To: puborectalis who wrote (619038 ) 9/7/2004 12:43:25 AM From: puborectalis Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 769670 A Recognized Leader In 2003, Teresa Heinz Kerry received the Women's Leadership Award from the Save the Children organization for her efforts to improve the lives of children throughout the world. In April 2003, she received the World Ecology Award from the International Center for Tropical Ecology at the University of Missouri. In June, she was among the women honored by the Boston YWCA in the Women Achievers' Class of 2003 and the Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus presented her with a lifetime achievement award. And in September 2003, she was presented with the Albert Schweitzer Gold medal for Humanitarianism at Johns Hopkins University for her work in protecting the environment, promoting health care and education, and uplifting women and children throughout the world. Teresa Heinz Kerry has been named Carlow College's National Woman of Spirit. She received the Community Service Human Rights Award from the American Jewish Committee. Along with Senator Kerry, she shared the Boston Bar Foundation's prestigious John and Abigail Adams Award. She has been awarded the Art Rooney Award from the Catholic Youth Association of Pittsburgh; and she received the first ever Gold Medal conferred by the American Institute of Architects in Pittsburgh. Teresa Heinz Kerry is a trustee of the Brookings Institution. She also sits on the Visiting Committee for the Kennedy School and the school-wide environmental committee for Harvard University, serves on the board of the American Institute for Public Service (which confers the Jefferson Awards), and is an emerita trustee of Carnegie Mellon University. In addition, she was recently elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Teresa Heinz Kerry has been awarded honorary doctorate degrees from Beloit College (Wisconsin), the University of Massachusetts (Boston), Bank Street College of Education (New York), Pine Manor College and Clark University (Massachusetts), Carnegie Mellon University, the Medical College of Pennsylvania, Drexel University, Washington and Jefferson College and Carlow College.