WASHINGTON D.C. – The Coca-Cola Foundation (CCF) has donated a check for $60,000 to support the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies Fellowships to be named in honor of former Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta. This grant will specifically fund two fellowship stipends of $30,000 each for two Asian or Pacific Islander recent college graduates to participate in the 2007 program, said Ingrid Saunders Jones, Chairperson of The Coca-Cola Foundation.
Former Secretary Mineta was recently
honored in December by President George W. Bush with the Presidential Medal of
Freedom for his service to the United States. The Presidential Medal of Freedom
is Americas
highest civil award. Mineta also served in the Clinton Administration as
Secretary of Commerce, U.S. Congressman from the State of California (1975-95),
and Mayor of San Jose (1971-74).
Mineta co-founded the Congressional Asian
Pacific American Caucus and served as its first chair. He was also instrumental
in establishing The Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies
(APAICS) and has recently rejoined the APAICS Board as Vice Chair.
Including the Mineta Fellows, other
APAICS Fellowships may be found on APAICS Web site. They include the
George Aratani Foundation/Daniel K. Inouye Fellowship, Anheuser-Busch/Frank
Horton Fellowship, and the SODEXHO Health Fellow. Applications to apply for the Fellows program
are on APAICS Web site: www@apaics.org
