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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
“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
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 …
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 …
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 …
Maura Rosengren, left, accepts the Carnegie Medal posthumously awarded to her husband, Peter Rosengren, from Corinne Pierog, chairperson of the Kane County, Illinois, Board on July 12, 2022, at a …
Lenny and Kristi Gravois, parents of Layne Paul Gravois, hold his Carnegie Medal as the young hero’s siblings, Addison and Collin, look on during a ceremony at the Bayou Country …
From left, U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman, on June 29, 2022, presents the Carnegie Medal to heroes Justin Leland Perry and Jason Hadfield for their role in the July 25, 2020, …
Although more than 1,000 miles and nearly 100 years apart, the graves of two more Carnegie heroes were marked this past Independence Day weekend (2022) with a bronze medallion honoring …
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been obsessed with larger-than-life tales of heroism and adventure. I read The Iliad and The Odyssey as a teenager and dreamt of …
And so it goes …There are big changes underway at the Hero Fund. “Good governance,” complete with all associated “best practices,” has caught up with us. In June I completed …
After serving at the helm of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission for the past 21 years, Chair Mark Laskow stepped down at the Hero Fund Commission’s annual meeting, held June …
It’s been nearly 20 years since the accident in which Carnegie heroes Terry R. Pease and Robert K. Barth rescued a woman and her 3-year-old daughter from a burning vehicle …
We saw the knife, and me and Marvin, wewent quick to take it right away — Jose L. Casanova, Carnegie Medal awardee #10089 I knew that with these old trailers, …
