Heinz Awards
{{Short description|Honorary Award}}
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| awarded_for = Innovative contributions in:
- Arts (visual)
- Economy
- Environment
| sponsor =Heinz Family Foundation
| date = Established {{start date|1993}}
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| reward = {{dollarsign|USD|lk=on}}250,000
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The Heinz Awards are individual achievement honors given annually by the Heinz Family Foundation. The Heinz Awards each year recognize outstanding individuals for their innovative contributions in three areas: the Arts, the Economy and the Environment. The award was established in 1993 by Teresa Heinz, the chairwoman of the Heinz Family Foundation, in honor of her late husband, U.S. Senator H. John Heinz III.{{cite web|title = The Heinz Awards :: The Awards |publisher = Heinz Family Foundation |url = http://www.heinzawards.net/awards|access-date = June 7, 2009}} The Heinz Award is considered to be among the largest individual achievement prizes in the world.{{cite news |title = Herr Wins Heinz Award for Helping Physically Challenged |publisher = MIT School of Architecture |date = September 12, 2007 |url = http://sap.mit.edu/resources/portfolio/heinz_award/ |archive-url = https://archive.today/20121212212622/http://sap.mit.edu/resources/portfolio/heinz_award/ |url-status = dead |archive-date = December 12, 2012 |access-date = June 15, 2009 }}
Two recipients in each of the three categories receive an unrestricted prize of {{dollarsign|USD|lk=on}}250,000 and a cast silver medallion. In 2009 through 2011, the Awards instead did a Special Focus on the Environment, and widened the awards to 10 people, each winner receiving {{dollarsign|USD|lk=on}}100,000 and a medallion. The Heinz Award medallion displays the likeness of Senator Heinz and the words "Shared Ideals Realized" on its front side, which is a quote from the late Senator Heinz. On the medallion's reverse side the image of a globe being exchanged between two hands is displayed.{{cite web |title = The Heinz Awards :: The Medallion |publisher = Heinz Family Foundation |url = http://www.heinzawards.net/awards/medallion|access-date = June 7, 2009}}
Selection process
=Criteria=
As written by the Heinz Family Foundation, 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 a deep sensitivity for the well-being of others; 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: Be significant and not a "quick fix"; Have an enduring and meaningful impact; be creative and innovative; and be sufficiently tangible to serve as a model for replication elsewhere.
Third, candidates should be actively working in the field in which they are nominated so that this award will enhance their potential for future societal contribution.{{cite web|title = The Heinz Awards :: criteria + selection process |publisher = Heinz Family Foundation |url = http://www.heinzawards.net/awards/criteria|access-date = March 21, 2011}}
=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 recommended the candidates, the nominations are forwarded to a jury consisting of noted experts in each of the three categories. The jury then chooses the final recipients and sends these to the program's Board for final approval.{{cite web |title = The Heinz Awards |publisher = Heinz Family Foundation |url = https://www.heinzawards.org|access-date = September 20, 2023}}
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.
Special Focus on the Environment
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. A larger group of 10 individuals were awarded {{dollarsign|USD|lk=on}}100,000 each, honoring those working in innovative ways to address the environment through the lens of the existing five categories.{{cite web|title = The Heinz Awards :: 15th special focus |publisher = Heinz Family Foundation |url = http://www.heinzawards.net/categories/15th-special-focus|access-date = December 4, 2010}}
Similarly, in 2010 and 2011 the Special Focus was continued, and in both years 10 individuals were again each awarded {{dollarsign|USD|lk=on}}100,000 each. In 2012, the Awards returned to the core five categories.{{cite web |title = The Heinz Awards :: 16th Global Change |publisher = Heinz Family Foundation |url = http://www.heinzawards.net/categories/16th-global-change|access-date = December 4, 2010}}
Recipients
| class="wikitable" style="width:80%; text-align:left"
! colspan=14 | Recipients of The Heinz Awards{{cite web|title=The Heinz Awards :: Recipients |publisher=Heinz Family Foundation |url=http://www.heinzawards.net/recipients|access-date=June 7, 2009}} |
| class="wikitable" style="width:80%; text-align:left"
