Columbia University dropout Yo-Yo MaCame to the U.S. from France in 1962. Played cello for President John F. Kennedy at age 7. |
Apprentice line cook Martin KarplusCame to the U.S. from Austria in 1938; multiscale chemical modeling; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013. |
Rilke reader Max DelbrückCame to the U.S. from Germany in 1937, seven years after completing his Ph.D. in physics; founder of molecular genetics; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1969. |
Kooikerhondje enthusiast Shohei OhtaniCame to the U.S. from Japan in 2018. Enjoys baseball and avoiding California state income tax via a $680 million deferred compensation plan. |