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  • Heroes
    • Latest Award Announcements
      • Award Announcement Archive
    • Rolls of Honor
      • Two-time Carnegie Medal recipients
    • Search Heroes
    • Resources for Heroes & Families
      • Overview
      • Scholarship Form
      • Beneficiary Form
      • Grave Markers Requests
      • Academic Honor Cords
      • Carnegie Medal Refinishing
      • Update Contact Information
    • Request More Information On A Hero
  • Nominate
    • Award Consideration Process
    • Award Nomination Form
    • Case Status Inquiry Form
  • About
    • Mission
    • Deed of Trust
    • History
      • Historical Timeline
    • The Carnegie Medal
    • Commission and Staff
    • Financials
  • News
    • Impulse Archives
    • 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
    • Annual Reports
    • About Andrew Carnegie
    • European Hero Funds
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Academic Honor Cords Heroes
Ana Maria Ramirez, 2017 Carnegie Medal Recipient

Academic Honor Cords

honor cords

In the Hero Fund’s Deed of Trust, Andrew Carnegie declared, “For exceptional children exceptional grants may be made for exceptional education.”

After a person is awarded the Carnegie Medal for risking their life to an extraordinary degree to save the life of another, the supportive presence of the Fund remains, including in the form of scholarship aid to Heroes and qualifying dependents.

In celebration of graduating scholarship recipients, the Hero Fund is pleased to offer academic honor cords representing the Tartan plaid of Andrew Carnegie. The tri-color cord of red, green, and gold also features a tassel tag engraved with ‘CARNEGIE HERO.’

Contingent upon individual university policy, the honor cord may be worn at graduation.

To order the honor cords, email carnegiehero@carnegiehero.org

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