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Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
  • 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
      • 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 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
    • Resources for Media/Presenters
    • Centennial Archive
  • Contact
Rolls of Honor Heroes
Ana Maria Ramirez, 2017 Carnegie Medal Recipient

Rolls of Honor

In1904, industrialist Andrew Carnegie founded the Carnegie Hero Fund, directing a hand-chosen board of 21 to seek out, investigate, and award individuals who risked their lives to save others. In its founding document, with his wife Louise as witness, he set out 10 directives for the Commission, including this final instruction:

A finely executed roll of the heroes and heroines shall be kept displayed in the office at Pittsburgh.

That requirement was finally and fully met in 2020, with the publication of the Roll of Heroes and Heroines, Vol. 1, and contains a short summary of every award the Hero Fund has made from its first group of heroes in 1905 through it’s 9,991st hero awarded in 2017. Vol. 2 continues with Hero No. 9,992, and includes the Commission’s 10,000th award recognized in 2018.

A finely executed book, located in the Hero Fund’s Pittsburgh office, is on display for visitors, but an electronic version of both Rolls are available to all, below.


Roll of Heroes and Heroines, Vol. 1, 1905-2017

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Roll of Heroes and Heroines, Vol. 2, 2018-

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