“If it has the potential to do good, then we should do it.”—2015 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy awardee Paul G. Allen The Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy, given to those who …
A generous donation of $25,000 was made to the Hero Fund in October by long-time friend Lilian H. Fisher of Naples, Fla. Mrs. Fisher is the widow of Benjamin R. …
From the very first email sent in 1971 to yesterday’s trending four-second Vine video, the social purpose of the World Wide Web has remained unchanged: To connect people seeking information …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
“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.
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
