This column, dated April 17, appeared in The (North Augusta, S.C.) Star. Columnist Phyllis Britt is the daughter-in-law of Carnegie Hero Charles E. Britt, who, at the age of 73, …
Gladys Mae Willis, 96, of Little Rock, Ark., died Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Willis was the widow of Ernest Willis, who died in 1967 attempting to save an 8-year-old boy …
During summer 2019, Saint Vincent College rising senior Anna Zahren interned for the Carnegie Hero Fund alongside returning intern Lauryn Maykovich. Their primary focus is designing and editing the Commission’s …
A volume of letters written to Andrew Carnegie by today’s leaders of the more than 20 organizations he founded will be published this fall. Carnegie Corporation of New York presented …
Three-year-old Andrew Graper stands in front of his great, great, great grandfather’s grave site holding his original Carnegie Medal. Louis G. Burkhalter, 27, died July 28, 1912, attempting to …
I think we all wonder if we witnessed such a brutal situation, what we would do. Well that’s been answered for Mr. Ireland. He stepped up and did the right …
Carnegie Hero and scholarship recipient Marc J. Ellison, 47, from American Fork, Utah, graduated from Brigham Young University in August 2018. In 2007, Marc J. Ellison was awarded the Carnegie …
At the Hero Fund’s 115th annual meeting held in June 2019, board member Priscilla “Sibby” J. McCrady was recognized for her 30 years of service on the Commission. A resolution …
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, left, hugs Doretha Williams, who accepted her late husband’s posthumously awarded Carnegie Medal. Cantrell and New Orleans Fire Chief Tim McConnell presented the award to …
During a June 11, 2019 San Francisco Supervisors’ meeting, Carnegie Hero Nicholas Anderson, center, received the Carnegie Medal from San Francisco Supervisor Gordon Mar, right. Anderson was accompanied by his …
Carnegie Heroes Eric Martin, second from left, and Patrick Nolan McCarty, right, were awarded the Carnegie Medal from Carnegie Hero Fund Commission board chair Mark Laskow, center, and President Eric …
Carnegie Hero Kali Allen, left, was presented the Carnegie Medal by Broken Arrow (Okla.) Mayor Craig Thurmond during a June 17, 2019, city council meeting. In January 2018, Allen attempted …
Kentucky state Sen. Wil Schroder, left, and state Rep. Dennis Keene, right, pose with Carnegie Hero Kristian B. Harrison to celebrate his act of heroism at a special ceremony June …
North Cowichan (B.C.) Mayor Al Siebring, left, presented Carnegie Hero John Thomas Prokop with the Carnegie Medal during the municipality’s April 3, 2019, council meeting. Along a city street in …
Previous Carnegie Medal awardee Charles S. Harris, right, adorns Carnegie Hero Joshua Stewart Wright with a Carnegie Hero lapel pin after presenting him with the Carnegie Medal on Friday, June …
Fifty years ago, on the night of July 4, 1969, stormy weather was brewing in the city of Sandusky, Ohio. During this particular electrical storm, 70 m.p.h. gale winds persisted …
No expectation in which I have ever indulged … no air-castle which I have ever inflated, no dream which I have ever dreamed … equals what has been accomplished in …
Marion J. Wheeler, Jr., 67, of Gasden, Ala., died Friday, March 1, 2019. After rescuing a woman from assault in 1996, he was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 1997. Seated …
Vernon R. Hughes, 83, of Yreka, Calif., died Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. Vernon joined the Air Force in 1954 and served in Guam until 1957. He married in 1960 and …
In the Hero Fund’s Deed of Trust, Andrew Carnegie declared, “For exceptional children exceptional grants may be made for exceptional education.” The members of the Commission are delighted to support …
