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Officer John Smith, 2019 Awardee

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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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December 2017 edition of imPULSE

December 2017 edition of imPULSE

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Carnegie Hero Fund

The December 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 and …

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Carnegie Medal presentation to Dennis D. Swenson

Carnegie Medal presentation

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Carnegie Hero Fund

  Carnegie Hero Fund Commission President Eric P. Zahren presented the Carnegie Medal to the family of Carnegie Hero Dennis D. Swenson in a private ceremony held Aug. 20, 2017 …

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Dennis D. Swenson

Dennis D. Swenson

Posted on December 20, 2016 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Dennis D. Swenson died attempting to save Dorothy H. Swenson from burning, Cornucopia, Wisconsin, May 1, 2015. At night, Dorothy, 95, was inside the one-story house she shared with her …

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