Friends Remembered: Robert D. Parr
Carnegie Hero Robert D. Parr, 83, died at his home in Knightsville, Indiana, on Thursday, March 20, 2024. Parr received the Carnegie Medal after helping save a man from suffocation …
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Friends Remembered: Lewis Herbert Chase
Carnegie Hero Lewis Herbert Chase, 93, died Friday, February 16, 2024. He was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 1981. On May 22, 198, following an accident with a train, a …
Friends Remembered: John G. Patrick
Carnegie Hero John G. Patrick, 84, died Saturday, February 17, 2024, at University Hospital of Cleveland. Patrick received the Carnegie Medal for Heroism in 1962. At the age of 21, …
Dick Tracy comic strip features Carnegie Hero
Truro (Nova Scotia) Police Officer Bruce J. Lake was featured in the April 14 edition of the police detective Dick Tracy comic strip, a syndicated comic strip that has been …
Overheard: Impulse 77
There were children that needed assistance. He went without hesitation into the water and saved these children. Unfortunately, his life was not saved. — Best friend of Peter Rosengren, Carnegie …
1967: Two teens save man from attacking bear in remote Idaho forest
Byrle G. Walker, a 34-year-old teacher from Idaho Falls, Idaho, was working part-time for the U.S. Forest Service, when he set out to inspect trees and do insect control work …
North Carolina Governor presents ‘Order of the Long Leaf Pine’ to Carnegie Hero
High Point (North Carolina) Community Foundation President, Paul J. Lessard, received the Order of the Long Leaf Pine at the foundation’s Dec. 12 board meeting. The Order of the Long …
Newest case investigator finds heroes an antidote to negativity
I came to the Hero Fund as a case investigator in November 2023 after a 35-year career as a newspaper reporter, the last 20 of which I spent covering the …
Seneca Falls’ annual celebration of Carnegie hero gathers community
Every year the residents of Seneca Falls, New York, — a 6,000-person hamlet at the north end of Seneca Lake, the largest of the finger lakes — gather to celebrate …
Impulse 77: Board Notes
Most of these articles focus on the Carnegie heroes themselves, on the risks they take, and on the price they often pay for their heroic acts. That shouldn’t surprise anyone. …
First female Hero Fund investigator retires after 34 years
Susan M. Rizza became the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission’s first female case investigator in August 1989. Rizza grew up in Cheswick, Pa., near the site of the Harwick Mine Disaster. …
Hero Fund celebrates 120 years
The Carnegie Hero Fund turned 120 on April 15. At 3:30 p.m. on that date in 1904, Hero Fund President Charles L. Taylor called the inaugural meeting of the Hero …
Carnegie Medal Presentation to Ryan Pasborg
Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon, left, presented the Carnegie Medal for Heroism to Ryan Pasborg at a ceremony held at the Governor’s residence in Cheyenne on April 27, 2024. Pasborg was …
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Carnegie Medal Presentation to Alan H. Mackie
Hero Fund President Eric Zahren traveled to Canada to present the Carnegie Medal for Heroism to Alan H. Mackie at a presentation held April 14 at the Grand Valley …
Carnegie Medal Presentation to the family of Thomas Lee Hawk
The family of Thomas Lee Hawk gathered to accept his posthumous Carnegie Medal for Heroism at the Morgan County Public Safety Complex in Madison, Georgia, on April 4. Rep. Mike …
Carnegie Medal Presentation to Tu Anh Tran
Lincoln police officer Tu Anh Tran was presented with the Carnegie Medal for Heroism on March 22 by Nebraska Lt. Gov. Joe Kelly at a presentation held at the Lincoln, …
Carnegie Medal Presentation to Heath Martin
Hero Fund President Eric Zahren presented the Carnegie Medal to Springboro (Ohio) police officer Heath Martin Thursday, April 4, 2024, at the Springboro Council meeting. “While we recognize with gratitude …
Carnegie Medal presentation to Jordan B. Kurtzer
Nebraska Lt. Gov. Joe Kelly, right, presented the Carnegie Medal for heroism to Jordan B. Kurtzer at a ceremony held Feb. 7 at the Lincoln, Nebraska, State Capitol building. Kurtzer …