A New Century of Heroes available through the Hero Fund
A New Century of Heroes (Lyons Press) – the updated and expanded edition of A Century of Heroes (2004, University of Pittsburgh Press) — is available at the discounted rate …
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Pittsburgh’s Thomas Wentling elected as Hero Fund Chair
At its annual meeting on June 18, 2024, the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission elected Thomas L. Wentling, Jr., to serve as the Commission’s chair, effective immediately. Mr. Wentling replaces Eric …
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A New Century of Heroes to be released July 1
The Hero Fund is proud to announce the July 1, 2023 release of A New Century of Heroes (280 pages • 978-1-4930-7096-1 • $39.95 • Hardback • Lyons Press) – …
60 Minutes feature on Carnegie Heroes
On Nov. 7, 2021, CBS’ 60 Minutes aired a segment about Carnegie Heroes — focusing on three awardees: TerryAnn E. Thomas, Peter F. Pontzer, and David Michael McCartney, as well …
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Brave of Heart Fund draws support from Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
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The Heroic Age
In June 2018, the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission celebrated the awarding of the Carnegie Medal to its 10,000th and 10,001st heroes at a gala held in Pittsburgh. Carnegie heroes Vickie …
Carnegie Medal presentation by Calif. Highway Patrol
By Susan Winlow, Features Editor Daily Republic, Fairfield, Calif. Perry Hookey relives the horrific morning of Jan. 10, 2013, every morning he drives to work as a paramedic at Medic …
Great, great grandson uncovers ‘granddaddy’s’ grave stone — Ansel James
Through a family research project, educator Phillip N. Frazier, 41, of Washington, D.C., learned that his great-great-grandfather Ansel James was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 1945, when, on Feb. 16, …