Charles Zhang and Lynn Chen-Zhang Named Recipients of the 2026 Ellis Island Medal of Honor

Charles Zhang and Lynn Chen-Zhang Named Recipients of the 2026 Ellis Island Medal of Honor

PORTAGE, Mich., Feb. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ellis Island Honors Society (EIHS) has announced that Charles Zhang and Lynn Chen-Zhang of Zhang Financial have been selected as recipients of the 2026 Ellis Island Medal

Billy Hudson named 2026 Ellis Island Medal of Honor recipient

Billy Hudson, PhD, director of the Vanderbilt Center for Matrix Biology and the Elliott V. Newman Professor of Medicine, is receiving the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 2026, following a unanimous decision by Ellis Island Honors Society (EIHS) Chairman Nasser J. Kazeminy and the EIHS Board of Directors. A native of rural Grapevine, Arkansas, Hudson joins the ranks of several U.