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Henry John Heinz III (October 23, 1938-April 4, 1991), a Pennsylvanian politician, was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1971-1976) and the U.S. Senate (1977-1991).

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Heinz graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1956 and Yale University in 1960. He received an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1963. Then, Heinz served in the United States Air Force (1963) and United States Air Force Reserve (1963-1969).

From 1970 to 1971, Heinz was a member of the faculty at the Graduate School of Industrial Administration at the Carnegie-Mellon University. His career as a businessman included positions as analyst, controller's division, and numerous positions in the marketing division of the H.J. Heinz Co..

Several institutions bear his name. Including

  • Senator H. John Heinz III Archives at the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries
  • The H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
  • The H. John Heinz III Center For Science, Economics and The Environment

Heinz's work was focused on retirement and the elderly, health care, international trade, finance and banking, environmental issues, human development and education.

Heinz and six other people were killed when a Bell 412 SP helicopter collided with the Senator's Piper Aerostar plane over a schoolyard in Merion, Pennsylvania. All aboard the two aircraft and two children playing outside the school were killed. The helicopter had been dispatched to check out a problem Heinz's plane was having with its landing gear. While moving in for a closer look, the helicopter's rotor blades struck the bottom of the plane, causing both aircraft to lose control and crash.

His widow, Teresa Heinz, is married to Senator John Kerry.

Quote

In the testing process of life, there is a certain inevitability about the discoveries of your abilities and needs, what you want to take from this life and give to others. … Each of us has a duty to examine the problems and participate actively in the decision making. Today's challenges will require addressing complex problems and making difficult and sometimes painful choices. Complex, difficult, painful - but not impossible."

Further reading

  • Heinz, H. John, III. "Foreign Takeover of U.S. Banking—a Real Danger?" Journal of the Institute for Socioeconomic Studies 4 (Autumn 1979): 1-9
  • Heinz, John. U.S. Strategic Trade: An Export Control System for the 1990s. Boulder: Westview press, 1991.
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