Mtsogoleri wa Mineta San José International Airport, John Aitken, adapereka ndemanga lero kulemekeza moyo ndi cholowa cha Mlembi wakale wa Transportation, Norman Y. Mineta. Mineta anali meya woyamba waku Asia ndi America ku San José (komanso mzinda uliwonse waukulu waku US) kuyambira 1971 mpaka 1975. Mineta adakhala membala yekhayo wa demokalase wa Purezidenti George W. Bush ngati Secretary of Transportation kuyambira 2001 mpaka 2006, kuyang'anira kayendetsedwe ka ndege. 11, 2001. Mineta adagwiranso ntchito mu Utsogoleri wa Purezidenti Bill Clinton ngati Mlembi wa Zamalonda, komanso ku Congress kuyimira San José kwazaka zopitilira 1975 kuyambira 1995 mpaka XNUMX. Asia Pacific American Caucus.
Director Aitken adatulutsa mawu awa:
“Ndife achisoni kwambiri ndi nkhani ya imfa ya mlembi Mineta. Norm anali ngwazi yoyendetsa ndege kuyambira nthawi yake yotsogolera Mzinda wa San José, mpaka zaka zake 20 akuyimira Silicon Valley ku Congress, mpaka pautumiki wake m'maboma awiri a Purezidenti.
Iye, mwina, adzakumbukiridwa bwino chifukwa cha zochita zake zotsimikizika monga Mlembi wa Transportation zomwe zinapangitsa America kukhala otetezeka pa September 11, 2001 ndi pambuyo pake. Koma kudzipereka kwake kupititsa patsogolo kayendedwe ka ndege ku America - ndi anthu omwe amawapangitsa kuti agwire ntchito - kunayamba lisanafike tsiku loopsalo, ndipo likupitirizabe kuyambira pamenepo.
Chaka chatha, Mlembi Mineta adathera tsiku lake lobadwa ku Zoom ndi gulu la ogwira ntchito pabwalo la ndege kuti akambirane zomwe adakumana nazo ngati m'badwo woyamba waku Japan waku America pa Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse komanso momwe zidathandizira kudzipereka kwake pantchito yothandiza anthu.
Mlembi Mineta nthawi zambiri ankaseka kuti sanasangalale kuti makolo ake anamutcha dzina labwalo la ndege. Zoona zake n’zakuti anatiuza zambiri osati dzina lake basi, ndipo ndife onyadira kuti tapatsidwa cholowa chake.”
San José City Council idavomereza kusintha dzina la Airport kukhala “Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport” polemekeza Meya wakale komanso Congressman wakale mu 2001.
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- Chaka chatha, Mlembi Mineta adathera tsiku lake lobadwa ku Zoom ndi gulu la ogwira ntchito pabwalo la ndege kuti akambirane zomwe adakumana nazo ngati m'badwo woyamba waku Japan waku America pa Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse komanso momwe zidathandizira kudzipereka kwake pantchito yothandiza anthu.
- Mineta also served in President Bill Clinton's Administration as Secretary of Commerce, and in Congress representing San José for over two decades from 1975 to 1995, During this time, he founded and chaired the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus.
- Norm was a champion for aviation from his time leading the City of San José, to his 20 years representing Silicon Valley in Congress, to his service in two Presidential administrations.