Elmira natives Tommy Hilfiger, renown fashion designer, and Guy Vickers, president of the Hilfiger Foundation, are among the nine honorees who are slated to receive 2015 Trumpet Awards.

I’m a tandoori kind of guy, but I wouldn’t say no to butter chicken either. In 1985, he launched the Tommy Hilfiger brand with backing from Indian-American businessman Mohan Murjani.