At the age of 10, I started my summer by creating a neighborhood newsletter, formatted on a double-sided, 8.5-by-11 piece of paper. The handwritten, hand-drawn publication mostly included puzzles, a …
The September 2017 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 updates on several awardees, including …
La Crosse County Sheriff’s Sgt. John P. Williams has once again been recognized for life-saving actions while on duty. In May 2017, the La Crosse County (Wis.) Sheriff’s Office recognized …
Larry J. Koos, left, of La Motte, Iowa, is a Jackson County, Iowa, supervisor, and it was at a supervisors meeting on Sept. 9, 2014, that he charged after a …
Fifth-grade teacher Reed Chambers of Colter Elementary School, Jackson, Wyo., gave a presentation of the Hero Fund to about 200 fourth-graders in April 2016. The students were starting a study …
Carnegie Medal volunteer presenter John P. Williams presented two Carnegie Medals Tuesday March 22, 2016, at a ceremony held at the Maquoketa (Iowa) Volunteer Fire Department. Williams is also a Carnegie …
By Sybil P. Veeder, Ph.D., Chair, Executive Committee Carnegie Hero Fund Commission When six men, including three Americans, subdued an armed assailant aboard a Paris-bound train in August 2015, The …
Ryan Thomas Nelson, third from right, was named an awardee of the Carnegie Medal in June for pulling his good friend and college roommate, Matthew J. Heisler, from their burning …
Several awardees of the Carnegie Medal volunteer their services for medal presentations to newly named awardees. Two such presentations were made in May 2015 to awardees announced earlier this year. Fire …
A Carnegie Medal presentation was held Aug. 16 in Eagan, Minn., in which Ryan Thomas Nelson received the award from Carnegie Medal awardee John P. Williams of LaCrosse, Wis., one of the …
