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From the Far East to the Old West: Chinese and Japanese Settlers in Montana

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:
October 12, 2006 Mary-Jane Atwater, Dir. of Communications
L. Gordon Flake, Executive Director
(202) 347-1994

NORMAN Y. MINETA JOINS BOARD OF THE MAUREEN AND MIKE MANSFIELD FOUNDATION

WASHINGTON, D.C. Norman Y. Mineta, former U.S. secretary of commerce and U.S. secretary of transportation, has joined the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation’s board of directors. The Mansfield Foundation is a non-profit organization that promotes understanding and cooperation in U.S.-Asia relations through policy exchanges, U.S.-Asia dialogues, research and education.

Secretary Mineta, currently vice chairman of Hill & Knowlton, was appointed U.S. secretary of transportation by President George W. Bush in 2001, serving until July 7, 2006?the longest serving transportation secretary in the department’s history. Previously, he was appointed U.S. secretary of commerce by President Bill Clinton. From 1975 to 1995, Mineta represented the Silicon Valley area of his home state of California in the U.S. House of Representatives, and he also served as vice president of Lockheed Martin and mayor of San Jose, California.

“It is an enormous honor to have Norman Mineta on the Mansfield Foundation board,” said L. Gordon Flake, Mansfield Foundation executive director. “Secretary Mineta’s long career of public service is distinguished with many ‘firsts’: first Asian American mayor of a major U.S. city (San Jose, Calif.), first chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, which he co-founded, first Asian American to hold a post in a presidential cabinet as U.S. secretary of commerce, and first Asian American to serve as U.S. secretary of transportation. Secretary Mineta has been a true friend of the Mansfield Foundation over the years, nominating several participants for the Mansfield Fellowship Program. We look forward to having the benefit of his expertise, leadership and wisdom on the Foundation board.”
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The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization that promotes understanding and cooperation in U.S.-Asia relations. Maureen and Mike Mansfield’s values, ideals and vision for U.S.-Asia relations continue through the Foundation’s exchanges, dialogues, research and educational programs, which create networks among U.S. and Asian leaders, explore the underlying issues influencing public policies, and increase awareness about the nations and peoples of Asia. The Foundation also supports the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center at The University of Montana.

The Foundation was established in 1983 to honor Mike Mansfield (1903-2001), a revered public servant, statesman and diplomat who played a pivotal role in many of the key domestic and international issues of the 20th century as U.S. congressman from Montana, Senate majority leader and finally as U.S. ambassador to Japan. The Foundation has offices in Washington, D.C.; Tokyo, Japan; and Missoula, Montana.
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The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation
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