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DeutschGreat Immigrants Award
| Carnegie Corporation Great Immigrants Award | |
|---|---|
| Description | Recognizing notable contributions of immigrants to American society |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Carnegie Corporation of New York |
| First awarded | 2006 |
| Website | www |
The Great Immigrants Award is an annual initiative by the Carnegie Corporation of New York to honor naturalized citizens of the United States who have made significant contributions to American society, democracy, and culture. Established in 2006, the award celebrates the legacy of Andrew Carnegie, a Scottish immigrant and philanthropist who founded the Carnegie Corporation. The award is announced each year on the Fourth of July.
Background[edit]
The Great Immigrants Award was created to showcase the positive impact immigrants have on the United States across various fields such as business, the arts, education, and philanthropy.[1][2]
Criteria and selection process[edit]
Honorees of the Great Immigrants Award are naturalized citizens of the United States who have demonstrated outstanding achievements and contributions in their respective fields. The selection process involves a comprehensive review of candidates' accomplishments, their impact on American society, and their commitment to the ideals of democracy and cultural diversity. The award has recognized individuals from a wide range of backgrounds, including business leaders, educators, artists, scientists, and public servants.[3]
The Honorees[edit]
| 2023 | ||
| Name | Profession | Country of Birth |
| Wesaam Al-Badry | Photographer, Investigative Journalist, and Interdisciplinary Artist | Iraq |
| Ana Lucia Araujo | Professor of History, Howard University | Brazil |
| Kyriacos A. Athanasiou | Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine | Cyprus |
| Ajay Banga | President, World Bank, and Former CEO, Mastercard | India |
| Jean-Claude Brizard | President and CEO, Digital Promise | Haiti |
| Betty Kwan Chinn | Founder, Betty Kwan Chinn Homeless Foundation | China |
| Ghida Dagher | CEO and President, New American Leaders | Sierra Leone |
| Daniel Diermeier | Chancellor, Vanderbilt University | Germany |
| Miguel “Mike” B. Fernandez | Chairman and CEO, MBF Healthcare Partners | Cuba |
| Maria Freire | Global Health Leader and Biophysicist | Peru |
| Nina Garcia | Editor in Chief, Elle | Colombia |
| Timnit Gebru | Founder and Executive Director, Distributed AI Research Institute | Ethiopia |
| Karen González | Faith Leader, Writer, Speaker, and Immigrant Advocate | Guatemala |
| Azira G. Hill | Cofounder, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Talent Development Program | Cuba |
| Roald Hoffmann | Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Cornell University, and Nobel Laureate | Poland |
| Guido Imbens | Professor of Economics, Stanford University, and Nobel Laureate | Netherlands |
| Angélique Kidjo | Grammy Award–Winning Singer and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador | Benin |
| Bernard Lagat | Champion Runner and Five-Time Olympian | Kenya |
| Min Jin Lee | Author and National Book Award Finalist | South Korea |
| Ted Lieu | U.S. Congressman, California, District 36 | Taiwan |
| Karen Lozano | Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | Mexico |
| Daniel Lubetzky | Founder, KIND Snacks and Starts With Us | Mexico |
| J. Patrice Marandel | Former Chief Curator of European Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) | France |
| Stephen Michael | Brigadier General, U.S. Army (ret.), and Senior Executive, UBS | Guyana |
| Alanis Morissette | Grammy Award–Winning Singer-Songwriter, Thought Leader, Wholeness Advocate | Canada |
| Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala | Director-General, World Trade Organization | Nigeria |
| Pedro Pascal | Actor and Time 100 Honoree | Chile |
| Susan Polgar | Chess Grandmaster and Triple-Crown World Champion | Hungary |
| Ke Huy Quan | Academy Award–Winning Actor | Vietnam |
| Helen Quinn | Professor Emerita of Physics, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University | Australia |
| Julissa Reynoso | U.S. Ambassador to Spain and Andorra | Dominican Republic |
| Oscar A. Solis | 10th Bishop, Diocese of Salt Lake City | Philippines |
| Ali Soufan | Chairman and CEO, The Soufan Group, and Former FBI Special Agent | Lebanon |
| Inge G. Thulin | Former Chairman, President, and CEO, 3M Company | Sweden |
| Ponsi Trivisvavet | CEO and Director, Inari | Thailand |
| 2022 | ||
| Name | Profession | Country of Birth |
| Hakki Akdeniz | Owner, Champion Pizza, and Advocate for the Homeless | Turkey |
| Michael Amiridis | President, University of South Carolina | Greece |
