John Heinz

A Representative and a Senator from Pennsylvania. Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa. , October 23, 1938. Graduated, Phillips Exeter Academy 1956. Graduated, Yale University 1960. Received a graduate degree from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration 1963. Served in the United States Air Force 1963. United States Air Force Reserve 1963-1969. Faculty member and lecturer, Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa. , 1970-1971. Business career included positions as analyst, controller's division, and numerous positions in the marketing division of the H. J. Heinz Co. , Pittsburgh, Pa. , plus positions with other firms. Elected as a Republican by special election, November 2, 1971, to the Ninety-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Robert J. Corbett. Reelected to the Ninety-third and Ninety-fourth Congresses and served from November 2, 1971, to January 3, 1977. Was not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives, but was elected in 1976 to the United States Senate. Reelected in 1982 and again in 1988 and served from January 3, 1977, until his death in an airplane crash over Lower Merion Township, Pa. , April 4, 1991. Chairman, Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee (Ninety-sixth and Ninety-ninth Congresses), Special Committee on Aging (Ninety-seventh through Ninety-ninth Congresses). Interment in Heinz family mausoleum, Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.