Paying tribute to the life and legacy of Newt Minow with paschutz PhilPonce CarolMarin and Chris Abbinante of SidleyLaw
Born to Jewish immigrants in Milwaukee, Minow served in the Army and became the first in his family to graduate college, going on to earn a law degree from Northwestern University.Minow worked on the two presidential campaigns of Illinois Gov. Adlai Stevenson before signing onto John F.Kennedy’s 1960 bid.“He had a marvelous, quick sense of humor, great wit, apart from charm, he had a first class intellect,” Minow said.
“I said, Mr. President, communications satellites are more important than sending man into space. Communications satellites will send ideas into space,” Minow recalled. “Ideas last longer than people.”Video: In 1967, a fledgling educational television station in Chicago called on Minow — who was by that time in private law practice — to become chairman of its board of trustees. He and Josephine were active in supporting WTTW from its birth.
Under Minow’s guidance, WTTW became the most watched public TV station in the country and paved the way for programs like “Chicago Tonight” and “Week in Review.”He also had a successful private law practice and famously hired a young community organizer just out of law school named Barack Obama.
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