Carnegie Medals Awarded To 20 For Acts Of Extraordinary Civilian Heroism
PITTSBURGH, March 31, 2015 /CNW/ -- In its first award announcement of 2015, the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission today named 20 individuals as recipients of the Carnegie Medal. The medal is given throughout the United States and Canada to those who risk their lives to an extraordinary degree while saving or attempting to save the lives of others. Three of the awardees died in the performance of their heroic acts.
The heroes announced today bring to 9,757 the total number of awards made since the Pittsburgh-based Fund's inception in 1904. Commission Chair Mark Laskow stated that each of the awardees or their survivors will also receive a financial grant. Throughout the 111 years since the Fund was established by industrialist-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, $36.9 million has been given in one-time grants, scholarship aid, death benefits, and continuing assistance. The awardees are:
Kyle Christensen |
Perry, Utah |
Patrick J. LaRose |
Brooklyn, N.Y. |
Charles David Jordan |
Houston, Texas |
Dean Ronald Nelson |
Mondovi, Wis. |
Matthew R. Ward |
Westfield, N.Y. |
Jonathan Michael Davis, deceased |
South Euclid, Ohio |
Titiana L. Portis |
Cleveland, Ohio |
Michael Elgas |
Henderson, Nev. |
Terry Brown |
Brookings, Ore. |
Michael D. Bates |
Durand, Ill. |
Philip Scholz, deceased |
Pleasanton, Calif. |
John Reed, Jr. |
Seminole, Fla. |
Jason William Gingras |
Seminole, Fla. |
Peter David Woit |
Carlos, Minn. |
Matthew Ray Hattaway, deceased |
Bossier City, La. |
Christine Alicia Wilson |
West Henrietta, N.Y. |
Luz A. Jimenez |
Hackettstown, N.J. |
Neil Crass |
Harriman, Tenn. |
Hunter O'Neil Crass |
Harriman, Tenn. |
Kyle V. Gibbs |
Morenci, Ariz. |
Resumes of the acts can be found at http://carnegiehero.org/awardees. Fuller information on the Carnegie Medal and the history of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission can be found at www.carnegiehero.org. Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/carnegiehero
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SOURCE Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
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