The Heinz Award is an award currently given annually

Year

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 to ten honorees by the Heinz Family Foundation

Heinz Foundations

The Heinz Foundations are several charitable foundations founded by members of the Pittsburgh-based Heinz Foods dynasty.The are based in Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C., and include:* The Teresa and H. John Heinz III 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

H. John Heinz III

Henry John Heinz III was an American politician from Pennsylvania, a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate .-Early life:...

. In its original form, the Heinz Award was considered among the largest individual achievement prizes in the world.

Five recipients of the award originally received an unrestricted prize of , and a cast silver medallion. In 2009, ten recipients each received and a medallion. 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

H. John Heinz III

Henry John Heinz III was an American politician from Pennsylvania, a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate .-Early life:...

. On the medallion's reverse side an image of a globe

Globe

A globe is a three-dimensional scale model of Earth or other spheroid celestial body such as a planet, star, or moon...

 positioned between two hands is displayed.

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

World population

The world population is the total number of living humans on the planet Earth. As of today, it is estimated to be  billion by the United States Census Bureau...

 rooted in sensitivity for the well-being of others, determination

Self-determination

Self-determination is the principle in international law that nations have the right to freely choose their sovereignty and international political status with no external compulsion or external interference...

 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.

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

Jury

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 consisting of noted experts in each of the five categories chosen by the Board of Directors

Board of directors

A board of directors is a body of elected or appointed members who jointly oversee the activities of a company or organization. Other names include board of governors, board of managers, board of regents, board of trustees, and board of visitors...

. The jury then chooses the final recipients and sends these to the program’s Board for final approval.

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 each, honoring those working in innovative ways to address the environment through the lens of the existing five categories.

Similarly, in 2010, ten individuals were again awarded each. This year, the awards focused on those who were addressing global change

Global change

Global change refers to planetary-scale changes in the Earth system. The system consists of the land, oceans, atmosphere, poles, life, the planet’s natural cycles and deep Earth processes. These constituent parts influence one another...

 in unique and innovative ways.

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."

Recipients

Recipients of the Heinz Award

Category	Recipient
Arts and Humanities	Henry Hampton Henry Hampton Henry Hampton was an American filmmaker. He was the son of surgeon Henry Hampton Sr. and Julia Veva Hampton. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Hampton would later move to Boston where he founded his film production company Blackside, Inc., in 1968. It became one of the largest minority-owned...
Environment	Paul Paul R. Ehrlich Paul Ralph Ehrlich is an American biologist and educator who is the Bing Professor of Population Studies in the department of Biological Sciences at Stanford University and president of Stanford's Center for Conservation Biology. By training he is an entomologist specializing in Lepidoptera , but...  and Anne H. Ehrlich Anne H. Ehrlich Anne Howland Ehrlich is the co-author of several books on overpopulation and ecology with her husband, Stanford University professor Paul R...
Human Condition	Geoffrey Canada Geoffrey Canada Geoffrey Canada is an African American social activist and educator. Since 1990, Canada has been president and CEO of the Harlem Children's Zone in Harlem, New York, an organization which states its goal is to increase high school and college graduation rates among students in Harlem...
Public Policy	James Goodby James Goodby James Eugene Goodby is an author and former US diplomat.Goodby was born in Providence, Rhode Island. He graduated from Harvard University in 1951 and served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Air Force during the Korean War....
Technology, the Economy and Employment	Andrew Grove Andrew Grove Andrew Stephen Grove , is a Hungarian-born Jewish-American Businessman/ Engineer, Author & a science pioneer in the semiconductor industry. He escaped from Communist-controlled Hungary at the age of 20 and moved to the U.S., where he finished his education...

