Newton Minow Annenberg Professor of Communications, Law and Policy Kellogg School of Management Center Advisory Board

Annenberg Professor of Communications, Law and Policy, Newton Minow is the first Annenberg University Professor of Communications, Law and Policy at Northwestern University. He was appointed to the Kellogg faculty in 1987 and also serves as director of the Annenberg Washington Program in Communications Policy Studies of Northwestern University in Washington, D.C.

The Annenberg Washington Program is a neutral center for the study and dissemination of communications policy issues. Debates, seminars, and research projects bring together representatives of industry, government, and universities. Its programs, while generally based in Washington, are also held at various universities throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia.

Minow served as a partner in the law firm of Sidley & Austin for more than 25 years and is now counsel. He was chairman of the Federal Communications Commission under President John F. Kennedy. He is a director of the Aon Corporation, Foote, Cone & Belding Communications, Inc., Sara Lee Corporation, Manpower Inc. and the Tribune Company.

His civic and public service directorships include service as a life trustee of Northwestern University; a trustee of Notre Dame University, the RAND Corporation, Chicago Educational Television Association (WTTW), the International Institute of Communications; and as Chairman of the Carnegie Corporation of New York. He has served as chairman of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and RAND.

In 1986 Minow was a visiting fellow of the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He holds honorary degrees from Brandeis University, the University of Wisconsin, Northwestern University, Columbia College, Governors State University, Rand Graduate School, and the University of Notre Dame. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1989.