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Officer John Smith, 2019 Awardee

Category: imPULSE Issue 59

Friends Remembered: C. James Rospert

March awardees

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Jewels Phraner

C. James Rospert, 84, of Bellevue, Ohio, died Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019, at his home. Rospert was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 2004 for rescuing a 16-year-old girl from an …

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Friends Remembered: Michael Paul Mizzone

March awardees

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Jewels Phraner

Michael Paul Mizzone, 57, of Orange, Conn., died Monday, July 15, 2019, at his home. Mizzone was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 2009 for rescuing his 82-year-old neighbor from his …

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Friends Remembered: Camille Mikalik

March awardees

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Jewels Phraner

  Camille Mikalik, 66, of Morgantown, W.Va., died Monday, July 15, 2019, at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown. Mikalik was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 2001 for rescuing 9-year-old twins …

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Campground operated by posthumous awardee now part of forest preserve

Swenson forest preserve

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

A popular Wisconsin campground near Lake Superior that Carnegie Hero Dennis D. Swenson operated with his mother now encompasses the majority of a forest preserve that is open to the …

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Grieving mother thanks hero for comfort in self-published book

Grieving mother

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Doris Clark lost 16-year-old son Michael Deutsch in the roiling waters at the base of a dam on the Fox River near Chicago on June 9, 1993. Although it took …

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Board Notes: The Hardest Cases

without disaster

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

It is truly wonderful to serve the Carnegie Hero Fund. We deal with the best of people doing the best a human can do. There are hard parts, though, such …

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Granddaughter marks Herman D. Sigal’s headstone

Herman D. Sigal headstone

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Gregory Mann adheres a grave marker to the headstone of his wife’s grandfather, Herman D. Sigal, who died in 1944. In 1929, Sigal saved a 58-year-old lawyer from being struck …

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Overheard: Impulse 59

March awardees

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

It was just instinct. God led the way. — Vickie Tillman, Carnegie Medal awardee #10000 I thank God for allowing me to be in that position and not allowing me …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie Hero Ryan Scott McIlwain

Carnegie Hero Ryan McIlwain

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

From left, Carnegie Hero Ryan Scott McIlwain, 17, of Douro-Dummer, Ont., shakes the hand of Provincial Parliament member Dave Smith, while Douro-Dummer Mayor J. Murray Jones looks on during a …

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100 years since his death, Andrew Carnegie’s legacy strong as steel in Pittsburgh

Lights commemorate Carnegie

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Two Pittsburgh downtown buildings lit up in blue and white Aug. 11, 2019, to mark the legacy of Andrew Carnegie, who died 100 years earlier on Aug. 11, 1919. Carnegie …

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Hero Fund officials travel to Scotland to honor Carnegie’s worldwide legacy

Hero Fund officials in Scotland

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Carnegie Hero Fund officials spent time in Andrew Carnegie’s hometown of Dunfermline, Scotland, in August as the final celebrations of the centennial of Carnegie’s death took place. The Andrew Carnegie …

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Scholarship allows student to focus on grades, extracurricular activities

Scholarship recipient Niya Townsend

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Hero Fund Commission scholarship recipient Niya Townsend, 22, from Detroit, will graduate with a degree in entrepreneurship and a minor in youth studies from Central Michigan University in December. She …

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Friends Remembered: Leslie M. Hough

March awardees

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Leslie M. Hough, 64, of Selden, N.Y., died Tuesday, June 11, 2019, in Patchogue, N.Y. Hough was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 1999 for rescuing a 31-year-old woman from a …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to the widow of Carnegie Hero Steven B. Wahler

Carnegie Hero Steven B. Wahler

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Tami Wahler, right, the widow of posthumously awarded Carnegie Hero Steven B. Wahler, spoke to audience members at the Owensboro (Ky.) City Commission meeting held June 4, 2019. “Our hearts …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to surviving parents of Carnegie Hero Bradley Eugene Murphy

Carnegie Hero Bradley Eugene Murphy

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

From left, Foley (Ala.) Mayor John Koniar presents the Carnegie Medal to Mary Dueitt and Fred Murphy, the surviving parents of Carnegie Hero Bradley Eugene Murphy during a July 15 …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie Hero David J. Connelly

Carnegie Hero David Connelly

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Photo by Lisa McGlothlin. Photo by Lisa McGlothlin. D. J. Connelly is seen admiring his dad’s Carnegie Medal after a July 14, 2019, ceremony in which Carnegie Hero awardee Glenn …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie Hero Peter C. Di Pinto, Sr.

Carnegie Hero Di Pinto

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

First responders showed up en masse to show their support for longtime Brookhaven (N.Y.) firefighter Peter C. Di Pinto, Sr., center, who was presented the Carnegie Medal by Hero Fund …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie Hero Marvin George Dixon

Carnegie Hero Dixon

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Connecticut state Sen. Matt Lesser, left, presents Carnegie Hero Marvin George Dixon, right, with the Carnegie Medal at a ceremony while, background, from left, state Rep. Christie Carpino and U.S. …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie Hero Arcangelo F. Liberatore

Carnegie Hero Arcangelo F. Liberatore

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Hero Fund President Eric Zahren presented the Carnegie Medal to Carnegie Hero Arcangelo F. Liberatore during a July 19, 2019, ceremony at the Irvington (N.Y.) Town Hall. Irvington Police Officer …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie Hero Christopher Schafer

carnegie hero schafer

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, left, presents the Carnegie Medal to Christopher Schafer on Aug. 10, 2019, at the Castlewood Days celebration in Castlewood, S.D. Two years ago, Carnegie Hero …

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