Category	Recipient
Arts and Humanities	Beverly Sills Beverly Sills Beverly Sills was an American operatic soprano whose peak career was between the 1950s and 1970s. In her prime she was the only real rival to Joan Sutherland as the leading bel canto stylist...
Environment	Herbert Needleman Herbert Needleman Herbert Needleman, MD, known for research studies on the neurodevelopmental damage caused by lead poisoning, is a pediatrician, child psychiatrist, researcher and professor at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, an elected member of the Institute of Medicine, and the founder of the...
Human Condition	Marian Wright Edelman Marian Wright Edelman Marian Wright Edelman is an American activist for the rights of children. She is president and founder of the Children's Defense Fund.-Early years:...
Public Policy	C. Everett Koop C. Everett Koop Charles Everett Koop, MD is an American pediatric surgeon and public health administrator. He was a vice admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and served as thirteenth Surgeon General of the United States under President Ronald Reagan from 1982 to 1989.-Early years:Koop was born...
Technology, the Economy and Employment	William J. Rutter William J. Rutter William J. Rutter is an American biochemist who cofounded the early biotechnology Chiron Corporation together with Edward Penhoet and Pablo DT Valenzuela...

Category	Recipient
Arts and Humanities	Rita Dove Rita Dove Rita Frances Dove is an American poet and author. From 1993-1995 she served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, a position now popularly known as "U.S. Poet Laureate"...
Environment	George M. Woodwell George M. Woodwell George M. Woodwell born October 23, 1930 Woodwell has been an environmentalist for many year and is an ecologist. He is an alumnus of Dartmouth College, class of 1950....
Human Condition	James Comer
Public Policy	Ralph Cavanagh Ralph Cavanagh Ralph Cavanagh is a senior attorney and co-director of Natural Resources Defense Council's energy program. Cavanagh has been with the NRDC since 1979 and was on the Secretary of Energy Advisory board from 1993-2003...
Technology, the Economy and Employment	George N. Hatsopoulos George N. Hatsopoulos George Hatsopoulos is a Greek American mechanical engineer noted for his work in thermodynamics. In 1965, he and Joseph Keenan published their famous textbook Principles of General Thermodynamics, which restates the second law of thermodynamics in terms of the existence of stable equilibrium states...
The Chairman's Medal	William R. Hewlett and David Packard David Packard David Packard was a co-founder of Hewlett-Packard , serving as president , CEO , and Chairman of the Board . He served as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1969–1971 during the Nixon administration...

Category	Recipient
Arts and Humanities	John Harbison John Harbison John Harris Harbison is an American composer, best known for his operas and large choral works.-Life:...
Environment	Amory Lovins Amory Lovins Amory Bloch Lovins is an American environmental scientist and writer, Chairman and Chief Scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute. He has worked in the field of energy policy and related areas for four decades...
Human Condition	Carol Gilligan Carol Gilligan Carol Gilligan is an American feminist, ethicist, and psychologist best known for her work with and against Lawrence Kohlberg on ethical community and ethical relationships, and certain subject-object problems in ethics. She is currently a Professor at New York University and a Visiting Professor...
Public Policy	Ernesto Cortes Ernesto Cortes Ernesto Cortés, Jr. is the Industrial Areas Foundation co-chair and executive director of the West / Southwest regional network. The IAF provides leadership training and civics education to poor and moderate-income people across the US and UK...
Technology, the Economy and Employment	Ralph E. Gomory Ralph E. Gomory Ralph Edward Gomory is an American applied mathematician and executive. Gomory worked at IBM as a researcher and later as an executive. During that time, his research led to the creation of new areas of applied mathematics....

Category	Recipient
Arts and Humanities	Walter Turnbull Walter Turnbull Dr. Walter Turnbull was an African American musician and the founder of the Boys Choir of Harlem...
Environment	Florence Robinson
Human Condition	Luis Garden Acosta and Frances Lucerna
Public Policy	Daniel Patrick Moynihan Daniel Patrick Moynihan Daniel Patrick "Pat" Moynihan was an American politician and sociologist. A member of the Democratic Party, he was first elected to the United States Senate for New York in 1976, and was re-elected three times . He declined to run for re-election in 2000...
Technology, the Economy and Employment	Dean Kamen Dean Kamen Dean L. Kamen is an American entrepreneur and inventor from New Hampshire.Born in Rockville Centre, New York, he attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute, but dropped out before graduating after five years of private advanced research for drug infusion pump AutoSyringe...

