Education The Wertheim named colleges of Engineering, Medicine and Nursing have
been funded with more than one hundred million dollars from the Herbert
and Nicole Wertheim Family Foundation
Arts & Culture Dr. and Mrs. Wertheim understand that life is more than just work.
There is a certain joy which comes when life is enhanced in a way only
the arts can provide.
The University of Florida today announced that the Dr. Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Family Foundation has provided $100 million — the largest gift from an individual donor in university history
The Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science
was founded in 2019 with a $25 million lead gift from the Dr. Herbert
and Nicole Wertheim Family Foundation.
Is a performing arts center that opened in 1996.[1] Situated on the main
campus of Florida International University (FIU), it is named after Dr.
Herbert Wertheim, an inventor, engineer, scientist, educator,
clinician, entrepreneur, philanthropist and community leader.
Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering The University of Florida’s College of Engineering is using the $50
million catalyst lead gift from the Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Family
Foundation to power the new engineer and transform the future.
Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
The Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine provides quality affordable
medical education. Our students and doctors provide improved access to
medical care in South Florida’s underserved populations.
Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing & Health Sciences The students at Wertheim College of Nursing play critical roles in
overcoming the healthcare challenges in our community. Our nurses are
trained to excel while working with other health professionals.
Initiatives
FIU Art Museum
Sydell Ida Wertheim Concert Organ
Norton Museum
Whitney Museum
Miami Metro Zoo
The Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science at UC San Diego
The Wertheim Performing Arts Center at FIU
San Diego Zoo
Wertheim Conservatory FIU
Dr. Herbert A. Wertheim and Nicole L Wertheim
By a letter dated December 14, 2015, the
Wertheim family publicly committed the majority of their wealth to
benefit others. They did so by joining The Giving Pledge, a campaign
organized by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to encourage the wealthiest
families in the world to commit their assets toward charitable
endeavors. The Wertheim Family Foundation has been active for 50 years
fulfilling their mission statement: Making Life on Earth Better. This
commitment to continue using their assets t0 help others is the latest
and largest commitment to date from a family which has already given
extraordinary amounts of money and time.
Sydell Ida Wertheim Concert Organ A gift from longtime FIU
philanthropist Dr. Herbert Wertheim, the Sydell Ida Wertheim Concert
Organ was custom-made by one of the country’s preeminent organ
builders, the Schantz Organ Company of Ohio.
Built in 1999 for nearly
$700,000, the 4,226-pipe Schantz organ is the crown jewel of the
Hebert and Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center’s 600-seat concert
hall and would cost millions of dollars to build today.
It took a year for the
26-ton organ, which is the largest in Miami-Dade County and one of the
most technologically advanced in the country, to be completed. It
features a solid-oak console with four manual keyboards and a pedal
clavier that controls its pipes.
The organ’s completion
earned FIU the cover photo of the October 1999 issue of the journal
The American Organist with an accompanying essay by Schantz Tonal
Director Jeffrey Dexter. In his essay, Dexter noted that Schantz
organs are typically built for churches, so Schantz relished the
opportunity to customize an organ for a university with a thriving
School of Music and outstanding concert hall.
“This instrument is unquestionably one of the finest concert organs to be found anywhere in the state of Florida,” Dexter wrote.