Student wins heroism award
By Edward Klopfenstein
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A University student was
honored last Thursday when the
Kiwanis Club awarded him the
Robert P. Connelly Medal for
Heroism from the Kiwanis Inter
national Foundation. Only a
handful of college students have
ever received the award.
Brian Wilson, a sophomore
majoring in math, was honored
for rescuing a 29-year-old Uni
versity graduate student from
the Willamette River Dec 5,
1992. The graduate student
reportedly attempted suicide by
diving off of the Autzen Foot
bridge, north of campus
"I feel honored to receive the
award, but I didn't expect it or
all the publicity that has come
out of this,'' Wilson said. "The
rescue was just something that
had to he done ... I know I'd do
it again."
The award ceremony was
attended by University Presi
dent Myles Brand and Edgar
"Kdd" Middaugh. a past lieu
tenant governor of the Pacific
Northwest Kiwanis District.
Middaugh and other members
of the Springfield Kiwanis Club
nominated Wilson for the
award. More than 255 people
worldwide have received the
honor, but only two or three
Brian Wilson stands at the site ol last winter's rescue, which won him
an International heroism award from the Klwanls Club
recipients were college students
The plaque presented to Wil
son is engraved "To Brian Wil
son. who risked his life to save
the life of another, performing
service above and beyond the
call of duty, in the spirit of the
Robert P Connelly Medal."
The bronze medallion,
mounted on a walnut board, is
named for a Kiwanis member
who lost Ins life in 19fif* trying
to rescue u woman who fell in
the path of .i Chicago-bound
commuter train.
Wilson is the son of Honolulu
residents Ray and Mary Wilson,
who graduated in 1959 from the
University Hrinn Wilson grad
uated in 1992 from Punahou
School in Honolulu, where he
took a CI’R course
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