RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Josephine "Jo" Dorothy Minow has been called to eternal life by the wisdom of God at the age of 95; and
WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council has been informed of her passing by Alderman Edward M. Burke; and
WHEREAS, Jo is survived by her husband, Newton Baskin, three daughters, Nell, Martha, and Mary, three grandchildren, other family and friends; and
WHEREAS, Jo was born in Chicago to Salem and Bessie Baskin and grew up in the Lakeview neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, She graduated from Nicholas Senn High School and received a Bachelor of Science Degree from Northwestern University in 1948; and
WHEREAS, After college, Jo worked for a year as an assistant to the Advertising Director for the Mandel Brothers Department Store, followed by a year teaching at the Francis W. Parker School; and
WHEREAS, In 1949, she married Newton Minow, who went on to serve as Chairman ofthe Federal Commerce Commission during John F. Kennedy's Administration, followed by a long career at the Sidley Austin Law Firm, where he remains Senior Counsel; and
WHEREAS, In 1958, she joined the Board of Directors ofthe Juvenile Protective Association, which she later led as President from 1973 to 1975; and
WHEREAS, Jo co-chaired the Juvenile Task Force ofthe Chicago Community Trust from 1978 until 1980 and was active in the Cook County Justice for Children Initiative and the Chicago Foundation for Education; and
WHEREAS, Jo was a founding member ofthe Northwestern University's Women's Board in 1978 and sat on many boards, including boards for the University of Chicago and the Field Museum of Natural History; and
WHEREAS, Jo was a longtime trustee of the Ravinia Music Festival, and from 1980 until 1983, she chaired Know Your Chicago, a University of Chicago sponsored group that organizes annual lectures and tours that promote civic awareness and participation; and
WHEREAS, In 1992, Jo published a children's book in verse that she wrote and her son-in-law illustrated, "Marty the...
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