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Friday, March 24, 2017

2017 Ellis Island Medal of Honour - Indra Nooyi and 5 other Indian-Americans among Ellis Island Medal of Honour


PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi, author Fareed Zakaria are amongst six Indian-Americans nominated for the prestigious Ellis Island Medal of Honour 2017 the highest civilian award in the US for immigrants.
Among 88 named recipients, the four other Indian- Americans are Harman International Industries chairman CEO Dinesh Paliwal, Dr Annapoorna S Kini, Yashvant Patel, Mohan H Patel, as well as Pakistani-American Dr Adil Haider.
Nooyi has been the CEO at PepsiCo since 2006 and chairman since 2007. She was previously the president and chief financial officer at the company, as well as senior vice president, and senior vice president of corporate strategy and development.
Zakaria is the host of CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS" as well as a columnist for The Washington Post. He has also served as a columnist at Newsweek, an editor at Newsweek International and editor-at-large of Time.
Paliwal has served as the president and CEO at Harman since July 2007 and later became the chairman in 2008. The Ellis Island Medal of Honour founded by the National Ethnic Coalition of Organisations (NECO) are given annually to individuals whose accomplishments in their field and service to the country are cause for celebration, NECO said.

Since its inception in 1986, the medal has been officially recognised by both Houses of Congress as one of the nation's most prestigious awards. NECO has honoured distinguished and diverse Americans, including six presidents of the US, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as well as esteemed Americans such as FrankSinatra, Lee Iacocca, Quincy Jones, Muhammad Ali, Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel, Louis Zamperini and Rosa Parks. The 2017 recipients will be honoured at a May 13 event on Ellis Island in New York

2017 Ellis Island Medal of Honor recipients!

  1. Ken Aagaard
  2. David B. Agus, MD
  3. Dr. Buzz Aldrin
  4. Hormoz Ameri
  5. Loreen Arbus
  6. Dr. Abbas Ardehali
  7. Nadim C. Ashi
  8. Herb Baum
  9. Ruth Bedevian
  10. Kurken Yetvart Berksanlar
  11. Mollie Ann Bracigliano
  12. Susan Burchard
  13. Thomas L. Cantone
  14. Robert E. Carlucci
  15. LTC Daniel L. Cederman, USA
  16. Heather Won Choi
  17. Winn Claybaugh
  18. Konstantine Costalas
  19. Peter Cuneo
  20. Robert Currie, BS, MA, PhD (Hon.), FSA Scot
  21. Captain Michael H. Day, USCG
  22. Ronald A. DePinho, MD
  23. Joseph D'Urso
  24. Suzanne El Sayegh, MD, FACP, FASN
  25. Dr. Hossein Eslambolchi
  26. Mohammad Farzaneh
  27. Commander Jonathan Forsberg, USN, MD, PhD
  28. Michael Greco, U.S. Marshal
  29. Mindy Grossman
  30. Emile K. HaddadDr. Adil H. Haider, MD, MPH, FACS
  31. Peter Haleas
  32. Patricia de Stacy Harrison
  33. Lucine Mardirosian Harvey
  34. Yumi Hogan
  35. Rachel S. Howitt
  36. Ming Hsieh
  37. Soo-ll Jung
  38. Mumtaz A. Kazim, MD
  39. Thomas Keller
  40. Victoria Reggie Kennedy
  41. Alsun Keogh
  42. R. Gil Kerlikowske
  43. Olga Kern
  44. Annapoorna S. Kini, MD
  45. Murat N. Koprulu
  46. Sven Kraemer
  47. Honorable Darin M. LaHood
  48. Sherry Lansing
  49. Noel Lateef
  50. Andy Andranik Madadian
  51. Bill McMorrow
  52. Frank Melkonian
  53. George Fouad Mobassaleh
  54. Paul Musco
  55. Francois Nader, MD, MBA
  56. Daniel A. Nigro
  57. Indra Nooyi
  58. Sook Ja Bang Oh
  59. Jeffrey S. Olson
  60. Eleni Paliros-Bousis
  61. Dinesh Paliwal
  62. Harris Pastides, PhD
  63. Yashvant Patel
  64. Mohan H. Patel
  65. Joan Agajanian Quinn
  66. Ambassador Azita Raji
  67. Tadia Rice
  68. Dr. Ihor Sawchuk
  69. Richard C. Shadyac, Jr.
  70. MG Larry W. Shellito, USA (Ret), EdD
  71. James P. Sherlock
  72. Anne Shih
  73. Chief Theresa J. Shortell
  74. Maggie Soleimani, Esq.
  75. Admiral James Stavridis, USN (Ret)
  76. Carol Gomez Summerhays DDS
  77. Mary-Christine (M.C.) Sungaila, Esq.
  78. Ara Tekian, PRD, MHPE
  79. Garo M. Tertzakian, MD
  80. Rear Admiral Cynthia M. Thebaud, USN (Ret)
  81. Veronica Tsang
  82. Cumrun Vafa
  83. Brigadier General Suzanne P. Vares-Lum, USPACOM
  84. Charlie Woo
  85. Chun B. (Charlie) Yim D.B.A
  86. Ma Cheol Yim
  87. Fareed Zakaria
  88. Lieutenant General Stayce D. Harris, USAF

2017 International Ellis Island Medal of Honor Recipients

  1. Amir A. Dossal, FCA
  2. Emmanuelle Charpentier, PhD
  3. Hamid Ulukaya

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