Norman Y. Mineta

A Representative from California. Born in San Jose, Santa Clara County, Calif. , November 12, 1931. Attended public schools in San Jose, Heart Mountain, Wyo. , and Evanston, Ill. Graduated, San Jose High School, San Jose, Calif. , 1949. B. S. , University of California, Berkeley, 1953. Insurance business. Served in the United States Army, 1953-1956. Member of San Jose (Calif. ) human relations commission, 1962-1964. Member of the board of directors, San Jose (Calif. ) housing authority, 1966-1967. San Jose, Calif. , city councilman, 1967-1971. Vice mayor of San Jose, Calif. , 1968-1971. Mayor, San Jose, Calif. , 1971-1974. Delegate to the California State Democratic conventions, 1971-1974. Delegate to the Democratic National Convention, 1972, 1976, 1980, and 1984. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth Congress and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1975-October 10, 1995). Resigned October 10, 1995. Chairman, Committee on Public Works and Transportation (One Hundred Third Congress). Secretary of Commerce in the Cabinet of President William J. Clinton, 2000-2001. Secretary of Transportation in the Cabinet of President George W. Bush, 2001-2006. Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush, 2006. Died on May 3, 2022, in Edgewater, Md. Interment at Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, Calif.