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Officer John Smith, 2019 Awardee

Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie Hero Stephen Anthony Eberle

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Carnegie Hero Fund

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 …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie Hero Andrea L. Harris

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Carnegie Hero Fund

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 …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie Hero Todd D. Lyford

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Carnegie Hero Fund

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 …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie Hero Allen Sirois

Posted on February 5, 2020 by Carnegie Hero Fund

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Administrative assistant and spring intern join Carnegie Hero staff

Posted on February 5, 2020 by Carnegie Hero Fund

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 …

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The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 60

Posted on February 5, 2020 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself. — 1908 address before a graduating class in New York.

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie Hero Angela Lynn McQueen

Angela Lynn McQueen

Posted on February 5, 2020 by Carnegie Hero Fund

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. …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie Hero Heather Zabrowski

Posted on February 5, 2020 by Carnegie Hero Fund

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, …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie Hero Phillip H. DiLuca

Posted on February 4, 2020 by Carnegie Hero Fund

  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 …

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Friends Remembered: C. James Rospert

March awardees

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Jewels Phraner

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 …

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Friends Remembered: Michael Paul Mizzone

March awardees

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Jewels Phraner

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 …

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Friends Remembered: Camille Mikalik

March awardees

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Jewels Phraner

  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 …

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Campground operated by posthumous awardee now part of forest preserve

Swenson forest preserve

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

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 …

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Grieving mother thanks hero for comfort in self-published book

Grieving mother

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

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 …

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Board Notes: The Hardest Cases

without disaster

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

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 …

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Granddaughter marks Herman D. Sigal’s headstone

Herman D. Sigal headstone

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

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 …

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Overheard: Impulse 59

March awardees

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

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 …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Carnegie Hero Ryan Scott McIlwain

Carnegie Hero Ryan McIlwain

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

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 …

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100 years since his death, Andrew Carnegie’s legacy strong as steel in Pittsburgh

Lights commemorate Carnegie

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

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 …

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Hero Fund officials travel to Scotland to honor Carnegie’s worldwide legacy

Hero Fund officials in Scotland

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

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 …

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