| Bertine Bahige | Wyoming National Distinguished Principal, 2021 | Congo (the Democratic Republic of the) |
| Maria Elena Bottazzi | Professor and Associate Dean, Baylor College of Medicine | Italy |
| Jorge Cavero | Doctor and Professor, University of Illinois College of Medicine | Bolivia |
| Ibrahim Cissé | Professor of Physics, MIT, and MacArthur Fellow | Niger |
| Herman Cornejo | Principal, American Ballet Theatre, and UN Messenger of Peace | Argentina |
| Bita Daryabari | Philanthropist, Entrepreneur, and Computer Scientist | Iran |
| Julie Delpy | Award-Winning Actress, Director, and Screenwriter | France |
| Fabienne Doucet | Educational Equity Advocate and Professor, New York University | Spain |
| Jill Ellis | Soccer Coach and President, San Diego Wave Fútbol Club | England |
| Daniel Finn | Pastor and Chaplain and Cofounder, Irish Pastoral Centre, Boston | Ireland |
| Lorena Garcia | Chef and Founder, Chica Restaurants | Venezuela |
| Jesus Garza | Mayor, Arcola, Illinois | Mexico |
| Aquilino Gonell | U.S. Capitol Police Officer and Congressional Gold Medal Recipient | Dominican Republic |
| Steffi Graf | Tennis Champion, Olympian, and Grand Slam Winner | Germany |
| Siegfried Hecker | Nuclear Scientist and Director Emeritus, Los Alamos National Laboratory | Poland |
| Nicole Hernandez Hammer | Environmental Scientist and Climate Justice and Labor Organizer, SEIU | Guatemala |
| Lina Hidalgo | Judge and Chief Executive, Harris County, Texas | Colombia |
| Jorge Labarga | Justice, Florida Supreme Court | Cuba |
| Padma Lakshmi | Host and Executive Producer, Top Chef and Taste the Nation | India |
| MJ Lee | White House Correspondent, CNN | South Korea |
| Polina Lishko | Professor, University of California, Berkeley, and MacArthur Fellow | Ukraine |
| Malinda Lo | Novelist and National Book Award Winner | China |
| Syukuro Manabe | Professor, Princeton University, and Nobel Laureate | Japan |
| Karen Nakamura | Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley | Indonesia |
| Arrey Obenson | President and CEO, International Institute of St. Louis | Cameroon |
| Toyin Ojih Odutola | Visual Artist | Nigeria |
| Ardem Patapoutian | Professor, Scripps Research Institute, and Nobel Laureate | Lebanon |
| Karl Racine | Attorney General, District of Columbia | Haiti |
| Punit Renjen | Global CEO, Deloitte | India |
| Tashitaa Tufaa | Owner, CEO, and President, Metropolitan Transportation Network | Ethiopia |
| Neil Young | Musician, Grammy Winner, and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee | Canada |
| Karen Zacarías | Award-Winning Playwright and Founder, Young Playwrights’ Theater | Mexico |
| 2021 | ||
| Name | Profession | Country of Birth |
| Gisèle Ben-Dor | Conductor Emerita, Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston | Uruguay |
| Albert Bourla | Chairman and CEO, Pfizer | Greece |
| Peter Carey | Novelist and Professor, Hunter College | Australia |
| Vija Celmins | Visual Artist | Latvia |
| Jun Cho | Supply Specialist, Delaware National Guard | South Korea |
| Millicent Comrie | OB-GYN and Director, Brooklyn Heights Women’s Health Center, Maimonides Medical Center | Jamaica |
| Carlos del Rio | Public Health Advocate and Professor of Medicine, Emory University | Mexico |
| Gisele Barreto Fetterman | Founder, Free Store 15104, For Good PGH, and 412 Food Rescue | Brazil |
| Wayne A. I. Frederick | President and Professor of Surgery, Howard University | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Gita Gopinath | Chief Economist, International Monetary Fund | India |
| Shireen Hunter | Diplomat, International Relations Scholar, and Honorary Fellow, Alwaleed Center, Georgetown University | Iran |
| Anisa Ibrahim | Physician, Pediatrics Clinic, Harborview Medical Center | Somalia |
| Karine Jean-Pierre | White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary | Martinique |
| Ilya Kaminsky | Poet and Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology | Ukraine |
| Min Kao | Cofounder and Executive Chairman, Garmin International | Taiwan |
| Katalin Karikó | Scientist and Senior Vice President, BioNTech | Hungary |
| Young Kim | U.S. Congresswoman, California, District 39 | South Korea |
| Olga Korbut | Olympic Medal–Winning Gymnast | Belarus |
| Ruth Lehmann | Professor of Biology, MIT | Germany |
| Carlos Lozada | Nonfiction Book Critic, The Washington Post | Peru |
| Kamlesh Lulla | NASA Scientist (Fmr. Chief Scientist for Earth Observations, Space Shuttle/ISS), Senior Advisor for University Research and Technology Collaboration at Johnson Space Center, NASA | India |
| Michael Mina | Chef and Founder, MINA Group | Egypt |
| Helen Mirren | Actress | England |
| Herro Mustafa | U.S. Ambassador to Bulgaria | Iraq |
| John Oliver | Comedian and Commentator | England |
| James Peebles | Professor Emeritus of Physics, Princeton University | Canada |
