Newton N. Minow

Newton Norman Minow "is Counsel to the law firm of Sidley & Austin. He was appointed in 1987 as the first Annenberg University Professor of Communications Policy and Law at Northwestern University. He also served as the director of The Annenberg Washington Program in Communications Policy Studies from 1987-1996.

"Mr. Minow is a former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission and former chairman of the Public Broadcasting System. Mr. Minow has co-authored and contributed to several books on the public interest and broadcasting, including Abandoned in the Wasteland: Children, Television and the First Amendment; How Vast the Wasteland Now; For Great Debates; and Presidential Television.

"Mr. Minow is a graduate of Northwestern University, and has been awarded honorary degrees by Brandeis University, the University of Wisconsin, Northwestern University, Columbia College, Governors State University, DePaul University and the University of Notre Dame."


 * Policy Review Board, Public Agenda Foundation
 * Advisory Board, International Center for Journalists
 * Advisory Board, Renaissance Weekend
 * Director, Common Sense Media
 * Director, Statistical Assessment Service (STATS)
 * Office Bearer, Center for Media and Public Affairs
 * Former Member, Gore Commission
 * Former Board Members: George Foster Peabody Award

Married to Josephine Baskin Minow, and he has three daughters, all lawyers, Nell Minow, shareholder activist and movie critic, Martha L. Minow, Harvard law professor, and Mary, a library law expert.

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