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Zalmay Khalilzad
Born in Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad received his bachelor's and master's
degree from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. He went on to earn
a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. From 1979 to 1989, Khalilzad was
an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Columbia University.
From 1985 to 1989 at the Department of State, Dr. Khalilzad served as
Special Advisor to the Under Secretary of State for Policy working policy
issues, advising on the Iran-Iraq War, and the Soviet War in Afghanistan.
After serving in various positions, in May 2001, then-National Security
Advisor Dr. Condoleezza Rice announced his appointment as Special
Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Gulf, Southwest Asia and
Other Regional Issues of the National Security Council.
Khalilzad was nominated Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of
the United States of America to Iraq by President Bush on April 5, 2005.
Khalilzad is the first Muslim U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. (based
on the White House website's press release and the UN website)
Elias Zerhouni
Zerhouni was born in Nedroma, Algeria, and earned his medical degree at
the University of Algiers School of Medicine in 1975. Dr. Zerhouni and his
wife immigrated to America from Algeria with $300.
After completing his residency in diagnostic radiology at Johns Hopkins in
1978 as chief resident, he taught there. He left to teach in the department
of radiology at Eastern Virginia Medical School. In 1985 he was a
consultant to the White House under President Ronald Reagan. In 1985,
Zerhouni returned to Johns Hopkins where he was appointed director of the
MRI division, and then was appointed full professor. In 1988, he was a
consultant to the World Health Organization. He late became the chairman
of the radiology department in January 1996.
Later Zerhouni became the Executive Vice Dean of the Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine. He is an expert in biomedical research and
in 2003 Zerhouni was named head of the National Institutes of Health.
(based on the NIH website profile)
Selman Waksman
Selman Abraham Waksman was born in the Ukraine. Trained as a
biochemist and microbiologist, his research into organic substances and
their decomposition led to the discovery of several medicines. Waksman
worked as a professor of biochemistry and microbiology at Rutgers
University for four decades. His work led to the discovery of over twenty
antibiotics (a word which he coined). In 1952 Waksman was awarded the
Nobel Prize in Medicine in recognition of his discovery of streptomycin, the
first antibiotic treatment for tuberculosis.
Out of the royalties assigned to him personally, he and Mrs. Waksman
established the Foundation for Microbiology for the support of research in
microbiology. They also established a scholarship for an immigrant student,
or the son or daughter of an immigrant, at Rutgers University. Mrs.
Waksman also established a music scholarship there. He died in 1973.
(based on the profile on the Nobel website)
Archbishop Iakovos
Born in Turkey in 1911 as Demetrios Coucouzis, he took the name Iakovos
(James) when he was ordained. Five years after his ordination, Deacon
Iakovos received an invitation to serve as Archdeacon to the late
Archbishop Athenagoras, the Primate of North and South America. He
immigrated to the U.S. in 1939.
Ordained to the priesthood in 1940 in Lowell, MA, he served at St. George
Church, Hartford, CT, while teaching and serving as assistant dean of the
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Theological School. From 1959 to 1996, the
archbishop headed the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South
America with an estimated two million followers. He became a citizen in
1950.
Archbishop Iakovos was the first Greek Orthodox archbishop to meet with a
Roman Catholic pope in 350 years when he met with Pope John XXIII. He
would go on to spend nine years as president of the World Council of
Churches. Archbishop Iakovos marched with Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. in
Selma in 1965 and later received the Medal of Freedom from President
Carter in 1980. Archbishop Iakovos championed human rights and
improved race relations throughout his life. He died at age 93 in April 2005.
Laszlo Tauber, M.D.
Born in Hungary, Tauber was trained as a surgeon when WWII broke out.
Interned during the Holocaust, Tauber risked his life treating sick and
wounded fellow Jews. After WWII, Tauber immigrated in the U.S. with little
more than $700 and later used a small loan to begin buying and developing
properties for office, retail, government and apartment buildings in
Washington, DC. He went on to become the federal government’s largest
private landlord.
In his first year in the U.S., Tauber and his wife living in a decrepit
apartment, but gave away the $250 he had managed to save to an
unknown soldier at Walter Reed. In 1965 he established his own hospital,
Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Alexandria, VA; it later closed. He gave
millions of dollars to medical research, education, and Holocaust-related
causes. Tauber also was known for serving patients regardless of their
ability to pay. At his death, his wealth was estimated to exceed $1 billion.
He died in 2002. (based on a Washington Post article by J.A. Stevens)
Liya Kebede
Kebede was discovered in her native Ethiopia and quickly became a well-
known fashion model. In February 2003, Kebede became the newest face
of Esteé Lauder cosmetics – the first woman of color to serve as a
representative in the Estee Lauder brand’s 59-year history.
Although she is best known by the public for her outer beauty, her heart is
just as attractive. A devout Copt, she is very active with charitable work.
Kebede is a World Health Organization’s Goodwill Ambassador for
Maternal, Newborn and Child Health and the chair of the Fistula
Foundation. Fistula impacts over three million women. Women with fistula
are often abandoned by their families and shunned even though fistula is
treatable and preventable. Kebede has helped raise millions of dollars for
women and children. For more information, visit:
http://www.liyakebede.com/
Born in Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad received his bachelor's and master's
degree from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. He went on to earn
a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. From 1979 to 1989, Khalilzad was
an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Columbia University.
