Heinz Steinitz
Three sons were born to Heinz Steinitz and Dr. Ruth Steinitz. Each turned to sciences: Raphael Steinitz, an astrophysicist, is a Professor Emeritus at the Department of Physics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be’er Sheba; Gideon Steinitz, a senior geologist, was the former Head of the Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem; and Benjamin Steinitz, a plant scientist retired as a senior research scientist in the fields of plant physiology and horticulture at the Institute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion.
Rust Heinz
Heinz was born in 1914 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was the second son of Howard Covode Heinz and Elizabeth Granger Heinz and grandson of the late Henry J. Heinz who founded the Heinz empire and was the brother of Henry John "Jack" Heinz, II. In 1937 he married Helen Clay Goodloe, and together had a daughter Helen Meredith Dewitt Heinz.