20 Throughout U.S., Canada to Receive Carnegie Medal for Extraordinary Acts of Civilian Heroism

PITTSBURGH, April 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In its first award announcement of 2011, the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission today named 20 individuals from throughout the United States and Canada as recipients of the Carnegie Medal.  The medal is given to those who risk their lives to an extraordinary degree while saving or attempting to save the lives of others.  

The heroes announced today bring to 9,432 the total number of awards since the Pittsburgh-based Fund's inception in 1904.  Commission President Mark Laskow stated that each of the awardees or their next of kin will also receive a financial grant.  Throughout the 107 years since the Fund was established by industrialist-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, $33.1 million has been given in one-time grants, scholarship aid, death benefits, and continuing assistance.  

One of the awards is being made posthumously.  Carmen F. DeGregorio, Jr., of Millville, N.J., died two days after rescuing a woman from an assault in Millville.  DeGregorio kept the assailant from abducting the woman by car but then was struck down by the car as he and the woman fled.  The latest awardees are:

Resumes of the acts can be found at http://www.carnegiehero.org/awardees_recent.php.  Fuller information on the Carnegie Medal and the history of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission can be found at www.carnegiehero.org

Contact:  Douglas R. Chambers

Toll free:  1-800-447-8900

SOURCE Carnegie Hero Fund Commission

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