On July 31, 2018, Gloria Barber, administrative assistant with the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, retired after nearly two decades of service to the organization. “My 16 years with the Carnegie …
Two new videos were recently posted on the Carnegie Hero Fund’s YouTube channel — one showing highlights from the June 2018 Power of One event and a second, The Heroic Age, …
Abigail Marsh, an associate professor of psychology and neuroscience at Georgetown University, finishes a presentation on “The Altruistic Brain” at a special luncheon held June 12, 2018, at the Allegheny …
Members of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission in attendance at the 2018 annual meeting held in June. From left are Ann M. McGuinn, Nathalie Lemieux, Nancy L. Rackoff, Christopher R. …
I said, “We gotta go,” grabbed her arm, and we dashed off. —John Paul Hollyfield, Carnegie Medal awardee #9962, who saved a 6-year-old girl from being crushed by a falling …
After months of searching—which included two newspaper articles, several interviews, and hours of genealogical research—Boy Scouts of America official Gregory Motta could not solve the mystery of who was leaving …
In June 2018, the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission celebrated the awarding of the Carnegie Medal to its 10,000th and 10,001st heroes at a gala held in Pittsburgh. Carnegie heroes Vickie …
On the evening of June 12, 2018, more than a decade after the centennial celebration of the founding of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission by Andrew Carnegie, 275 invited guests …
While the Hero Fund saw to it that John Minadeo be recognized for his courage, Pittsburgh school leaders ensured he would be remembered by his community. John became a hero …
The summer 2018 issue of imPULSE brims with stories of the 10,000th and 10,001st Carnegie Medal awards, covering the rescuers, their rescues, and the joyful ceremony at which Vickie Tillman and …
The Washington Symphony Orchestra opened its Feb. 18, 2018, “Music to the Rescue” concert at Trinity High School in Washington, Pa., with a presentation on Washington County Carnegie heroes numbering …
Pocono Mountain Regional Police Chief Chris Wagner, center, poses with, left, Hilton Quintana and Kyle Van Note, right, after Quintana and Van Note were presented the Carnegie Medal at a March 13, …
In a June 13, 2018, ceremony, Carnegie Hero Matthew John Kalafat, center, received the Carnegie Medal presented by Westfield Public Schools Superintendent Margaret Dolan, left, and school principal Mary Asfendis, …
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission Treasurer Dan Sandman, U.S. Rep. Thomas J. Rooney, and Polk County Commissioner Melony M. Bell presented the Carnegie Medal to the family of Carnegie Hero Austin Craig …
Carnegie Hero Mark Rich, left, was presented the Carnegie Medal by U.S. Rep. Mark Walker on March 12, 2018, in Greensboro, N.C. Rich, a 52-year-old arborist from Randleman, N.C., helped …
Carnegie heroes Angel Darlene Fiorini and Matthew Paul Burson were presented the Carnegie Medal by Spokane County Commissioner Mary Kuney on March 6, 2018, in Spokane, Wash. Fiorini, 32, of Newman Lake, …
On behalf of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, Shakopee (Minn.) Mayor Bill Mars presented the Carnegie Medal to the family of Carnegie Hero Dmitriy A. Bondarenko, who was posthumously awarded, during a …
Carnegie Hero Joshua J. Owen, left, stands as Shawnee (Kan.) Mayor Michelle Distler reads the details of Owen’s heroic actions during a Feb. 12, 2018, presentation of the Carnegie Medal …
Carnegie Hero James Raymond Garvey, Sr., left, was presented the Carnegie Medal by Hero Fund Commission board member, Peter Lambrou, M.D., right, and Somerset County Commissioners Chairman Gerald Walker, during …
Carnegie Hero Justin William Schroepfer, a posthumous Carnegie Medal awardee, was honored on April 3, 2018, at U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy’s district office in Wausau, Wis. Schroepfer, a 24-year-old accountant from …
