Typical Immigrants

Representative Sample of Immigrants

Four immigrants to the U.S. who were selected at random:

Merchant marine sailor Saul Bellow Came to the U.S. from Canada in 1924; Nobel Prize in Literature 1976. (more)	Venezuelan flute player Baruj Benacerraf Came to the U.S. from Venezuela in 1940; MHC immune genetics; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1980. (more)
Confirmed bachelor Theodore von Kármán Came to the U.S. from Hungary in 1930; without approval from the United Nations, drew an arbitrary line 62 miles above our fragile Planet Earth; founded Aerojet, now headquartered in Palm Bay, Florida as Aerojet Rocketdyne. (more)	Encephalitis patient StanisBaw Ulam Came to the U.S. from Poland in 1935; enjoyed thermonuclear weapons, nuclear-powered rockets, and programming the ENIAC to design more and better thermonuclear weapons. Spent winters in Florida. (more)