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James and Hetty Knox were from prominent ÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø families. They married in 1952 and had four children. Hetty died on January 19, 2009, at the age of 77. James turned 85 in 2012.

She attended the Westover School in Vermont and went on to Briarcliff College. She was an active member of Calvary Episcopal Church in Shadyside.

Hetty's grandfather on her mother's side was a founder of The Jamison Coal Company in Westmoreland County. Through her family inheritance, she and her husband established several charitable funds with ÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø.

James graduated from Yale's class of 1950 and went on to work briefly for Gulf Oil. After deciding that wasn't for him, he went back to school at The Carnegie Mellon Architectural School, and graduated in 1957. He was a Partner in Design Alliance for many years until his retirement.

The fund supports the ÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø Symphony, ÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø Zoo, Carnegie Museum of Art, the Carnegie Science Center, WQED, and The ÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø Public Theatre.