Univision anchor Jorge Ramos will be honored tonight with a Distinguished Citizen Award from the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco.
He is one of six immigrants honored by the club this year. The other recipients are San Francisco Ballet director Helgi Tomasson of Iceland; Koret Foundation chairwoman Susan Koret of Korea; Haile T. Debas of Eritrea, director of UCSF Global Health Sciences; Lore Harp McGovern of Germany, director of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT; and Maryles Casto, owner of Casto Travel, of the Philippines. Former UC regent David Lee, will get a lifetime achievement award.
The S.F. Chronicle today printed an interview with Jorge about the growing influence of Latinos in American politics.
