This years international honoree was Martin J. Sullivan. President and Chief Executive Officer of American International Group. Inc. Mr. Sullivan is British. When the immigrant station at Ellis Island. New York. opened on January 1. 1892. it admitted 700 immigrants into the United States on just its first day of operation. By the time the center closed in 1954. 17 million immigrants had passed through its doors. The Ellis Island administration and staff. on average. processed up to 5.000 people per day. Many of these newcomers had little or no knowledge of English. hardly any money. and many arrived with only the clothes on their backs.
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