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Officer John Smith, 2019 Awardee

Friends remembered: Jessie Spittal

friends remembered

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Jessie Spittal, 76, left, of Dunfermline, Scotland, died Oct. 10, 2015.  She became a trustee of the Carnegie Dunfermline and Hero Fund Trusts in 1974 and retired from them in …

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Carnegie Medal awardee Billy A. Nix recognized by alma mater

Carnegie Medal awardee Billy A. Nix

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Carnegie Medal awardee Billy A. Nix, given posthumous recognition by the Commission in 1972 for his heroic actions at Sullivan’s Island, S.C., was inducted into his alma mater’s athletic hall …

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Chris Mintz defies the age of the ‘beta male:’ Hope for courage and selflessness to endure

beta male

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Carnegie Hero Fund

By John Daniel Davidson The Federalist Among the survivors of the mass shooting at an Oregon community college on Oct. 1, 2015 is one man whose heroic actions have gained …

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Nine worldwide hero funds seek to strengthen bonds, sustainability

nine worldwide hero funds

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Representatives of eight of the existing nine worldwide hero funds established more than a century ago by Andrew Carnegie in the U.S. and Western Europe met in New York City in …

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Investigations manager Jeffrey A. Dooley recognized

Investigation manager Jeffrey A. Dooley recognized

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Investigations Manager Jeffrey A. Dooley was recognized on Sept. 17, 2015 for his 30 years of service.  As its investigations manager, Dooley starts the awarding process for the Hero Fund …

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Carnegie Medal awardee given federal research grant

carnegie medal awardee

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Carnegie Hero Fund

A fellowship from the U.S. Dept. of Defense is funding a University of Kansas graduate student’s research in nuclear physics and will guarantee him a two-year appointment with a federal …

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Carnegie Medal of local man ‘back home’ for display by historical society museum

Carnegie Medal back home

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Alexander James Campbell was awarded the Carnegie Medal after making a heroic drowning rescue nearly a century ago, and his actions continue to receive accolades by his family and the Mt. …

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Carnegie Hero Funds World News

carnegie hero funds world news

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Carnegie Hero Fund

In Carnegie Hero Funds World News, Carnegie’s hero fund in the Netherlands—Stichting Carnegie Heldenfonds—is hoping to build a tradition with its first annual “heroes day,” held Oct. 7, 2015, in …

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From the archives: 60th anniversary of Chesapeake shipwreck, heroism observed

chesapeake shipwreck

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Aug. 12, 1955:  Alarms sounded at about 6 p.m. in North Bay Village, a summer resort town situated on the western coast of the Chesapeake Bay near Fairhaven, Md.  Volunteer …

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The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 44

andrew carnegie quote

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Carnegie Hero Fund

“As I grow older, I play less attention to what men say.  I just watch what they do.”   Return to imPULSE index. See PDF of this issue.

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Commission member Linda T. Hills speaks of Carnegies’ dynamic legacy

carnegies' dynamic legacy

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Carnegie Hero Fund

The following remarks were made by Commission member Linda Thorell Hills of Littleton, Colo., during the placement of a memorial wreath on the grave of her great-grandparents, Andrew and Louise …

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Carnegie Awardee Ronald LaRue posthumously honored

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Carnegie awardee Ronald LaRue was one of 22 individuals recently named as a Carnegie Hero in the Commission’s third award announcement of 2015. LaRue died attempting to save his 5-year-old grandson, …

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Commission members welcome Carnegie’s great-great-grandson to meeting

commission member

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Andrew Carnegie’s Hero Fund Commission is administered carefully to ensure its existence into perpetuity, and a visitor to the Commission’s 111th annual meeting on June 25, 2015 was a symbol …

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Carnegie Medal awardee attempts to save best friend

carnegie hero awardee

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Not only were Ryan Thomas Nelson of Eagan, Minn., and Matthew J. Heisler of Lakeville, Minn., roommates at the University of North Dakota at Grand Forks, they were best friends …

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Carnegie Medal awardee Gale O. Shreffler was hero in war and peace

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Carnegie Medal awardee Gale O. Shreffler of Plum, Pa., who died May 31, 2014, at 90, was a certified hero in both war and peace.  He compiled an impressive record …

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Friends remembered: Philip Bevacqua

friends remembered

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Philip Bevacqua, 85, of Totowa, N.J., died May 17, 2015.  Awarded the Carnegie Medal at age 77 in 2008, Bevacqua was a police captain for the Paterson, N.J., Police Department, …

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Double Carnegie Medal awardee featured in magazine

carnegie medal awardee

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Carnegie Medal awardee Charles T. Carbonell, Sr., of Tampa, Fla., is one of only five recipients of the Carnegie Medal to have been awarded the medal twice, and that fact …

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Mother remembers Carnegie Medal awardee Matthew Ray Hattaway

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Carnegie Hero Fund

By Janet D. Hattaway Shreveport, La. I am the proud mother of a man, Matthew Ray Hattaway, who has been recognized by the Hero Fund for his outstanding act of …

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Carnegie Medal awardee sets sail for law school

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Summer visitors to the Hero Fund’s offices included Carnegie medal awardee Clerc Higgins Cooper, 22, of New Orleans, who was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 2009 for a heroic rescue …

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Exploring the characteristics of heroes

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Carnegie Hero Fund

By Brian R. Riches School of Social Science, Policy & Evaluation Claremont (Calif.) Graduate University Anyone can be a hero.  A civilian who rescues another person from a fire at …

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