Ellis Island Medal of Honor
The Ellis Island Medal of Honor (English for Ellis Island Medal of Honor ) is a US civilian award. It was donated by the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations (NECO) in 1986. This award highlights the importance of immigrants and the contributions immigrants and their children have made to the benefit of the United States.
On the New York island Ellis Iceland every May there will be a ceremony for the award ceremony. All branches of service of the US Army traditionally participate. Both the House of Representatives and the Senate have recognized the Ellis Island Medals of Honor . A banquet takes place in the great hall where the immigrants became US citizens in ceremonies. Around 100 are awarded the medal each year.
Well-known award winners
- Spencer Abraham , politician
- Gary Ackerman , politician
- Danny Aiello , actor
- Roger Ailes , television producer
- Muhammad Ali , world boxing champion
- Yogi Berra , baseball player
- Tony Blair , Politician (International Award; first non-American to receive the award)
- Michael Bolton , singer
- Ernest Borgnine , actor
- Dan Burton , politician
- George HW Bush , politician and President of the United States
- Elaine Chao , politician
- Dominic Chianese , actor
- Bill Clinton , politician and President of the United States
- Hillary Clinton , US politician and Secretary of State
- Jerry Colangelo , sports manager
- Joe DiMaggio , baseball player
- Gloria Estefan , singer
- Mia Farrow , actress
- Charles Fazzino , artist
- Renée Fleming , opera singer
- Gerald Ford , politician and President of the United States
- Bob Gaudio , singer
- Salvatore Giunta , soldier
- Peter Gruss , German biologist
- Evander Holyfield , world boxing champion
- Bob Hope , actor
- Mike Ilitch , entrepreneur
- Daniel Inouye , soldier and politician
- Quincy Jones , music producer, composer, jazz trumpeter, arranger and band leader
- Henry Kissinger , politician
- Gerda Weissmann-Klein , human rights activist and author
- Jerry Lewis , actor
- Danny Masterson , actor
- Jacques Nasser , Australian manager
- Raymond T. Odierno , soldier
- Rosa Parks , civil rights activist
- Charles B. Rangel , politician
- L. Rafael Reif , electrical engineer and university professor
- Mary Lou Retton , artistic gymnast
- Doris Roberts , actress
- Bruno Sammartino , wrestler
- George D. Schwab , political scientist
- Martin Scorsese , director
- Jane Seymour , actress
- Brooke Shields , actress
- Don Shula , American football coach
- William E. Simon , businessman and politician
- Fauja Singh , British-Indian runner
- Frank Sinatra , singer
- Jerry Stiller , talk show host
- Donald Trump , entrepreneur and President of the United States
- Frankie Valli , singer
- Dionne Warwick , singer
- Chien-Shiung Wu , Chinese-American physicist
- Malala Yousafzai , child rights activist
- Tim H. Zagat , entrepreneur, head of the Zagat Survey
Individual evidence
- ↑ Global Hotelier, Abdul Suleman, Awarded 2014 Ellis Island Medal of Honor . BusinessWire. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
- ^ Sandra Day O'Connor presented Ellis Island Medal of Honor , PIX 11 TV News. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
- ↑ 7 Armenians to Receive Ellis Island Medal of Honor , Asbarez Post. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
- ^ Congressional Record, v. 148, PT. 3, March 11, 2002 to April 10, 2002 . US Congress, April 9, 2002, p. 4038.
- ^ Congressional Record - 111th Congress (2009-2010) - THOMAS (Library of Congress) . Thomas.loc.gov. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
- ^ United States of America Congressional Record Proceedings and Debates , June 22, 1999. Edition, US Government Printing Office, p. 13907, (accessed April 21, 2015).