Hammond

Carnegie Hero David E. Hammond

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Carnegie Hero Fund

“The story of Mr. Hammond truly is inspiring,” said U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, right, who presented the Carnegie Medal to Carnegie Hero David E. Hammond on Jan. 25, 2018, in …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie Hero Robert Conant

Carnegie Hero Robert Conant

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Carnegie Hero Robert Conant, center, received his Carnegie Medal at a Nov. 16, 2017, ceremony at the Ontario Provincial Police department honoring highway safety employees. Police Commissioner J.V.N. (Vince) Hawkes, …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Vincent Santaniello and Harold Shaw

Santaniello and Shaw

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Carnegie Hero Fund

  Carnegie Hero Fund Commission board member Evan S. Frazier presented the Carnegie Medal to Harold Shaw and Vincent Santaniello in ceremonies held Jan. 28, 2018, in Ohio. In September 2016, neighbors …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to the family of Michael Lumahang and Jesse T. Haw

Michael Lumahang and Jesse T. Haw

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Carnegie Hero Fund

  Carnegie Hero Fund Commission president Eric P. Zahren traveled to Ottawa, Ont., to present the Carnegie Medal to the family of Michael Lumahang and Jesse T. Haw at a …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie Hero Victor M. Ortiz

Carnegie Hero Victor M. Ortiz

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Carnegie Hero Victor M. Ortiz, right, a New Jersey Transit Police officer, was presented the Carnegie Medal by police chief Christopher Trucillo at a Nov. 16, 2017, ceremony held at …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie Hero John Paul Hollyfield

Carnegie Hero John Paul Hollyfield

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Carnegie Hero Fund

From left, recent Carnegie Hero John Paul Hollyfield, Ashley S. Gruwell, whom Hollyfield saved in his rescue act, U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, and Carnegie Hero Fund Commission President Eric P. …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie Hero Merrill O. Naylor

Carnegie Hero Merrill O. Naylor

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Carnegie Hero Fund Commission President Eric P. Zahren presented the Carnegie Medal to Carnegie Hero Merrill O. Naylor in a private ceremony held Jan. 24, 2018, in Stephens City, Va. …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to family of Carnegie Hero Kevin D. Little, Jr.

Carnegie Hero Kevin D. Little, Jr.

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, right, presented the Carnegie Medal to the family of Carnegie Hero Kevin D. Little, Jr., at a Jan. 28, 2018, church service held at Hephatha Lutheran Church …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie Hero James O. Vernon

Carnegie Hero James O. Vernon

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Carnegie Hero James O. Vernon, left, and U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood pose for a picture after LaHood presented the Carnegie Medal to Vernon at a Jan. 16, 2018, ceremony held …

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Carnegie Heroes reunited with woman they rescued from vehicle blaze

Andy Hilderman, Mark Barnard, and Mike Landry

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Carnegie Hero Fund

By Brian Fitzpatrick Regina Leader-Post For Regina, Sask., men Andy Hilderman, Mark Barnard, and Mike Landry, a quiet beer in a city tavern is a world removed from the chaotic …

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Carnegie Heroes can participate in video for 10,000th Carnegie Medal celebration

10,000th Carnegie Medal

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Carnegie Hero Fund

During summer 2018, the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission will be celebrating the awarding of its 10,000th Carnegie Medal. Although the details of the 10,000th Carnegie Medal recipient will surely be …

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