Carnegie Hero Connor M. Bystrom of Holmes Beach, Fla., celebrated his veterinary school graduation in June 2016 with his parents, William and Jeannie Holmes Bystrom. Cited by the Hero Fund in …
Andrew Carnegie believed that those who risk their lives to save others are to be recognized as the heroes of civilization, in contrast to “the heroes of barbarism,” who main …
Following his award of the Carnegie Medal in 2014, Christopher Jon Ihle of Huxley, Iowa, went through something of a post-rescue career change, resulting in his new business, My Main …
Waymon L. Halsell, 87, of Bakersfield, Calif., died July 11. He was awarded the medal in 1960 in recognition of his helping to save a man from suffocation after a …
Two young men from Southern California who met as strangers when they teamed up to save victims of a freeway crash 34 years ago died recently, within a period of …
By Van Craddock Longview, Texas More than 100 years ago, John R. Hoffmann was known for his heroic efforts on the Longview Cannibals’ minor league baseball team. An East Texas …
Carnegie Hero Horatio G. Pino of Virginia Beach, Va., and Kayla McDaniel first met five minutes after midnight on April 19, 2001. Pino, then 34, was a deputy with the …
Graves of Carnegie Medal awardees in Connecticut and Ontario have been designated with a bronze marker cast in the likeness of the medal. The markers are made available by the …
In 2015, Terry Brown of Dallas, Ore., was awarded the Carnegie Medal for his actions of June 2, 2014, by which he helped to save a teenage boy from drowning …
Douglas R. Chambers, left, the Hero Fund’s director of external affairs, made his last medal presentation in late June 2016 and retired from the organization a week later. He is …
Long and faithful service by two members of the Commission was recognized at its 112th annual meeting in June 2016. Board chair Mark Laskow, shown at left in both photos, …
By Kenneth W. Mathews, Billerica, Mass. Carnegie Medal awardee #4836 When I was about 10 years old, I purchased four goldfish at the W.T. Grant store in Nashua, N.H. I …
Nancy L. Rackoff, a member of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission since 2002, was elected vice chair of the board at the Commission’s 112th annual meeting, held in June 2016 …
A “mini summit” of representatives from three of Andrew Carnegie’s nine existing hero funds took place in The Hague, Netherlands, in spring 2016, hosted by Boi Jongejan, second from right, …
Friday, Sept. 23, 1966, was Kiwanis Kids Day in Chicago, Ill., and its suburbs, and the 105 area clubs of the worldwide service organization were combining manpower to sell peanuts …
One day after Ronaldo J. Freitas of Somerville, Mass., pulled a woman from her crashed and burning car in Somerville on March 20, 2015, John Conley of Barrington, R.I., was emailing the …
By Teresa Hardister Randleman, N.C. On the Sunday prior to July 6, 1956, my grandfather, J. Walter Reeder, stood in …
“We are in the presence of universal law and should bow our heads in silence and obey the Judge within, asking nothing, fearing nothing, just doing our duty right along, …
Carnegie Hero Donald E. Thompson and his family visited the Pittsburgh offices of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission on Monday, June 13, 2016. Mr. Thompson, a Los Angeles police officer, …
The June 2016 edition of imPULSE, the Commission’s quarterly newsletter, can be read online. This issue includes resumes of the latest awardees’ heroic acts, as well as the announcement of the Commission’s new …