! style="background:cream" colspan=2 | 2nd Heinz Awards – 1996 |
| style="background:white; width:40%" | Category
! style="background:white; width:40%" | Recipient |
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| Arts and Humanities
| Beverly Sills{{cite news |title=Beverly Sills Achievements |publisher=Beverly Sills Online |url=http://www.beverlysillsonline.com/accolades.htm |access-date=June 8, 2009}} |
| Environment
| Herbert Needleman{{cite news|title=Needleman gets Heinz Award|publisher=University of Pittsburgh|date=December 7, 1995|url=http://mac10.umc.pitt.edu/u/FMPro?-db=ustory&-lay=a&-format=d.html&storyid=5497&-Find|access-date=June 8, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216062529/http://mac10.umc.pitt.edu/u/FMPro?-db=ustory&-lay=a&-format=d.html&storyid=5497&-Find|archive-date=February 16, 2012|url-status=dead}} |
| Human Condition |
| Public Policy |
| Technology, the Economy and Employment |
| class="wikitable" style="width:80%; text-align:left"
! style="background:cream" colspan=2 | 3rd Heinz Awards – 1997 |
| style="background:white; width:40%" | Category
! style="background:white; width:40%" | Recipient |
|---|
| Arts and Humanities
| Rita Dove{{cite news |last=Brozan |first=Nadine|title=Chronicle |work=The New York Times |date=November 12, 1996 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/11/nyregion/chronicle-690350.html |access-date=June 8, 2009}} |
| Environment |
| Human Condition |
| Public Policy |
| Technology, the Economy and Employment |
| The Chairman's Medal |
| class="wikitable" style="width:80%; text-align:left"
! style="background:cream" colspan=2 | 4th Heinz Awards – 1998 |
| style="background:white; width:40%" | Category
! style="background:white; width:40%" | Recipient |
|---|
| Arts and Humanities |
| Environment |
| Human Condition |
| Public Policy |
| Technology, the Economy and Employment |
| class="wikitable" style="width:80%; text-align:left"
! style="background:cream" colspan=2 | 5th Heinz Awards – 1999 |
| style="background:white; width:40%" | Category
! style="background:white; width:40%" | Recipient |
|---|
| Arts and Humanities |
| Environment
| Florence Robinson and Lois Gibbs{{Cite web|url=http://www.heinzawards.net/recipients/all?sort=year|title=The Heinz Awards:recipients|website=www.heinzawards.net|language=en|access-date=2017-03-20|archive-date=2013-05-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508193403/http://heinzawards.net/recipients/all?sort=year|url-status=dead}} |
| Human Condition
| Luis Acosta and Frances Lucerna |
| Public Policy
| Daniel Patrick Moynihan{{cite web|title=Daniel Patrick Moynihan |publisher =Heinz Family Foundation |url=http://www.heinzawards.net/recipients/daniel-patrick-moynihan|access-date =March 10, 2015}} |
| Technology, the Economy and Employment |
| class="wikitable" style="width:80%; text-align:left"
! style="background:cream" colspan=2 | 6th Heinz Awards – 2000 |
| style="background:white; width:40%" | Category
! style="background:white; width:40%" | Recipient |
|---|
| Arts and Humanities
| Peter Matthiessen{{cite news |last=Howard |first=Hilary|title=Peter Matthiessen |work=The New York Times |date=June 8, 2009 |url=http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/m/peter_matthiessen/index.html |access-date=June 8, 2009}} |
| Environment
| Paul Gorman |
| Human Condition |
| Public Policy
| Edward Zigler{{cite news |last=Volz |first=J.|title=Zigler wins prestigious Heinz award |publisher=American Psychological Association |date=November 3, 2000 |url=http://www.apa.org/monitor/mar00/zigler.html |access-date=June 7, 2009}} |
| Technology, the Economy and Employment |
| class="wikitable" style="width:80%; text-align:left"
! style="background:cream" colspan=2 | 9th Heinz Awards – 2003 |
| style="background:white; width:40%" | Category
! style="background:white; width:40%" | Recipient |
|---|
| Arts and Humanities |
| Environment
| Mario Molina (co-awardee) |
| Environment
| John Spengler (co-awardee){{cite news|title=Two scientists share Heinz Award for the Environment |work=San Diego Earth Times |date=August 2003 |url=http://www.sdearthtimes.com/et0803/et0803s7.html |access-date=June 7, 2009}} |
| Human Condition |
| Public Policy |
| Technology, the Economy and Employment |
| class="wikitable" style="width:80%; text-align:left"
! style="background:cream" colspan=2 | 10th Heinz Awards – 2004 |
| style="background:white; width:40%" | Category
! style="background:white; width:40%" | Recipient |
|---|
| Arts and Humanities |
| Environment |
| Human Condition |
| Public Policy
