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Officer John Smith, 2019 Awardee

Tag: behind the scenes

Impulse 66: Behind the scenes

117th annual meeting

Posted on August 19, 2021 by Abby Marie

Commissioners pose for a photo taken at a luncheon at the Duquesne Club before the 117th annual meeting on June 16. In additional to usual Commission business, the meeting included …

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Behind the Scenes: Shedding Light on the complicated case of Black Inventor Garrett Morgan

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Abby Marie

The rescues that occurred after the 1916 Cleveland Waterworks Tunnel Disaster required Hero Fund Investigator A.W. Crawford to parse even the minutest details to accurately determine the specific actions of …

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Investigations manager celebrates 35 years at Carnegie Hero Fund Commission

Posted on September 2, 2020 by Jewels Phraner

If you ask Hero Fund Investigations Manager Jeffrey Dooley what he likes to do outside of work, he’ll tell you he likes to do what everyone likes to do: He …

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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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Behind the scenes: Intern has personal ties to Hero Fund

behind the scenes 58

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

During summer 2019, Saint Vincent College rising senior Anna Zahren interned for the Carnegie Hero Fund alongside returning intern Lauryn Maykovich. Their primary focus is designing and editing the Commission’s …

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Commission Board Member Serves Hero Fund for 30 Years

Priscilla McCrady 30 years

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

At the Hero Fund’s 115th annual meeting held in June 2019, board member Priscilla “Sibby” J. McCrady was recognized for her 30 years of service on the Commission. A resolution …

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Two interns join Carnegie Hero Fund Commission this summer

interns

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Carnegie Hero Fund

In summer 2018, the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission offered two individuals the opportunity to intern with the Commission throughout the summer. Interns Abby Brady and Lauryn Maykovich delved into communicating …

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Former AP reporter Joe Mandak hired as Commission investigator

Joe Mandak

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Carnegie Hero Fund

By the time I was hired to investigate Carnegie Medal nominees, I’d been writing about them for more than 17 years. That stretch of Carnegie Hero reporting began shortly after …

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New editor Jewels Phraner helms Commission newsletter

Jewels Phraner

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Carnegie Hero Fund

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 …

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A Web Completed: President Walter F. Rutkowski retires from ‘jewel of an organization’

Walter F. Rutkowski

Posted on September 28, 2017 by Carnegie Hero Fund

When Walter Rutkowski walked into the Hero Fund offices in September 1973, as a newly hired field investigator, the future must have gleamed like the resident typewriter keys busy telling …

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Commission’s new executive director : Heroism never fades, needed now as ever

Commission's new executive director

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Concluding a 25-year career with the U.S. Secret Service, most lately as special agent in charge of the Pittsburgh field office, Eric. P. Zahren was elected the Commission’s new Executive …

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Behind the scenes: Chris Foreman joins Commission as newest case investigator

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Carnegie Hero Fund

By Chris Foreman, Case Investigator Carnegie Hero Fund Commission Some days, it seems like there is no shortage of heroes in the headlines.  In recent weeks, I’ve spotted news websites …

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