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MINOW, Newton was born on January 17, 1926 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Jay A. and Doris (Stein) Minow.
(Newton Norman Minow is an American attorney and former Ch...)
Newton Norman Minow is an American attorney and former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. His speech, delivered more than 50 years ago, referring to television as a "vast wasteland" is still widely cited. Robert F. Kennedy, brother of John F. Kennedy, and Minow frequently talked at length about the increasing importance of television in the lives of their children during the Kennedy presidential campaign
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Winner of the Silver Gavel Award from the American Bar Association Two well-known experts-Newton N. Minow is a former chairperson of the FCC-suggest bold new ways to think about television and its influence on American life and, most urgently, on American children. The authors argue that to defend an unrestricted freedom to broadcast by invoking the First Ammendent is an improper use of constitutional principle. They remind us that broadcasters are required by law to serve the public interest, and that the Supreme Court and Congress have affirmed that service to children is a broadcaster's legal obligation.
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MINOW, Newton was born on January 17, 1926 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Jay A. and Doris (Stein) Minow.
Bachelor of Science, Northwestern University, 1949. Juris Doctor, Northwestern University, 1950. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Northwestern University, 1965.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Brandeis University, 1963. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Columbia College, 1972. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Governors State University, 1984.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), De Paul University, 1989. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Research and Development Graduate School, 1993. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Notre Dame, 1994.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Roosevelt University, 1996. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Barat College, 1996. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Santa Clara University School Law, 1998.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Catholic Theological Union, 2001. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Wisconsin.
Assistant to Government of Illinois 1952-1953. Served Stevenson’s law firm 1955-1957, Partner 1957-1961. Chairman Federation Communications Commission 1961-1963.
Executive Vice-President General Counsel Encyclopaedia Britannica, Chicago 1963-1965. Chairman 1970-1972; Partner, Sidley & Austin (formerly Leibman, Williams, Bennett, Baird & Minow) since 1965. Honorary Chair, and Director Chicago Educational TV Association.
Director Aetna Casualty and Surety Company of 111., Aetna Life Insurance Company of 111. 1973-1990, Chicago Pacific Corporation 1984-1989, Sara Lee Corporation, Carnegie Corporation of New York. Annenberg University Professor, Northwestern University.
Director The Annenberg Washington Program since 1987. Director Foote, Cone and Belding Communications, CBS Inc., Encyclopaedia Britannica. Trustee Northwestern University 1975-1987 (Life Trustee 1987), University of Notre Dame.
Chairman Arthur Andersen & Company Public Review Board 1974-1983. Chairman Public Broadcasting Service 1978-1980. Honorary Doctor of Laws (Northwestern University) 1965, (Wisconsin) 1963, (Brandeis) 1963, (Columbia College) 1972.
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Author: Equal Time: The Private Broadcasters and the Public Interest, 1964. Co-author: Presidential Television, 1973, Electronics and the Future, 1977, For Great Debates, 1987, Abandoned in the Wasteland: Children, Television, and the First Amendment, 1995, As We Knew Adlai.
Chairman World Health Imaging Alliance, since 2009. Trustee University Notre Dame, 1964—1977, 1983—1996, life trustee, since 1996. Trustee Mayo Foundation, 1973—1981, Northwestern University, 1975—1987, life trustee, since 1987.
Honorary Consul General Republic of Singapore, since 2001. Board directors Public Broadcasting Service, 1973—1980, chairman board directors, 1978—1980. Fellow: American Academy Arts & Sciences, American Bar Foundation.
Member: American Bar Association (Silver Gavel award), Chicago Bar Association (John Paul Stevens award), Northwestern University Alumni Association (medal 1978), New York City Century Club, Chicago Club, Commercial Club (president 1987-1988).
Married Josephine Baskin, May 29, 1949. Children: Nell, Martha, Mary.