Edward R. Hintz, Jr.

President, Hintz Capital Management
Board Member, Penn State Smeal College of Business Board of Visitors

Edward R. Hintz, Jr. ’59 is president of Hintz Capital Management, a private money-management firm.

Hintz served as past chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Pennsylvania State University. In 1982, he was named Alumni Fellow by Smeal College and in 1987 was honored as a Distinguished Alumnus of Penn State. He is past president of the Penn State Development Council and the Smeal Alumni Society Board of Directors. He served as chair of the Grand Destiny Campaign for Penn State. Hintz and his wife, Helen, made several gifts to that campaign, including the naming gift for the Hintz Family Alumni Center and creating the Edward R. and Helen Skade Hintz International Scholars Program at the Smeal College. They provided the endowment which supports the Presidential Leadership Academy.

Hintz received a bachelor of science in finance from Smeal in 1959. He also earned an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business in 1963.