Actor
Born Nov 12, 1931 · San Jose, California, USA
Awards: Presidential Medal of Freedom, L. Welch Pogue Award for Lifetime Achievement in Aviation, NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun, Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy
Norman Yoshio Mineta was an American politician and U.S. Army officer who served as a Cabinet secretary in the administrations of President Bill Clinton, a Democrat, and George W. Bush, a Republican.