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    • Latest Award Announcements
      • Award Announcement Archive
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      • Two-time Carnegie Medal recipients
    • Search Heroes
    • Resources for Heroes & Families
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      • Update Contact Information
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    • Impulse Index
    • Other Press Releases
    • Media Coverage
  • Resources
    • A New Century of Heroes available through the Hero Fund
    • A New Century of Heroes
    • Power of One Archive: Hero Fund Awards 10,000th Carnegie Medal
      • Speeches from Power of One Event
    • Biennial Reports
    • About Andrew Carnegie
    • European Hero Funds
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    • Centennial Archive
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Officer John Smith, 2019 Awardee

Category: Roddey Altruism Program

Carnegie HERO Project Spotlight: Sanford Harling III

Posted on September 4, 2025 by Jewels Phraner

Oftentimes when I need to look away from the computer screen during work, I find myself reading through A New Century of Heroes, a book about the Carnegie Hero Fund’s history and …

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Carnegie HERO Project Spotlight: Daniel Elwood Stockwell

2017 in review

Posted on September 4, 2025 by Jewels Phraner

A conversation that comes up often in the Hero Fund office are the stories of six Carnegie heroes who received the Carnegie Medal not once, but twice. The Carnegie Medal …

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Carnegie HERO Project Spotlight: Christine Dawn King

Posted on September 4, 2025 by Jewels Phraner

The following was written by RDS student worker Devon Smith. In my role at the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, I am working on aspects of the HERO Project, which aims …

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Carnegie HERO Project Overview

Posted on August 28, 2025 by Jewels Phraner

The following was written by RDS student worker Devon Smith. The Carnegie HERO (Hero-Inspired Education and Research Outreach) Project is an exciting new collaboration between the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission (Hero Fund) and …

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New project will shine light on extreme human altruism exhibited by acts of heroism

Posted on August 28, 2025 by Jewels Phraner

The Pittsburgh-based Carnegie Hero Fund and the University of Pittsburgh’s Responsible Data Science Initiative will collaborate on a project that aims to make the Hero Fund’s 121 years of data …

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