Pittsburghers of the Decade
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For each January issue, our editors select the person (or persons) who has had the most positive impact on our region in the previous year. Here’s a look back at the first decade of this century’s Pittsburghers of the Year, from the January 2000 issue to the present.For each January issue, our editors select the person (or persons) who has had the most positive impact on our region in the previous year. Here’s a look back at the first decade of this century’s Pittsburghers of the Year, from the January 2000 issue to the present.
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2000The Pittsburgh Penguins’ Mario Lemieux
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2001Three Leaders Who Are Building the Future of the City and Beyond: Martin McGuinn, Mellon Financial Corp. chairman and CEO; Carol Brown, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust CEO; Tom O’Brien, PNC Bank Corp. chairmanThree Leaders Who Are Building the Future of the City and Beyond: Martin McGuinn, Mellon Financial Corp. chairman and CEO; Carol Brown, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust CEO; Tom O’Brien, PNC Bank Corp. chairman
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2002University of Pittsburgh chancellor Mark Nordenberg and Carnegie Mellon University president Jared CohonUniversity of Pittsburgh chancellor Mark Nordenberg and Carnegie Mellon University president Jared Cohon
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2003Foundations: honoring the region’s philanthropic institutions
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2004The Children of 2003
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2005
(inside feature)2005: The Thinkers: Nobel Prize winners Wangari Maathai, Finn Kydland and Edward Prescott; The Champions: Olympic medalists Swin Cash and Lauryn Williams; The Samaritans: Pittsburghers who lent a helping hand after the Flood of ’04; The Philanthropist: foundation chief and political spouse Teresa Heinz Kerry2005: The Thinkers: Nobel Prize winners Wangari Maathai, Finn Kydland and Edward Prescott; The Champions: Olympic medalists Swin Cash and Lauryn Williams; The Samaritans: Pittsburghers who lent a helping hand after the Flood of ’04; The Philanthropist: foundation chief and political spouse Teresa Heinz Kerry -
2006
(inside feature)Playwright August Wilson (awarded posthumously) -
2007
(inside feature)Philanthropists Henry and Elsie Hilliard Hillman -
2008
(inside feature)Manchester Bidwell Corp.’s Bill Strickland -
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2009CMU professor and “Last Lecture” author Randy Pausch (awarded posthumously)
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2010Steelers coach Mike Tomlin and Penguins coach Dan Bylsma
