U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, left, presents the Carnegie Medal to Stephen Anthony Eberle, center, in a private ceremony Oct. 25, 2019, at the Essex, Conn., Town Hall also attended by …
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey honored Andrea L. Harris Oct. 9, 2019, in a ceremony in her office in Montgomery. Ivey presented Harris with the Carnegie Medal and a commendation. “Folks …
Todd D. Lyford, formerly of the Dover-Foxcroft Police Department in Maine, was presented the Carnegie Medal Dec. 12, 2019, at an annual Christmas banquet organized by his new employer, the …
The Hero Fund has two new hires this year including part-time administrative assistant Janet Thomas and spring intern Katherine Lewis, a 22-year-old Fairfax, Va., native who graduated from the University …
Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself. — 1908 address before a graduating class in New York.
The Rev. Ian Stamps presented Carnegie Hero Angela Lynn McQueen, of Mattoon, Ill., the Carnegie Medal at a private ceremony held Oct. 6, 2019, at Broadway Christian Church in Mattoon. …
Carnegie Hero Heather Zabrowski, right, is shown with Hero Fund President Eric Zahren after a Dec. 14, 2019, ceremony honoring her at the McLane Black Lake Fire Department in Olympia, …
Hero Fund President Eric Zahren, left, and Chair Mark Laskow, right, presented the Carnegie Medal to Phillip H. DiLuca at a private ceremony held Nov. 15, 2019, at the …
C. James Rospert, 84, of Bellevue, Ohio, died Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019, at his home. Rospert was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 2004 for rescuing a 16-year-old girl from an …
Michael Paul Mizzone, 57, of Orange, Conn., died Monday, July 15, 2019, at his home. Mizzone was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 2009 for rescuing his 82-year-old neighbor from his …
Camille Mikalik, 66, of Morgantown, W.Va., died Monday, July 15, 2019, at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown. Mikalik was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 2001 for rescuing 9-year-old twins …
A popular Wisconsin campground near Lake Superior that Carnegie Hero Dennis D. Swenson operated with his mother now encompasses the majority of a forest preserve that is open to the …
Doris Clark lost 16-year-old son Michael Deutsch in the roiling waters at the base of a dam on the Fox River near Chicago on June 9, 1993. Although it took …
It is truly wonderful to serve the Carnegie Hero Fund. We deal with the best of people doing the best a human can do. There are hard parts, though, such …
Gregory Mann adheres a grave marker to the headstone of his wife’s grandfather, Herman D. Sigal, who died in 1944. In 1929, Sigal saved a 58-year-old lawyer from being struck …
It was just instinct. God led the way. — Vickie Tillman, Carnegie Medal awardee #10000 I thank God for allowing me to be in that position and not allowing me …
From left, Carnegie Hero Ryan Scott McIlwain, 17, of Douro-Dummer, Ont., shakes the hand of Provincial Parliament member Dave Smith, while Douro-Dummer Mayor J. Murray Jones looks on during a …
A screenshot of Pittsburgh local news coverage that reported on the blue and white illumination on the roofs of two downtown skyscrapers to honor Andrew Carnegie’s lasting impact on the …
Carnegie Hero Fund officials spent time in Andrew Carnegie’s hometown of Dunfermline, Scotland, in August as the final celebrations of the centennial of Carnegie’s death took place. The Andrew Carnegie …
