Immigrations Recent Contributions to the U. S. (LINK)

The history of the U.S. is the story of the contribution immigrants and the children of immigrants have made to every aspect of American life.  The American Dream, that unique aspect of our country, has been fed generation-after-generation by the hard-work and talents of many immigrant groups.  This continues today as highlighted by the 20 sample stories of Americans of our time who have contributed to our country:

1. Franklin Chang-Diaz (Hispanic and Chinese-American):  Co-holder of the record for the most spaceflights by a NASA astronaut.  His daughter is a member of the Massachussets House of Delegates.
2. France Córdova (Hispanic and French-American):  The youngest person named NASA Chief Scientist and currently President of Purdue University.
3. Serena Auñon (Hispanic-American):  Flight Surgeon for NASA and astronaut candidate. 
4. Col. Sidney Gutierrez (U.S.A.F. Ret.) (Hispanic-American):  Flew the Space Shuttle on two successful missions. Nine other Hispanic-Americans not mentioned are or have been NASA astronauts.
5. Mario Molina (Hispanic-American):  Nobel Prize winner in Chemstry in 1995 for his work on depletion of the ozone layer.
6. Roberto Goizueta (Hispanic-American):  Former CEO of Coca-Cola who launched Diet Coke and managed the greatest increase in shareholder value.
7. Hector Ruiz (Hispanic-American): As a child he walked across the border every day from his town in Mexico to attend high school in the U.S. graduating valedictorian just three years after learning English.  As an adult he received a Ph.D. from Rice University and went on to become CEO and Chairman of AMD, the computer chip manufacturer.
8. Loida Nicolas-Lewis (Filipino-American):  Businesswoman and CEO of Beatrice International (Beatrice Foods).
9. Dado Banatao (Filipino-American): Computer engineer who developed many of the critical chip components used in computing technologies.
10. Jim Yong Kim (Korean-American):  Scientist and President of Dartmouth University.
11. Jeong Kim (Korean-American):  Scientist and President of Bell Labs.
12. Eugene Trinh (Vietnamese-American): NASA scientist and astronaut.
13. Trung Dung (Vietnamese-American):  Came to the U.S. with $2 at age 17, but eventually started a software company which he sold for $1.8 billion.  He is now a venture capitalist helping other young people start new companies.
14. Sergey Brin (Russian-American):  His Russian parents lost their jobs when they applied for a visa to come to the U. S. that they weren't sure they would get.  Arriving in the U. S. as a teenager with little knowledge of English, he went on to become co-founder of Google, the dominant Internet search company.
15. Peter Nicholas (Greek-American):  Co-founder of Boston Scientific.
16. Admiral James Stavridis (Greek-American):  Commander, U. S. European Command, and NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe.
17. Dr. Michael DeBakey (Arab-American):  Pioneer of cardiac surgery.
18. Ahmed Zewail (Arab-American):  1999 Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry.
19. I. M. Pei (Chinese-American):  World famous architect.
20. Jerry Yang (Chinese-American):  Co-founder of Yahoo.