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Six Indian-Americans win Ellis Island Medal of honor
Sant Singh Chatwal
Jatin Shah
Shiv C Dass
Joseph J Thomas
Uma Mysorekar
Kiran Desai
May 12, 2009 03:56 IST
The Ellis Island Medal of Honor was established to pay tribute to the achievements of various ancestry groups that comprise America's cultural mosaic, their website reports.
This year, six American-Indians were among the awardees. Jatin P Shah, Kiran Desai, Sant Singh Chatwal, Shiv C Dass, Uma Mysorekar and Joseph J Thomas won the award this year.
Image: The six winners :Jatin P Shah, Kiran Desai, Sant Singh Chatwal, Shiv C Dass, Uma Mysorekar, Joseph J Thomas.
Photographs: Paresh Gandhi
Sant Singh Chatwal - Chairman & CEO, Hampshire Hotels & Resorts was awarded a medal. Chatwal is a Sikh American Businessman who owns the 'Bombay Palace' chain of restaurants. Image: Sant Singh Chatwal at the award ceremony
Photographs: Paresh Gandhi
Jatin P Shah is the chair of head and neck service in the Department of Surgery at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre.
Image: Jatin Shah with his Medal
Photographs: Paresh Gandhi
Shiv C Dass is the Chairman of the Jackson Heights Merchants Association in New York.
Image: Shiv Dass with his Medal
Photographs: Paresh Gandhi
Doctor Joseph J Thomas , a dentist from Pennysylvania was awarded the medal.
Image: Joseph J Thomas at the award ceremony
Photographs: Paresh Gandhi
Doctor Uma Mysorekar, President of the Hindu Temple Society of North America was awarded a medal. Mysorekar was one of the six religious leaders invited to President Obama's National Prayer Service.
Image: Uma Mysorekar at the awards function
Photographs: Paresh Gandhi
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