Friends remembered: Jessie Spittal

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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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, 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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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“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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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 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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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 …