Billinge Named Outstanding Immigrant by Carnegie Foundation

Simon J. L. Billinge, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and was named one of twenty-four Outstanding Immigrants by Carnegie Foundation of New York.

Immigrants: The Pride of America

"The United States of America remains a land of immigrants. Andrew Carnegie, who founded Carnegie Corporation of New York in 1911, was an immigrant from Scotland. We at Carnegie Corporation salute his legacy, along with the contributions of the millions of other immigrants who have made, and continue to make, our nation strong and vibrant. We are committed to helping immigrants become integrated into the civic fabric of our nation because enlightened citizenship is the everlasting strength of our democracy. Our national motto, E pluribus unum — “out of many, one” — continues to be an ideal we can all aspire to and a true guiding light for our nation."