Heinz Award

The Heinz Award is an award currently given annually to ten honorees by the Heinz Family Foundation. The Heinz Awards recognize outstanding individuals for their contributions in the five areas of: Arts and Humanities, the Environment, the Human Condition, Public Policy, and Technology, the Economy and Employment. The award was established in 1993 by Teresa Heinz in honor of her late husband, Senator John Heinz.^[1][2][3] In its original form, the Heinz Award was considered among the largest individual achievement prizes in the world.^[4]

Five recipients of the award originally received an unrestricted prize of US$250,000, and a cast silver medallion.^[5][6] In 2009, ten recipients each received US$100,000 and a medallion.^[7] The Heinz Award medallion displays the likeness of Senator Heinz and the words, "Shared Ideals Realized" on its front side, a quote from the late Senator Heinz. On the medallion's reverse side an image of a globe positioned between two hands is displayed.^[8]

Contents 1 Selection process 1.1 Criteria 1.2 Selection 2 The Chairman's Medal 3 Awards with special focus 4 Recipients 5 References

Selection process

Criteria

The candidates who are chosen must meet three standards:

First, nominees must exhibit the following personal characteristics: A passion for excellence that goes beyond intellectual curiosity, a concern for humanity rooted in sensitivity for the well-being of others, determination to see a job through to completion despite inevitable setbacks, and a broad vision which extends far beyond the particular and embraces something universal.

Second, work of the candidates for a Heinz Award must meet the following criteria: It must have an enduring and meaningful impact, it must be creative and innovative, and it must be sufficiently tangible as to serve as a model for replication elsewhere.

Third, candidates should be actively working in the field in which they are nominated.^[9]

Selection

Members of an anonymous Council of Nominators are chosen for their expertise in the fields relevant to the award for which they will be nominating. After the nominators have chosen the candidates, the nominations are forwarded to a jury consisting of noted experts in each of the five categories chosen by the Board of Directors. The jury then chooses the final recipients and sends these to the program’s Board for final approval.^[10]

The Chairman's Medal

In certain years, the Heinz Awards board has also chosen to honor the lifetime achievement of a particular individual. The award is a non-monetary prize, and the honoree is presented with the Awards' medallion at the same ceremony as the other laureates.

Awards with special focus

In 2009, in honor of the Awards' 15th anniversary, an award for special focus on the environment was created in lieu of the traditional five awards, in which a larger group of ten individuals were awarded US$100,000 each, honoring those working in innovative ways to address the environment through the lens of the existing five categories.^[7]

Similarly, in 2010, ten individuals were again awarded US$100,000 each. This year, the awards focused on those who were addressing global change in unique and innovative ways.^[11]

In 2011, the awards will "continue [to] focus on the environment. This year, [the foundation] will recognize those whose work has made a significant contribution to environmental change. [It] will honor those who are working in unique and innovative ways to address the intersection of the environment with one of the existing Award categories (arts and humanities, human condition, public policy, and technology and the economy, as well as the environment) ...[, hopefully] up to 10 individuals." ^[12]

Recipients

Recipients of the Heinz Award[13]

1st Heinz Awards - 1995
Category	Recipient
Arts and Humanities	Henry Hampton[14]
Environment	Paul and Anne H. Ehrlich[15]
Human Condition	Geoffrey Canada[14]
Public Policy	James Goodby[16]
Technology, the Economy and Employment	Andrew Grove[14]

2nd Heinz Awards - 1996
Category	Recipient
Arts and Humanities	Beverly Sills[17]
Environment	Herbert Needleman[18]
Human Condition	Marian Wright Edelman
Public Policy	C. Everett Koop
Technology, the Economy and Employment	William J. Rutter

3rd Heinz Awards - 1997
Category	Recipient
Arts and Humanities	Rita Dove[19]
Environment	George M. Woodwell
Human Condition	James Comer
Public Policy	Ralph Cavanagh
Technology, the Economy and Employment	George N. Hatsopoulos
The Chairman's Medal	William R. Hewlett and David Packard

4th Heinz Awards - 1998
Category	Recipient
Arts and Humanities	John Harbison
Environment	Amory Lovins
Human Condition	Carol Gilligan
Public Policy	Ernesto Cortes
Technology, the Economy and Employment	Ralph E. Gomory

5th Heinz Awards - 1999
Category	Recipient
Arts and Humanities	Walter Turnbull
Environment	Florence Robinson
Human Condition	Luis Garden Acosta and Frances Lucerna
Public Policy	Daniel Patrick Moynihan[20]
Technology, the Economy and Employment	Dean Kamen

