Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen and former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, are among 38 immigrants honored this year for their role in helping advance the country’s society, culture and economy.

Narayen and Murthy was honored with the prestigious ‘Great Immigrants’ award for 2017, presented annually by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, on America’s Independence Day July 4.

Murthy, 39, born in the U.K. and a Harvard and Yale alumnus, was appointed by former president Barack Obama in 2014, becoming the first-ever Indian American to occupy the post and also the youngest-ever surgeon general of the country.

Narayen, 54, a native of Hyderabad, has an undergraduate degree in electronics engineering, a master’s degree in computer science, and an MBA from UC Berkeley. He was among a select group of CEOs who met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Washington.

Pakistani American Nergis Mavalvala, Marble Professor of Astrophysics at MIT and a 2010 recipient of a MacArthur “genius” award, was also named a recipient of the ‘Great Immigrants’ award.

“Our annual tribute to Great Immigrants demonstrates the richness of talent, skills, and achievements that immigrants from around the world bring to every sphere of American society,” said Vartan Gregorian, president of Carnegie Corporation of New York. “This campaign reminds us of the debt the United States owes to generations of immigrants who become citizens and contribute to the progress of this country. Today, we celebrate and thank them.”

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