Five Leaders Honored With Heinz Awards

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With Heinz Awards (NAPSA)—Five notable American leaders have been selected to receive the prestigious Heinz Awards. The 11th annual awards are amongthe largest individual achievement prizes in the world, with each winner receiving $250,000. Additionally, Richard Goldman, San Francisco philanthropist and chairman of Goldman Insurance Services, received the special Chairman’s Medal, occasionally given for lifetime achievement. There is no monetary award asso- ciated with the Chairman’s Medal. The awards are named after U.S. Senator John Heinz, who died in 1991. Teresa Heinz established the awards to honor her late husband and to recognize outstanding leaders in areas where he was mostactive. This year’s recipients in their respective categories are: Arts and Human- ities: Mark di Suvero, sculptor, artistic visionary —e—eand founder of a A Socrates Sculpture SL '. 1) Park, from New Suvero York City Environment: Jerry Franklin, Ph.D., forest ecologist, educator and the “father of new forestry,” from Seattle Human Condition: Joseph Rogers, mental health administrator and advocate and founder of Project SHARE, from Philadelphia Public Policy: Sidney Drell, Ph.D., theoretical physicist, educator and arms control advisor, from Stanford, Calif. Technology, the Economy and Employment: Mildred Dresselhaus, Ph.D., scientist, researcher, educator and trailblazer for womenin thesciences, from Cambridge, Mass. Additional information is avail- able at www.heinzawards.net.