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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
“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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
