2015-16 annual reports cite ‘persistent heroic spirit’
Annual reports summarizing the activities of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission in 2015 and 2016 have been combined into a 132-page booklet that is soon to be fresh off the …
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Officer John Smith,
2019 Awardee
Carnegie Medal presentation to Keoni Bowthorpe
Keoni Bowthorpe, center, of Waialua, Hawaii, was awarded the Carnegie Medal by Hawaii’s governor, David Ige, right, at a ceremony in the state capitol in Honolulu in November 2016. With …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Scott R. Williams
Scott R. Williams, center, of Berlin, Vt., received his Carnegie Medal at a ceremony in the Vermont Statehouse, Montpelier, in late November 2016. A state’s attorney for Washington County, Vt., …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Isbel Jimenez
Isbel Jimenez climbed through the small window of a mobile home bathroom at night to help in the rescue of a woman who had been overcome by smoke. For his …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Todd D. Clausen
Sioux City (Iowa) Mayor Robert E. Scott, left, presented the Carnegie Medal to city resident Todd D. Clausen at a city council meeting in late January 2017. Clausen was cited …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Matthew R. Bartholomew
Matthew R. Bartholomew, a physician from Midlothian, Va., was given his Carnegie Medal by another Carnegie hero, Glenn S. Bingham of Williamsburg, Va., at a meeting of the Chesterfield County …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Adam Joe Martin and Bradley C. Runions
Hayward, Wis., neighbors Adam Joe Martin, left, and Bradley C. Runions, right, teamed up to save a neighbor from his burning house on July 6, 2015, and for their efforts …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Sheriff’s Deputies Joe L. Serrano and Adrian Gallo
Pima County (Ariz.) Sheriff’s Deputies Joe L. Serrano (second from left) and Adrian Gallo (second from right) were recognized by the Hero Fund for their efforts in behalf of a …
From the archives: Ocean rescues by Laguna Beach businessman predated city’s lifeguards
The first paid lifeguards of Laguna Beach, Calif., were hired in the summer of 1929, two years after the sleepy and somewhat isolated little town was incorporated as a city. …
The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 49
“Peace wins her way not by force; her appeal is to the reason and the conscience of man.” —Andrew Carnegie, University of St. Andrews address, Oct. 17, 1905 Return to …
Carnegie Hero Fund remembers victims of Harwick Mine disaster 113 years later
More than a century ago, on January 25, 1904, a massive explosion tore through the 200-foot-deep Harwick Mine in Southwestern Pennsylvania, claiming the lives of 179 miners and two rescue …
December 2016 edition of imPULSE
The December 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 a look back at the Commission’s …
Blood brothers survive shark attack
Colin W. Cook, left, was surfing in the Pacific Ocean off Haleiwa, Hawaii, on Oct. 9, 2015, when he was attacked by an 11-foot-long tiger shark, which severed his left …
CBS Sunday Morning visits Hero Fund to film segment on its history and work
CBS Sunday Morning, the long-running staple of the CBS television morning lineup, is featuring the Hero Fund in a segment that was scheduled to air in late November 2016. The …
Moral, mortal choices as defining heroism
By Mark Laskow, Chair Carnegie Hero Fund Commission Andrew Carnegie created the Hero Fund to recognize “men or women [who] are injured or lose their lives in attempting to preserve …
Family’s genealogical curiosity shows culture of heroism can be nurtured
By Brandon Abbs, Ph.D. Pennington, N.J. The awarding of a Carnegie Medal to Robert C. Marshall in 1954 is part of a genealogical curiosity rooted in the origins of the …
Friends remembered: Mary Frances Pappalardo Shields
Margaret Frances Pappalardo Shields, 100, of Woburn, Mass., died Oct. 14, 2016. On Dec. 30, 1929, at the age of 13, she saved a girl from drowning after the girl …
Friends remembered: Henry C. Cameron
Henry C. Cameron, 94, of North Little Rock, Ark., died Sept. 16, 2016. Cameron was awarded the medal in 1938 in recognition of his actions of Aug. 21 of the …
Friends remembered: Clementine U. Brown
Clementine U. Brown, 89, of McArthur, Calif., died July 22, 2016. She was the widow of Roland C. Brown, who was awarded the Carnegie Medal posthumously for his actions of …
Friends remembered: Jackie A. Wellington
Jackie A. Wellington, 77, of The Villages, Fla., died Aug. 3, 2016. He was awarded the medal in 1954 for his rescue actions of Aug. 18, 1952, by …