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Officer John Smith, 2019 Awardee

Category: imPULSE Issue 55

Associate professor of psychology Abigail Marsh speaks on ‘The Altruistic Brain’

Abigail Marsh

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Jewels Phraner

Abigail Marsh, an associate professor of psychology and neuroscience at Georgetown University, finishes a presentation on “The Altruistic Brain” at a special luncheon held June 12, 2018, at the Allegheny …

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114th annual meeting held in June

annual meeting

Posted on October 22, 2018 by Jewels Phraner

Members of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission in attendance at the 2018 annual meeting held in June. From left are Ann M. McGuinn, Nathalie Lemieux, Nancy L. Rackoff, Christopher R. …

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Overheard: Impulse 55

overheard 57

Posted on October 22, 2018 by Jewels Phraner

I said, “We gotta go,” grabbed her arm, and we dashed off.  —John Paul Hollyfield, Carnegie Medal awardee #9962, who saved a 6-year-old girl from being crushed by a falling …

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From the archives: ‘Boy hero’ receives Carnegie Medal grave marker

boy hero

Posted on October 22, 2018 by Jewels Phraner

After months of searching—which included two newspaper articles, several interviews, and hours of genealogical research—Boy Scouts of America official Gregory Motta could not solve the mystery of who was leaving …

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