Great 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 |
| 2019 | ||
| Name | Profession | Country of Birth |
| Darius Adamczyk | Chairman and CEO, Honeywell | Poland |
| Angelika Amon | Cancer Researcher and Professor, MIT | Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science | Austria |
| Julissa Arce | Author, Social Justice Advocate, and Cofounder, Ascend Educational Fund | Mexico |
| Branka Arsić | Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University | Guggenheim Fellow | Serbia |
| Richard Blanco | U.S. Inaugural Poet and Memoirist | Spain |
| Wolf Blitzer | Lead Political Anchor and Host, "The Situation Room," CNN | Germany |
| Ilia Calderón | Cohost, "Noticiero Univision" and "Aquí y Ahora," Univision | Colombia |
| Andrew Cherng | Cofounder, Cochair, and Co-CEO, Panda Restaurant Group, Inc. | China |
| Peggy Cherng | Cofounder, Cochair, and Co-CEO, Panda Restaurant Group, Inc. | Myanmar |
| Alon Cohen | Cofounder and President, Houzz | Israel |
| Wilmot Collins | Mayor, Helena, Montana | Liberia |
| Maria Cornejo | Fashion Designer and Founder, Zero + Maria Cornejo | Chile |
| Vilma Daza | Community Library Manager, Corona Branch, Queens Public Library | Peru |
| Angus Deaton | Professor of Economics and International Affairs Emeritus, Princeton University | Nobel Prize in Economics | Scotland |
| Gebisa Ejeta | Geneticist, Plant Breeder, and Professor, Purdue University | World Food Prize Laureate | Ethiopia |
| Gustavo García-Siller | Archbishop of San Antonio | Mexico |
| Theresia Gouw | Cofounder, Aspect Ventures | Indonesia |
| Prabal Gurung | Fashion Designer and Founder, Prabal Gurung | Singapore |
| Aleksandar Hemon | Writer and Professor of Creative Writing, Princeton University | MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellow | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Luchita Hurtado | Painter | Time 100 for 2019 | Venezuela |
| Mukhtar M. Ibrahim | Founder and Executive Editor, "Sahan Journal" | Somalia |
| Rahul M. Jindal | Transplant Surgeon and Professor, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences | India |
| Dina Katabi | Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT | MacArthur Fellow | Syria |
| Laila Lalami | Writer and Professor of Creative Writing, University of California, Riverside | Guggenheim Fellow and American Book Award Winner | Morocco |
| Young Jean Lee | Playwright and Professor of Theater and Performance Studies, Stanford University | Guggenheim Fellow | South Korea |
| Midori | Violinist, Educator, and Arts Advocate | Japan |
| Debbie Mucarsel-Powell | U.S. Congresswoman, Florida, District 26 | Ecuador |
| M. Rosaria Piomelli | Architect and Former Dean, Spitzer School of Architecture, City College of New York | Italy |
| Tomás Pedro Regalado | Director, Office of Cuba Broadcasting, and Former Mayor, Miami, Florida | Cuba |
| Mariano Rivera | Hall of Fame Baseball Player and Philanthropist | Panama |
| Paymon Rouhanifard | Former Camden Schools Chief, and Cofounder and CEO, Propel America | Iran |
| Terence Tao | Professor of Mathematics, UCLA | MacArthur Fellow and Fields Medalist | Australia |
| Adi Tatarko | Cofounder and CEO, Houzz | Israel |
| Marc Tessier-Lavigne | Neuroscientist and President, Stanford University | Canada |
| Linus Torvalds | Creator of Linux and Git | Millennium Technology Prize Winner | Finland |
| Nari Ward | Artist and Distinguished Professor/Head of Sculpture, Hunter College | Guggenheim Fellow and Rome Prize Winner | Jamaica |
| Leana Wen | Physician and Public Health Leader | China |
| Nite Yun | Chef and Restaurateur | Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Culinary Arts | Cambodia |
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