Category	Recipient
Arts and Humanities	Peter Matthiessen Peter Matthiessen Peter Matthiessen is a two-time National Book Award-winning American novelist and non-fiction writer, as well as an environmental activist...
Environment	Paul Gorman Paul Gorman Paul Gorman is an English writer.-Career:From 1978, Gorman worked on weekly news for trade publications. In 1983, Gorman won the Periodical Publishers Association award for campaigning journalism for a series of investigative food industry articles and in 1990 was appointed west coast bureau chief...
Human Condition	Robert Parris Moses Robert Parris Moses Robert Parris Moses is an American, Harvard-trained educator who was a leader in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement and later founded the nationwide U.S. Algebra project.-Biography:...
Public Policy	Edward Zigler
Technology, the Economy and Employment	Mary Good

Category	Recipient
Arts and Humanities	Jacques d'Amboise (co-awardee)
Arts and Humanities	Arthur Mitchell Arthur Mitchell (dancer) Arthur Mitchell is an African-American dancer and choreographer who created a training school and the first African-American classical ballet company, Dance Theatre of Harlem...  (co-awardee)
Environment	James E. Hansen
Human Condition	Aaron Beck
Public Policy	John Holdren John Holdren John Paul Holdren is advisor to President Barack Obama for Science and Technology, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Co-Chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology...
Technology, the Economy and Employment	Steve Wozniak Steve Wozniak Stephen Gary "Woz" Wozniak is an American computer engineer and programmer who founded Apple Computer, Co. with Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne...
The Chairman's Medal	Dorothy Height Dorothy Height Dorothy Irene Height was an American administrator, educator, and social activist. She was the president of the National Council of Negro Women for forty years, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994, and the Congressional Gold Medal in 2004.-Early life:Height was born in...  and Russell E. Train Russell E. Train Russell Errol Train was the second Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency , from September 1973 to January 1977, and the Founder Chairman Emeritus of World Wildlife Fund . As head of the EPA under U.S...

Category	Recipient
Arts and Humanities	Dudley Cocke (co-awardee)
Arts and Humanities	Rick Lowe (co-awardee)
Environment	Jane Lubchenco Jane Lubchenco Dr. Jane Lubchenco is a Ukrainian-American environmental scientist and marine ecologist. On March 19, 2009, she was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the first woman to serve as the administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration .While performing duties as head of NOAA, Dr...
Human Condition	Cushing Dolbeare Cushing Dolbeare Cushing Niles Dolbeare was one of the leading experts on federal housing policy and low income housing in the United States. She designed the methodology for Out of Reach, the widely cited annual report of the National Low Income Housing Coalition on the gap between housing costs and wages of low...
Public Policy	George Lee Butler George Lee Butler General George Lee Butler was commander in chief, United States Strategic Command, and the last commander of Strategic Air Command.-Education:...
Technology, the Economy and Employment	Anita Borg Anita Borg Anita Borg was an American computer scientist. She founded the Institute for Women and Technology and the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. She was born Anita Borg Naffz in Chicago, Illinois...
The Chairman's Medal	Ruth Patrick Ruth Patrick Dr. Ruth Myrtle Patrick is a botanist and limnologist specializing in diatoms and freshwater ecology, who developed ways to measure the health of freshwater ecosystems and established a number of research facilities. She attended the Sunset Hill School in Kansas City, Missouri, graduating in 1925....