| Julius Richmond{{cite news |last=Roache |first=Christina |title=Julius B. Richmond, giant in public health and pediatrics |work=Harvard Science |date=July 31, 2008 |url=http://www.harvardscience.harvard.edu/culture-society/articles/julius-b-richmond-giant-public-health-and-pediatrics?view=print |access-date=June 7, 2009}}{{dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}} |
| Technology, the Economy and Employment |
| The Chairman's Medal
| Richard Lugar and Sam Nunn |
| class="wikitable" style="width:80%; text-align:left"
! style="background:cream" colspan=2 | 19th Heinz Awards – 2013 |
| style="background:white; width:40%" | Category
! style="background:white; width:40%" | Recipient |
|---|
| Arts and Humanities |
| Environment |
| Human Condition |
| Public Policy |
| Technology, the Economy and Employment |
| class="wikitable" style="width:80%; text-align:left"
! style="background:cream" colspan=2 | 20th Heinz Awards – 2015 |
| style="background:white; width:40%" | Category
! style="background:white; width:40%" | Recipient |
|---|
| Arts and Humanities |
| Environment |
| Human Condition
| William McNulty and Jacob Wood |
| Public Policy |
| Technology, the Economy and Employment |
| class="wikitable" style="width:80%; text-align:left"
! style="background:cream" colspan=2 | 21st Heinz Awards – 2016 |
| style="background:white; width:40%" | Category
! style="background:white; width:40%" | Recipient |
|---|
| Arts and Humanities |
| Environment |
| Human Condition |
| Public Policy |
| Technology, the Economy and Employment |
| class="wikitable" style="width:80%; text-align:left"
! style="background:cream" colspan=2 | 22nd Heinz Awards – 2017 |
| style="background:white; width:40%" | Category
! style="background:white; width:40%" | Recipient |
|---|
| Arts and Humanities |
| Environment |
| Human Condition |
| Public Policy |
| Technology, the Economy and Employment |
| class="wikitable" style="width:80%; text-align:left"
! style="background:cream" colspan=2 | 23rd Heinz Awards – 2018 |
| style="background:white; width:40%" | Category
! style="background:white; width:40%" | Recipient |
|---|
| Arts and Humanities |
| Environment
| Ming Kuo |
| Human Condition |
| Public Policy |
| Public Policy |
| Technology, the Economy and Employment |
| class="wikitable" style="width:80%; text-align:left"
! style="background:cream" colspan=2 | 24th Heinz Awards – 2019 |
| style="background:white; width:40%" | Category
! style="background:white; width:40%" | Recipient |
|---|
| Arts and Humanities |
| Environment
| Rue Mapp |
| Human Condition |
| Public Policy |
| Technology, the Economy and Employment |
| class="wikitable" style="width:80%; text-align:left"
! colspan="2" style="background:cream" |25th Heinz Awards – 2020 |
| style="background:white; width:40%" | Category
! style="background:white; width:40%" | Recipient |
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| Arts and Humanities |
| Environment |
| Human Condition |
| Public Policy |
| Technology, the Economy and Employment |
| Special Award Commemorating the 25th Heinz Awards Anniversary |
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! colspan="2" style="background:cream" |26th Heinz Awards – 2021 |
| style="background:white; width:40%" | Category
! style="background:white; width:40%" | Recipient |
|---|
| Arts |
| Arts |
| Economy
| A Better Balance (Dina Bakst and Sherry Leiwant) |
| Economy |
| Environment |
| Environment |
| class="wikitable" style="width:80%; text-align:left"
! colspan="2" style="background:cream" |27th Heinz Awards – 2022 |
| style="background:white; width:40%" | Category
! style="background:white; width:40%" | Recipient |
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| Arts |
| Arts |
| Economy
| Hilary Abell and Alison Lingane |
| Economy |
| Environment |
| Environment
| Anne Evens |
| class="wikitable" style="width:80%; text-align:left"
! colspan="2" style="background:cream" |28th Heinz Awards – 2023 |
| style="background:white; width:40%" | Category
! style="background:white; width:40%" | Recipient |
|---|
| Arts |
| Arts |
| Economy |
| Economy |
| Environment |
| Environment |
| class="wikitable" style="width:80%; text-align:left"
! colspan="2" style="background:cream" |29th Heinz Awards – 2024 |
| style="background:white; width:40%" | Category
! style="background:white; width:40%" | Recipient |
|---|
| Arts |
| Arts |
| Economy
| Aisha Nyandoro (Springboard to Opportunities, Magnolia Mother’s Trust) |
| Economy
| Jessica Sager and Janna Wagner (All Our Kin) |
| Environment |
| Environment
| Scott Loarie and Ken-ichi Ueda (iNaturalist) |
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.heinzawards.org/ HeinzAwards.org]
Category:Awards established in 1993
Category:Awards for contributions to culture