To the Hero Fund: Reaching goals
I am writing to express to you my gratitude for allowing me the opportunity to pursue my career in education. Because of your help, I have not only been able …
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Officer John Smith,
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Retiree’s avocation of playing Santa Claus is fitting for hero of Christmas Day rescue
Dennis Francis Keefe played Santa Claus of a sort on Christmas Day 1974 when he gave the precious gift of rescued lives to a Bronx, N.Y., family. It’s 42 years …
Rescue station honors Carnegie Medal awardee
One of the sites of a newly designed beach rescue station in Cocoa Beach, Fla., is being dedicated to the memory of Fred Hunt, Jr., who died Oct. 22, 2007, …
2015-16 annual reports cite ‘persistent heroic spirit’
Annual reports summarizing the activities of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission in 2015 and 2016 have been combined into a 132-page booklet that is soon to be fresh off the …
From the archives: Ocean rescues by Laguna Beach businessman predated city’s lifeguards
The first paid lifeguards of Laguna Beach, Calif., were hired in the summer of 1929, two years after the sleepy and somewhat isolated little town was incorporated as a city. …
Carnegie Hero Fund remembers victims of Harwick Mine disaster 113 years later
More than a century ago, on January 25, 1904, a massive explosion tore through the 200-foot-deep Harwick Mine in Southwestern Pennsylvania, claiming the lives of 179 miners and two rescue …
December 2016 edition of imPULSE
The December 2016 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 a look back at the Commission’s …
Blood brothers survive shark attack
Colin W. Cook, left, was surfing in the Pacific Ocean off Haleiwa, Hawaii, on Oct. 9, 2015, when he was attacked by an 11-foot-long tiger shark, which severed his left …
CBS Sunday Morning visits Hero Fund to film segment on its history and work
CBS Sunday Morning, the long-running staple of the CBS television morning lineup, is featuring the Hero Fund in a segment that was scheduled to air in late November 2016. The …
Moral, mortal choices as defining heroism
By Mark Laskow, Chair Carnegie Hero Fund Commission Andrew Carnegie created the Hero Fund to recognize “men or women [who] are injured or lose their lives in attempting to preserve …
Family’s genealogical curiosity shows culture of heroism can be nurtured
By Brandon Abbs, Ph.D. Pennington, N.J. The awarding of a Carnegie Medal to Robert C. Marshall in 1954 is part of a genealogical curiosity rooted in the origins of the …
Documentary on Knox Mine disaster to include hero’s actions
The aftermath of the Knox Mine disaster in Northeastern Pennsylvania, which claimed the lives of 12 miners, included the convictions of mining company and union officials because of illegal digging under …
Illinois ceremony cites four past awardees
‘It’s never too late to honor a hero’ A diverse group of family, friends, and strangers gathered in a quiet corner of Bunker Hill Cemetery on a hot day in …
Grave marker mounted on headstone of Raymond F. Gooch
A bronze grave marker cast in the likeness of the Carnegie Medal was mounted spring 2015 on the Gooch Family headstone in Alexander Memorial Park, Evansville, Ind. Raymond F. Gooch, …
Design process of Carnegie Medal resulted in ‘magnificent piece of work’
By Matthew Campbell Pennsylvania Association of Numismatists A medal was part of Andrew Carnegie’s thought process from the beginning. His Deed of Trust of March 12, 1904, states: “A medal …
Granddaughter intrigued by hero’s 1920 rescue act
Awarded the Carnegie Medal in 1922 for his heroic ice rescue two years earlier, the late Clarence L. Spear is partially to thank for the long life of the 9-year-old …
Steel beam found in Hero Fund’s building
As it turns out, Andrew Carnegie’s undergirding of the Hero Fund is both fiscal and physical. His gift of $5 million in 1904 established the Commission, which over the following …
Police, other first responders figure in heroic acts Hero Fund considers
By Eric P. Zahren, Executive Director Carnegie Hero Fund Commission Gentlemen, we live in a heroic age. Andrew Carnegie’s Deed of Trust establishing the Hero Fund in 1904 opens with …
Commission’s tuition aid benefits son of late hero
Michael J. Thanos, 22, of Chesterton, Ind., the son and grandson of Carnegie Medal awardees, is a senior at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., where he is studying aviation flight …
Altruism in a civil society stressed at Carnegie’s hero funds gathering
Representatives from six of the hero funds established by Andrew Carnegie more than a century ago met in The Hague, Netherlands, in early October 2016. Nine of the 11 original …