2014 Honorees
Introducing the 2014 Inductees into the Immigrant Heritage Hall of Fame
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Introducing the 2014 Inductees into the Immigrant Heritage Hall of Fame
As its former President and CEO, Michael Guida shaped Guida’s Dairy into today’s successful company. One could say that Michael’s interest in dairy is in his blood.
Luiz de Moura Castro was born in Rio de Janerio, Brazil. Luiz gave his debut recital at just 9 years old at the Teatro Municipal after winning a competition. He is a graduate of the National School of Music, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (summa cum laude) and of the Lorenzo Fernandez Academy of Music, Rio de Janerio and the Liszt Academy in Budapest.
In 1940, Michael, along with his siblings, rented a small garage on Wakerfield Court in New Britain to manufacture tool holders for his former employer, New Britain Machine. They named their little business Atlantic Machine Tool Works.
New Nonprofit Operates Immigrant Heritage Hall of Fame
The Immigrant Heritage Hall of Fame was initially a project of the Polish American Foundation of Connecticut, Inc., a 501(c)3 charitable organization, which launched and operated the Hall of Fame from inception. It was succeeded by the establishment during 2021 of the National Immigrant Heritage Center (NIHC), an independent 501(c)3 organization established as a multi-ethnic Center, inclusive in its mission, structure and governance.
NIHC aims to promote and publish research, lectures and conferences on the many dimensions of Connecticut’s immigrant heritage and the role of immigration throughout the American economy and culture. Its work, and the annual Immigrant Heritage Hall of Fame induction ceremony, is to be supported by an endowment that organizers anticipate will sponsor, support and provide research fellowships, to further these activities and expand public awareness and understanding.
Email us at info@immigrantheritage.org or call 860-614-3488.