Category	Recipient
Arts and Humanities	Bernice Johnson Reagon Bernice Johnson Reagon Bernice Johnson Reagon is a singer, composer, scholar, and social activist, who founded the a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock in 1973.-Early life and education:...
Environment	Mario J. Molina Mario J. Molina Mario José Molina-Pasquel Henríquez is a Mexican chemist and one of the most prominent precursors to the discovering of the Antarctic ozone hole. He was a co-recipient Mario José Molina-Pasquel Henríquez (born March 19, 1943 in Mexico City) is a Mexican chemist and one of the most prominent...  (co-awardee)
Environment	John Spengler (co-awardee)
Human Condition	Paul Farmer Paul Farmer Dr. Paul Edward Farmer is an American anthropologist and physician. He is currently the Kolokotrones University Professor at Harvard University, formerly the Presley Professor of Medical Anthropology in the Department of Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, an attending physician and Chief...
Public Policy	Geraldine Jensen
Technology, the Economy and Employment	Paul MacCready Paul MacCready Paul B. MacCready, Jr. was an American aeronautical engineer. He was the founder of AeroVironment and the designer of the human-powered aircraft that won the Kremer prize...

Category	Recipient
Arts and Humanities	August Wilson August Wilson August Wilson was an American playwright whose work included a series of ten plays, The Pittsburgh Cycle, for which he received two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama...
Environment	Peggy M. Shepard
Human Condition	Robert Neil Butler Robert Neil Butler Robert Neil Butler was a physician, gerontologist, psychiatrist, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, who was the first director of the National Institute on Aging...
Public Policy	Julius B. Richmond Julius B. Richmond Julius Benjamin Richmond was an American pediatrician and public health administrator. He was a vice admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and served as the United States Surgeon General and the United States Assistant Secretary for Health during the Carter...
Technology, the Economy and Employment	Robert S. Langer Robert S. Langer Robert S. Langer is an American engineer and the David H. Koch Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was formerly the Germeshausen Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering and maintains activity in the department of chemical engineering and the department of...
The Chairman's Medal	Richard Lugar and Sam Nunn Sam Nunn Samuel Augustus Nunn, Jr. is an American lawyer and politician. Currently the co-chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative , a charitable organization working to reduce the global threats from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, Nunn served for 24 years as a...

Category	Recipient
Arts and Humanities	Mark di Suvero Mark di Suvero Marco Polo "Mark" di Suvero is an American abstract expressionist sculptor born Marco Polo Levi in Shanghai, China in 1933 to Italian expatriates. He immigrated to San Francisco, California in 1942 with his family. From 1953 to 1957, he attended the University of California, Berkeley to study...
Environment	Jerry Franklin
Human Condition	Joseph Rogers Joseph Rogers Joseph Rogers was an Irish-born pioneer and settler who, with his father-in-law Thomas Amis, founded the town of Rogersville, Tennessee in 1789.-Early life:...
Public Policy	Sidney Drell Sidney Drell Sidney David Drell is an American theoretical physicist and arms control expert. He is a professor emeritus at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and a senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. Drell is a noted contributor in the field of quantum electrodynamics and particle...
Technology, the Economy and Employment	Mildred Dresselhaus Mildred Dresselhaus Mildred S. Dresselhaus is an Institute Professor and Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology....
The Chairman's Medal	Richard Goldman Richard Goldman Richard N. Goldman was an American philanthropist who co-founded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1990 with his wife, Rhoda Goldman...

