she creates a core of wire and sets the position of the figure and then molds a rough unfinished form using a mixture of paste.

The Mineta Simpson Institute will open in July during the next pilgrimage.Im proud to have called Norman a colleague and a friend.

His career as a public official started in the late 1960s as a member of the City Council in San Jose.The Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation was represented by its chair.located in the Terminal B Baggage Claim area.

SJC (the airports code name) and the sculptor.and a member of two presidential Cabinets.

and former Santa Clara County Superintendent of Schools Colleen Wilcox.

Norman Mineta could not have imagined that someday he would serve in the highest levels of government and have an airport named in his honor.She worked with the California State Parks to create their exhibit Community Voices: Japanese American Experiences at Crystal Cove (1927-1942).

Lou Correa; commendation recipient for her historical preservation work by the Anaheim Union High School District; and had her name listed on the Orange County Japanese Garden and Teahouse 50th Anniversary Plaque at the Orange County Civic Center in Santa Ana.she has been writing stories about the Japanese American community here in Orange County as well as covering national Japanese American events for local community papers as well as being a third-generation Hirahara family photographer.

What amazed me was that she was first runner-up to chef Matao Uwate of Radio Lil Tokyo for the California statewide Chef Kiku Masamune spokesperson cooking title in 1979.She is an amazing person who unselfishly volunteers her own time and money to help get projects off the ground by providing seed money to get things rolling and has cold- called many high-ranking individuals.