6th Heinz Awards - 2000
Category	Recipient
Arts and Humanities	Peter Matthiessen[21]
Environment	Paul Gorman
Human Condition	Robert Parris Moses
Public Policy	Edward Zigler[22]
Technology, the Economy and Employment	Mary Good

7th Heinz Awards - 2001
Category	Recipient
Arts and Humanities	Jacques d'Amboise (co-awardee)[23]
Arts and Humanities	Arthur Mitchell (co-awardee)
Environment	James E. Hansen[2]
Human Condition	Aaron Beck
Public Policy	John Holdren
Technology, the Economy and Employment	Steve Wozniak[24]
The Chairman's Medal	Dorothy Height and Russell E. Train

8th Heinz Awards - 2002
Category	Recipient
Arts and Humanities	Dudley Cocke (co-awardee)
Arts and Humanities	Rick Lowe (co-awardee)
Environment	Jane Lubchenco[25]
Human Condition	Cushing Dolbeare
Public Policy	George Lee Butler
Technology, the Economy and Employment	Anita Borg[26]
The Chairman's Medal	Ruth Patrick

9th Heinz Awards - 2003
Category	Recipient
Arts and Humanities	Bernice Johnson Reagon
Environment	Mario J. Molina (co-awardee)
Environment	John Spengler (co-awardee)[27]
Human Condition	Paul Farmer
Public Policy	Geraldine Jensen
Technology, the Economy and Employment	Paul MacCready

10th Heinz Awards - 2004
Category	Recipient
Arts and Humanities	August Wilson
Environment	Peggy M. Shepard
Human Condition	Robert Neil Butler
Public Policy	Julius B. Richmond[28]
Technology, the Economy and Employment	Robert S. Langer
The Chairman's Medal	Richard Lugar and Sam Nunn

11th Heinz Awards - 2005
Category	Recipient
Arts and Humanities	Mark di Suvero[29]
Environment	Jerry Franklin[30]
Human Condition	Joseph Rogers
Public Policy	Sidney Drell[31]
Technology, the Economy and Employment	Mildred Dresselhaus[3]
The Chairman's Medal	Richard Goldman

12th Heinz Awards - 2006
Category	Recipient
Arts and Humanities	James Nachtwey
Environment	Paul Anastas
Human Condition	William Thomas
Public Policy	Bruce Katz [32]
Technology, the Economy and Employment	Leroy Hood[33]
The Chairman's Medal	Elma Holder

13th Heinz Awards - 2007
Category	Recipient
Arts and Humanities	Dave Eggers[34]
Environment	Bernard Amadei (co-awardee)
Environment	Susan Seacrest (co-awardee)
Human Condition	David L. Heymann[35]
Public Policy	Donald Berwick
Technology, the Economy and Employment	Hugh Herr[36]

14th Heinz Awards - 2008
Category	Recipient
Arts and Humanities	Ann Hamilton[37]
Environment	Thomas J. FitzGerald[6]
Human Condition	Brenda Krause Eheart
Public Policy	Robert Greenstein
Technology, the Economy and Employment	Joseph DeRisi[5][38]

15th Heinz Awards with Special Focus on the Environment - 2009
Category	Recipient
Special Focus on the Environment	Robert Berkebile[39]
Special Focus on the Environment	P. Dee Boersma
Special Focus on the Environment	Christopher Field[40]
Special Focus on the Environment	Ashok Gadgil[41][42]
Special Focus on the Environment	Chip Giller
Special Focus on the Environment	Deborah Rice
Special Focus on the Environment	Joel Salatin
Special Focus on the Environment	Kirk Smith[42]
Special Focus on the Environment	Thomas Smith
Special Focus on the Environment	Beverly Wright

16th Heinz Awards with Special Focus on Global Change - 2010
Category	Recipient
Special Focus on Global Change	James Balog[43]
Special Focus on Global Change	Terrence Collins
Special Focus on Global Change	Gretchen Daily[44]
Special Focus on Global Change	Richard Feely
Special Focus on Global Change	Cary Fowler[45]
Special Focus on Global Change	Lynn Goldman[46]
Special Focus on Global Change	Elizabeth Kolbert
Special Focus on Global Change	Michael Oppenheimer
Special Focus on Global Change	Daniel Sperling[47]
Special Focus on Global Change	Frederick vom Saal[48]

17th Heinz Awards with Special Focus on the Environment - 2011
Category	Recipient
Special Focus on the Environment	John Luther Adams
Special Focus on the Environment	Richard Alley
Special Focus on the Environment	Janine Benyus
Special Focus on the Environment	Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis
Special Focus on the Environment	Louis Guillette
Special Focus on the Environment	Joan Kleypas
Special Focus on the Environment	Nancy Knowlton
Special Focus on the Environment	Nancy Rabalais
Special Focus on the Environment	Sandra Steingraber

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