Fauci Honored at Heritage Ceremony
On Apr. 10, NIAID director Dr. Anthony Fauci (third from l)
received the 2003 Ellis Island Family Heritage Award of the Statue
of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation for his contributions to the
American experience, specifically in science and medicine. Also on
hand were (from l) foundation founding chairman and former
Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca; awardee and baseball legend Yogi
Berra; awardee and actress Cicely Tyson; awardee Abie Abraham, a
World War II hero who survived the Bataan Death March; Kelly
Hope, accepting the award of behalf of his father, entertainer Bob
Hope; and football great and broadcaster Frank Gifford, host of the
ceremony. All of the awardees trace their family roots through the
Golden Door of Ellis Island; Fauci is the grandson of Italian
immigrants.
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