ABOUT NEWTON MINOW
Former Chairman of the FCC who is forever remembered for calling television "a vast wasteland."
He earned his J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law in 1950.
He influenced the growth of television by passing the All-Channel Receiver Act in 1961.
He got married to Josephine Baskin and the couple had three children together: Nell, Martha, and Mary.
He hired Barack Obama to his law firm Sidley Austin LLP in 1988.