| Vincenzo Piscopo | President and CEO, United Spinal Association | Venezuela |
| Ivan Poupyrev | Director of Engineering and Technical Projects Lead, Google | Russia |
| Jorge Pulleiro | Idaho Teacher of the Year and U.S. Army Veteran | Argentina |
| Pedro A. Sanchez | Professor of Tropical Soils, University of Florida | Cuba |
| Nsé Ufot | Chief Executive Officer, New Georgia Project | Nigeria |
| Luis von Ahn | Cofounder and CEO, Duolingo | Guatemala |
| Ali Zaidi | Deputy White House National Climate Advisor | Pakistan |
| Xiaowei Zhuang | Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University | China |
| 2020 | ||
| Name | Profession | Country of Birth |
| Njideka Akunyili Crosby | Visual Artist | Nigeria |
| Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im | Professor of Law, Emory University School of Law | Sudan |
| Fabian Arias | Pastor, Iglesia de Sion, Saint Peter’s Church, New York City | Argentina |
| Geno Auriemma | Head Coach, University of Connecticut Women’s Basketball | Italy |
| Carmen C. Bambach | Curator, The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Chile |
| Sven Beckert | Professor of American History, Harvard University | Germany |
| Asmeret Asefaw Berhe | Professor of Soil Science and Falasco Chair in Earth Sciences, University of California, Merced | Eritrea |
| Afsaneh Mashayekhi Beschloss | Founder and CEO, RockCreek | Iran |
| Luciana Borio | VP, In-Q-Tel; Former Director, Medical and Biodefense Preparedness, National Security Council | Brazil |
| Joy Buolamwini | Founder, Algorithmic Justice League; Researcher, MIT Media Lab | Canada |
| David Byrne | Musician and Filmmaker | Scotland |
| Rukmini Callimachi | Foreign Correspondent, The New York Times | Romania |
| Fadi Chehadé | Co-CEO, Ethos Capital; Former President and CEO, ICANN | Lebanon |
| Raj Chetty | Professor of Economics, Harvard University | India |
| Yaa Gyasi | Author | Ghana |
| Hans M. Kristensen | Director, Nuclear Information Project, Federation of American Scientists | Denmark |
| Marie Lafontant | Registered Nurse, Burn Unit, University of Chicago Medical Center | Haiti |
| Pedro Martinez | Superintendent, San Antonio Independent School District | Mexico |
| Afaf I. Meleis | Professor of Nursing and Sociology and Dean Emerita, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing | Egypt |
| Miriam Merad | Director of the Precision Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | Algeria |
| Siddhartha Mukherjee | Author and Physician | India |
| Stephanie Murphy | U.S. Congresswoman, Florida, District 7 | Vietnam |
| Ana Navarro-Cárdenas | Political Strategist and Commentator, CNN; Cohost, The View | Nicaragua |
| Catherine O'Hara | Actress | Canada |
| Judea Pearl | Computer Scientist and Professor, University of California, Los Angeles | Israel |
| Anna Podolanczuk | Physician and Researcher, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center | Poland |
| Monica Ponce de Leon | Architect and Founder, MPdL Studio; Professor and Dean, School of Architecture, Princeton University | Venezuela |
| Alexei Ratmansky | Choreographer and Artist in Residence, American Ballet Theater | Russia |
| Teresa Romero | President, United Farm Workers | Mexico |
| Goli Sheikholeslami | President and CEO, New York Public Radio | Kuwait |
| Moncef Slaoui | Physician, Vaccine Researcher, and Chief Advisor, Operation Warp Speed | Morocco |
| Art Spiegelman | Graphic Novelist and Cartoonist | Sweden |
| Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Vincent Stewart | Former Deputy Commander, U.S. Cyber Command; Former Director, Defense Intelligence Agency | Jamaica |
| Lisa Su | President and CEO, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) | Taiwan |
| Ramon Tallaj | Physician; Founder and Chair, SOMOS | Dominican Republic |
| M. Stanley Whittingham | Professor of Chemistry, Binghamton University, State University of New York | England |
| Paul Yoon | Rescue Paramedic, FDNY | South Korea |
| Eric Yuan | Founder and CEO, Zoom | China |
References[edit]
- ^ "Carnegie Corporation of New York Honors 35 Distinguished Immigrants for Their Vital and Inspiring Contributions to Our Democracy". Business Wire (Press release). Business Wire. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
- ^ "Carnegie Corporation names 2023 cohort of distinguished immigrants". Philanthropy News Digest.
- ^ Jacky, Kaba, Amadu (2017-09-18). America's 'Great Immigrants': An Analysis of Carnegie Corporation's Honorees, 2006–2015. Adonis and Abbey Publishers. ISBN 978-1-909112-78-0.
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External links[edit]
- Carnegie Corporation Great Immigrants Award
- America's 'great Immigrants': An Analysis of Carnegie Corporation's Honorees 2006–2015, by Amadu Jacky Kaba, 2017 – Google Books