Philanthropy
Teresa Heinz is the chair of The Heinz Endowments and the Heinz Family Philanthropies, disbursing money to various social and environmental causes. She assists the City of Pittsburgh, where the Heinz family has many financial and family connections. In recognition of her philanthropy and activism, Heinz has received 12 honorary doctoral degrees:
- Bank Street College of Education
- Beloit College
- Carlow University
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Clark University
- Drexel University
- Kenyon College
- Medical College of Pennsylvania
- Pine Manor College
- University of Massachusetts Boston
- University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
- Washington and Jefferson College
- University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
In 2003, Heinz was awarded the Albert Schweitzer Gold Medal for Humanitarianism. She has been elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She has been a Trustee of the St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire), which Kerry attended.
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