Newton N. Minow

Newton N. Minow
Newton N. Minow
	Minow in 2006
Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission
	In office; March 2, 1961 – June 1, 1963
President	John F. Kennedy
Preceded by	Frederick Ford
Succeeded by	E. William Henry
Personal details
Born	January 17, 1926; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died	May 6, 2023 (aged 97); Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Josephine Baskin (m. 1949; died 2022)
Children	Martha; Nell; Mary;
Alma mater	Northwestern University (BS, JD)

Newton Norman Minow (January 17, 1926 – May 6, 2023) was an American attorney and former Chair of the Federal Communications Commission. His speech calling to television as a "vast wasteland" is still used even as the speech has passed its 50th anniversary.

He was the Honorary Consul General of Singapore in Chicago.^[1]

Minow was active in Democratic party politics. He was an influential attorney in private practice concerning telecommunications law and was active in many nonprofit, civic, and educational institutions.

President Barack Obama named him a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom for 2016.

Minow died from a heart attack at his home in Chicago, Illinois on May 6, 2023 at the age of 97.^[2]

References

↑ "Singapore Missions Worldwide". Republic of Singapore. 2006-03-01. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-05-26.
↑ Bernstein, Adam (May 6, 2023). "Newton Minow, FCC chairman who assailed 'vast wasteland' of TV, dies at 97". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 6, 2023.

Other websites

Quotations related to Newton N. Minow at Wikiquote

Complete text and audio of the "Vast Wasteland" speech from AmericanRhetoric.com
"Spoken word recordings of Newton Minow". vvl.lib.msu.edu. Archived from the original on 2005-04-27.
American Lawyer "Lifetime Achievement" Award Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
An excerpt from Inside the Presidential Debates: Their Improbable Past and Promising Future
Newton N. Minow Papers at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research Archived 2013-12-16 at Archive.today
Minow Appearances on C-SPAN

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[1] "Singapore Missions Worldwide". Republic of Singapore. 2006-03-01. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-05-26.

[WaPo-2] Bernstein, Adam (May 6, 2023). "Newton Minow, FCC chairman who assailed 'vast wasteland' of TV, dies at 97". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 6, 2023.

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