{"id":22007,"date":"2022-05-09T16:27:42","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T16:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=22007"},"modified":"2022-05-09T16:27:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T16:27:44","slug":"aviation-associations-mourn-passing-of-former-u-s-secretary-norman-mineta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/aviation-associations-mourn-passing-of-former-u-s-secretary-norman-mineta\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Aviation Associations Mourn Passing of Former U.S. Secretary Norman Mineta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Norman Y. Mineta<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Aviation Associations including the General Aviation Manufacturing Association (GAMA), National Business Aviation Association (NBAA), and the National Air Transportation Association (NATA), paid tribute to former United States congressman, military veteran, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, aviation champion and American legend Norman Y. Mineta, who passed away recently at age 90.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The son of Japanese immigrants, Mineta became the first\nAsian-American to hold a cabinet-level position when he was appointed secretary\nof commerce by President Bill Clinton in 2000. The following year, Mineta was\nnamed transportation secretary by President George W. Bush, becoming the only\nDemocratic cabinet official in that administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNorm Mineta\u2019s life story is one of values, accomplishment\nand dignity,\u201d said NBAA President and CEO, Ed Bolen. \u201cHe was an extraordinary\npublic servant, and an even better human being. America is indebted to him for\nhis lifetime of service.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GAMA President and CEO, Pete Bunce, said Secretary Mineta\nwas an incredible statesman and a true giant in all facets of transportation\nwhere he specifically championed safety and security of the aviation industry. \u201cHe\nbroke racial and political barriers as he worked for the betterment of the\nUnited States.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Mineta took\nthe unprecedented step of grounding all aircraft over the United States,\nordering pilots to immediately land at the nearest suitable airport to prevent\nthe possibility of further attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur members will never forget his steadfast leadership,\nsense of fairness, and accessibility throughout his entire service\u2014especially\nduring the profound period of uncertainty and change for transportation safety\nand security following 9\/11,\u201d stated NATA President and CEO Timothy Obitts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the months following 9\/11, Mineta steadfastly forbade the\nuse of racial profiling by airline security. His position was based on his\nlife\u2019s experience: During World War II, at the age of 10, he proudly wore his\nBoy Scout uniform as his family was placed in a Japanese internment camp. He\nwent on to serve in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mineta launched his political career in 1967 with his\nappointment to fill a vacant San Jose, CA, city council seat. He subsequently\nwon election to that seat in 1969, and two years later was elected as the first\nJapanese American mayor of a major U.S. city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1975, Mineta was elected to serve California\u2019s 13th\ndistrict in Congress, and he represented the emerging Silicon Valley region for\n20 years before resigning his seat in 1995 to move to the private sector as an\nexecutive with Lockheed Martin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In November 2001, San Jose officials lauded Mineta by\nrenaming the city\u2019s commercial airport as the Norman Y. Mineta San Jose\nInternational Airport (SJC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mineta resigned as transportation secretary in July 2006,\nand to this day he remains the longest-tenured official to hold that position.\nPresident Bush later awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his\nservice. Mineta is prominently featured in Tom Brokaw\u2019s famous book, The\nGreatest Generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNorman Mineta lived the American dream, setting an example\nfor all others to follow. We send our condolences to his family, colleagues,\nand friends,\u201d added Obitts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aviation Associations including the General Aviation Manufacturing Association (GAMA), National Business Aviation Association (NBAA), and the National Air Transportation Association (NATA), paid tribute to former United States congressman, military veteran, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, aviation champion and American legend Norman Y. Mineta, who passed away recently at age 90. The son of Japanese immigrants, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22007"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22009,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22007\/revisions\/22009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}