Carnegie Medal presentation to Ross C. Johnson
Carnegie Hero Ross C. Johnson, left, poses with U.S. Rep. John Rutherford in his Jacksonville office after Rutherford presented Johnson with the Carnegie Medal Sept. 6, 2022. In May 2020, …
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Carnegie Hero Ross C. Johnson, left, poses with U.S. Rep. John Rutherford in his Jacksonville office after Rutherford presented Johnson with the Carnegie Medal Sept. 6, 2022. In May 2020, …
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This summer, nearly $33,000 was raised for a memorial scholarship in honor of Carnegie Hero Forrest L. Willey, leaving organizers hopeful about the future of the fund. On Oct. 5, 1966, …
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Melissa Wade came to the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission in early September as the fund’s first-ever Director of Operations, bringing with her a wealth of non-profit experience. “I am thrilled …
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It was 29 years ago that the late, great Tom Hilliard asked me to become a member of the Hero Fund Commission. I didn’t have a clear idea of what …
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Brown’s Island is a 2-mile-long island nestled in the waters of the Ohio River. Surrounded by the rolling hills of Weirton, West Virginia, this little crop of land was home …
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By Roger Seibert / Oneida Dispatch Local tow truck owner Andrew Parent recently received a $5,500 grant from the Carnegie Hero Fund for a burning vehicle rescue that …
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Bruce A. Baxter, about 72, died Wednesday, June 22, 2022. In 2008, Baxter, then 58, rescued an elderly woman from burning in Petaluma, California. The 87-year-old woman was in the …
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Ronald L. Baliko, 83, of Brown City, Michigan, died Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. He was born and raised in Detroit. He married Susan Wilder on March 5, 1977, and retired …
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“You have made a start, and there is no finish — it goes on forever” — Letter to Charles Taylor, first Hero Fund president, May 31, 1905
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From left, Jersey City (New Jersey) Mayor Steven Fulop and Ryan Chu, honorary mayor for the day, present Carnegie Hero Anthony Stephen Capuano the Carnegie Medal at a private ceremony held on …
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Carnegie heroes Anthony Peterkin, left, and Jaden DeShawn Peterkin, right, stand proudly with Hero Fund President Eric Zahren after he presented the father and son with the Carnegie Medal at …
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Fresno (California) Mayor Jerry Dyer, second from left, presents the Carnegie Medal posthumously awarded to Arthur R. Caballero, Sr., to his family. Pictured from left are Caballero’s son Arthur Caballero, Jr., daughters Desiree Caballero …
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Hero Fund President Eric Zahren, center, presents the Carnegie Medal to Christopher Lee Taylor, left, and Patrick J. Driscoll, right, during an Aug. 9, 2022, private luncheon at Coco’s Bistro in Dayton, Ohio. Though the two …