Category	Recipient
Arts and Humanities	James Nachtwey James Nachtwey James Nachtwey is an American photojournalist and war photographer.He grew up in Massachusetts and graduated from Dartmouth College, where he studied Art History and Political Science ....
Environment	Paul Anastas Paul Anastas Paul T. Anastas is the Science Advisor to the United States Environmental Protection Agency as well as the Agency's Assistant Administrator for Research and Development, appointed by President Barack Obama...
Human Condition	William Thomas William H. Thomas (physician) Dr. Bill Thomas is an international authority on geriatric medicine and eldercare from upstate New York. He is the founder of the Eden Alternative, a philosophy and program that de-institutionalized nursing homes in all 50 states and worldwide over the past 20 years...
Public Policy	Bruce Katz Bruce J. Katz Bruce Katz Katz was born in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated with a B.A. from Brown University in 1981. He earned his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1985. Currently he is a Vice President at the Brookings Institution, a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, D.C...
Technology, the Economy and Employment	Leroy Hood Leroy Hood Leroy Hood is an American biologist. He won the 2011 Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize “for automating DNA sequencing that revolutionized biomedicine and forensic science” and the 2003 Lemelson-MIT Prize for inventing "four instruments that have unlocked much of the mystery of human biology" by...
The Chairman's Medal	Elma Holder

Category	Recipient
Arts and Humanities	Dave Eggers Dave Eggers Dave Eggers is an American writer, editor, and publisher. He is known for the best-selling memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and for his more recent work as a screenwriter. He is also the co-founder of the literacy project 826 Valencia.-Life:Eggers was born in Boston, Massachusetts,...
Environment	Bernard Amadei Bernard Amadei Bernard Amadei is a professor of civil engineering at the University of Colorado, founder of Engineers Without Borders , and director of the Mortenson Center in Engineering for Developing Communities. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a recipient of the Hoover Medal...  (co-awardee)
Environment	Susan Seacrest (co-awardee)
Human Condition	David L. Heymann David L. Heymann David L. Heymann, MD was appointed Chairman of the Board of the UK Health Protection Agency in April 2009. Prior to this, Dr. Heymann was the World Health Organization's Assistant Director-General for Health Security and Environment and the representative of the Director-General for Polio...
Public Policy	Donald Berwick Donald Berwick Donald M. Berwick is the outgoing Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services . Prior to his work in the administration, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement a not-for-profit organization helping to lead the improvement of...
Technology, the Economy and Employment	Hugh Herr Hugh Herr Hugh Herr is an American rock climber, engineer and biophysicist.-Early life:The youngest of five siblings of a Mennonite family from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Hugh Herr was a prodigy rock climber: by age eight, he had scaled the face of the Mount Temple in the Canadian Rockies, and by 17 he was...

Category	Recipient
Arts and Humanities	Ann Hamilton
Environment	Thomas J. FitzGerald
Human Condition	Brenda Krause Eheart
Public Policy	Robert Greenstein Robert Greenstein Robert Greenstein is founder and executive director of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities , a Washington, DC think tank that focuses on federal and state fiscal policy and public programs that affect low- and moderate-income families and individuals...
Technology, the Economy and Employment	Joseph DeRisi Joseph DeRisi Joseph DeRisi is an American biochemist, specializing in molecular biology, parasitology, genomics, virology, and computational biology.He received a B.A. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a Ph.D...

Category	Recipient
Special Focus on the Environment	Robert Berkebile
Special Focus on the Environment	P. Dee Boersma
Special Focus on the Environment	Christopher Field Christopher Field Dr. Christopher Field is a scientist and researcher, who has contributed to the field of climate change. The author of more than 200 scientific publications, Field’s research emphasizes impacts of climate change, from the molecular to the global scale...
Special Focus on the Environment	Ashok Gadgil Ashok Gadgil Ashok Gadgil is a physicist with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, and a professor in civil and environmental engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. He is best known for "UV Waterworks" - a simple, effective and inexpensive water disinfection system.-Education:He...
Special Focus on the Environment	Chip Giller Chip Giller Chip Giller is an American journalist and environmentalist. He is best known as the founder and editor of Grist.org, an environmental web magazine...
Special Focus on the Environment	Deborah Rice
Special Focus on the Environment	Joel Salatin Joel Salatin Joel F. Salatin is an American farmer, lecturer, and author whose books include You Can Farm and Salad Bar Beef.Salatin raises livestock using holistic methods of animal husbandry, free of potentially harmful chemicals, on his Polyface Farm in Swoope, Virginia, in the Shenandoah Valley...
Special Focus on the Environment	Kirk Smith Kirk Smith Kirk SmithKirk F Smith is an American bass player who performs on both the acoustic and electric basses. Born May 27, 1950 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Kirk started playing bass at age 13 in Trenton, NJ. As a bass major, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music Education from The...
Special Focus on the Environment	Thomas Smith Thomas Smith -Politics:*Sir Thomas Smith , English scholar and diplomat*Thomas Smith , governor of Carolina*Thomas Smith , governor of Newfoundland and Labrador...
Special Focus on the Environment	Beverly Wright

