Kwame Anthony Appiah(Link is external), a professor emeritus of philosophy(Link is external) at Princeton University, and Daniel Kahneman(Link is external), a professor emeritus of psychology(Link is external) and a Nobel laureate in economics, have been named “Great Immigrants(Link is external)” by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
The philanthropic foundation will honor Appiah, Kahneman and 36 other individuals on the Fourth of July as part of a salute to the role immigrants play in helping to advance American society, culture and economy.
Appiah, who is a native of Ghana, is the Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy and the University Center for Human Values(Link is external), Emeritus. Kahneman, who was born in Israel, is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, and a professor of psychology and public affairs(Link is external), emeritus.