H.J. Heinz II

1914

View this item

H.J. Heinz II
  • Title
  • H.J. Heinz II
  • Identifier
  • MSP57.B017.I03
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP57.B017.I03
  • Description
  • Henry John (Jack) Heinz, II, born in 1909, was the grandson of Henry John Heinz, the founder of H. J. Heinz Company. Jack assumed the presidency of the company in 1941 upon the death of his father. At the time he was 33 and one of the youngest men in the United States to head a major company. After leaving active involvement with the company, Jack Heinz became chairman of the Howard Heinz Endowment, which disbursed more than $300 million in grants to Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania organizations in the arts, social services, health, education, and urban and international affairs. He died in 1987.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Heinz, Henry John II, 1909-1987.
  • Source
  • H.J. Heinz Company, Photographs, 1864-1991, MSP 57, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • H.J. Heinz Company Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • In Copyright. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).. Rights Holder: Senator John Heinz History Center
    http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
  • Rights Holder
  • Senator John Heinz History Center