From 1985 to 1989 at the Department of State, Dr. Khalilzad served as
Special Advisor to the Under Secretary of State for Policy working policy
issues, advising on the Iran-Iraq War, and the Soviet War in Afghanistan.
After serving in various positions, in May 2001, then-National Security
Advisor Dr. Condoleezza Rice announced his appointment as Special
Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Gulf, Southwest Asia and
Other Regional Issues of the National Security Council.
Khalilzad was nominated Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of
the United States of America to Iraq by President Bush on April 5, 2005.
Khalilzad is the first Muslim U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. (based
on the White House website's press release and the UN website)
Elias Zerhouni
Zerhouni was born in Nedroma, Algeria, and earned his medical degree at
the University of Algiers School of Medicine in 1975. Dr. Zerhouni and his
wife immigrated to America from Algeria with $300.
After completing his residency in diagnostic radiology at Johns Hopkins in
1978 as chief resident, he taught there. He left to teach in the department
of radiology at Eastern Virginia Medical School. In 1985 he was a
consultant to the White House under President Ronald Reagan. In 1985,
Zerhouni returned to Johns Hopkins where he was appointed director of the
MRI division, and then was appointed full professor. In 1988, he was a
consultant to the World Health Organization. He late became the chairman
of the radiology department in January 1996.
Later Zerhouni became the Executive Vice Dean of the Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine. He is an expert in biomedical research and
in 2003 Zerhouni was named head of the National Institutes of Health.
(based on the NIH website profile)
Selman Waksman
Selman Abraham Waksman was born in the Ukraine. Trained as a
biochemist and microbiologist, his research into organic substances and
their decomposition led to the discovery of several medicines. Waksman
worked as a professor of biochemistry and microbiology at Rutgers
University for four decades. His work led to the discovery of over twenty
antibiotics (a word which he coined). In 1952 Waksman was awarded the
Nobel Prize in Medicine in recognition of his discovery of streptomycin, the
first antibiotic treatment for tuberculosis.
Out of the royalties assigned to him personally, he and Mrs. Waksman
established the Foundation for Microbiology for the support of research in
microbiology. They also established a scholarship for an immigrant student,
or the son or daughter of an immigrant, at Rutgers University. Mrs.
Waksman also established a music scholarship there. He died in 1973.
(based on the profile on the Nobel website)
Archbishop Iakovos
Born in Turkey in 1911 as Demetrios Coucouzis, he took the name Iakovos
(James) when he was ordained. Five years after his ordination, Deacon
Iakovos received an invitation to serve as Archdeacon to the late
Archbishop Athenagoras, the Primate of North and South America. He
immigrated to the U.S. in 1939.
Ordained to the priesthood in 1940 in Lowell, MA, he served at St. George
Church, Hartford, CT, while teaching and serving as assistant dean of the
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Theological School. From 1959 to 1996, the
archbishop headed the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South
America with an estimated two million followers. He became a citizen in
1950.
Archbishop Iakovos was the first Greek Orthodox archbishop to meet with a
Roman Catholic pope in 350 years when he met with Pope John XXIII. He
would go on to spend nine years as president of the World Council of
Churches. Archbishop Iakovos marched with Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. in
Selma in 1965 and later received the Medal of Freedom from President
Carter in 1980. Archbishop Iakovos championed human rights and
improved race relations throughout his life. He died at age 93 in April 2005.
Laszlo Tauber, M.D.
Born in Hungary, Tauber was trained as a surgeon when WWII broke out.
Interned during the Holocaust, Tauber risked his life treating sick and
wounded fellow Jews. After WWII, Tauber immigrated in the U.S. with little
more than $700 and later used a small loan to begin buying and developing
properties for office, retail, government and apartment buildings in
Washington, DC. He went on to become the federal government’s largest
private landlord.
In his first year in the U.S., Tauber and his wife living in a decrepit
apartment, but gave away the $250 he had managed to save to an
unknown soldier at Walter Reed. In 1965 he established his own hospital,
Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Alexandria, VA; it later closed. He gave
millions of dollars to medical research, education, and Holocaust-related
causes. Tauber also was known for serving patients regardless of their
ability to pay. At his death, his wealth was estimated to exceed $1 billion.
He died in 2002. (based on a Washington Post article by J.A. Stevens)
Liya Kebede
Kebede was discovered in her native Ethiopia and quickly became a well-
known fashion model. In February 2003, Kebede became the newest face
of Esteé Lauder cosmetics – the first woman of color to serve as a
representative in the Estee Lauder brand’s 59-year history.
Although she is best known by the public for her outer beauty, her heart is
just as attractive. A devout Copt, she is very active with charitable work.
Kebede is a World Health Organization’s Goodwill Ambassador for
Maternal, Newborn and Child Health and the chair of the Fistula
Foundation. Fistula impacts over three million women. Women with fistula
are often abandoned by their families and shunned even though fistula is
treatable and preventable. Kebede has helped raise millions of dollars for
women and children. For more information, visit:
http://www.liyakebede.com/
Immigrants have played an integral role in the nation
since its beginnings. Immigrants fought for U.S.
independence in the American Revolution and helped
preserve the Union in the Civil War. Immigrants have
made large and small contributions to the U.S. from
the arts through science and politics.
since its beginnings. Immigrants fought for U.S.
independence in the American Revolution and helped
preserve the Union in the Civil War. Immigrants have
made large and small contributions to the U.S. from
the arts through science and politics.
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