Category	Recipient
Special Focus on Global Change	James Balog James Balog James Balog is an American photographer whose work revolves around the relationship between humans and nature. For nearly 30 years, James Balog re-defined environmental photography, whether his subject was endangered animals, giant trees, or Arctic ice sheets....
Special Focus on Global Change	Terrence Collins
Special Focus on Global Change	Gretchen Daily
Special Focus on Global Change	Richard Feely
Special Focus on Global Change	Cary Fowler Cary Fowler Cary Fowler is the executive director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, based in Rome, Italy. Previously, Fowler was Professor and Director of Research in the Department for International Environment & Development Studies at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Ås, Norway. Fowler holds...
Special Focus on Global Change	Lynn Goldman Lynn Goldman Lynn R. Goldman was born in 1951 in Galveston, Texas. She is an American public health physician, a pediatrician and an epidemiologist. She is the Dean of the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services....
Special Focus on Global Change	Elizabeth Kolbert Elizabeth Kolbert Elizabeth Kolbert is an American journalist and author. She is best known for her 2006 book Field Notes from a Catastrophe, and as an observer and commentator on environmentalism for The New Yorker magazine.-Youth and education:...
Special Focus on Global Change	Michael Oppenheimer Michael Oppenheimer Michael Oppenheimer is the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School and the Department of Geosciences at Princeton University...
Special Focus on Global Change	Daniel Sperling
Special Focus on Global Change	Frederick vom Saal

Category	Recipient
Special Focus on the Environment	John Luther Adams John Luther Adams John Luther Adams is a composer whose music is inspired by nature, especially the landscapes of Alaska where he has lived since 1978.-Biography:...
Special Focus on the Environment	Richard Alley Richard Alley Richard B. Alley is an American geologist and Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences at the Pennsylvania State University. He has authored more than 170 refereed scientific publications about the relationships between Earth's cryosphere and global climate change, and is recognized by the Institute for...
Special Focus on the Environment	Janine Benyus Janine Benyus Janine M. Benyus is an American natural sciences writer, innovation consultant, and author.-Life:Benyus graduated summa cum laude from Rutgers University with degrees in natural resource management and english literature/writing. Benyus teaches interpretive writing, lectures at the University of...
Special Focus on the Environment	Ian Cheney Ian Cheney Ian Cheney is a documentary filmmaker, cinematographer and producer. He shared a Peabody Award in 2008 for King Corn, which he co-produced and starred in....  and Curt Ellis
Special Focus on the Environment	Louis Guillette
Special Focus on the Environment	Joan Kleypas
Special Focus on the Environment	Nancy Knowlton Nancy Knowlton Nancy Knowlton is a coral reef biologist and is the Smithsonian Institution’s Sant Chair for Marine Science.-Life:She graduated from Harvard University, and from the University of California, Berkeley, with a PhD...
Special Focus on the Environment	Nancy Rabalais
Special Focus on the Environment	Sandra Steingraber Sandra Steingraber Sandra Steingraber is an American biologist, author, and cancer survivor in the tradition of Rachel Carson. Steingraber writes and lectures on the environmental factors that contribute to reproductive health problems and environmental links to cancer.-Awards and honors:* 1997 - Named a Ms...