Illinois HR 654: MEMORIAL-JOSEPH A. ANGOTTI

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HR0654LRB104 20685 MST 34184 r

1HOUSE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 

3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Joseph 

4A. Angotti of Monmouth, who passed away on January 25, 2026; 

5and

6 WHEREAS, Joseph Angotti was born in Gary, Indiana to Art 

7A. and Pauline (Janott) Angotti on December 14, 1938; he spent 

8time working in his family's bakery before attending Indiana 

9University, where he earned a bachelor's and master's degree; 

10he also served in the United States Army; he married Karen 

11(Bowman) Angotti in Monmouth on December 28, 1962; and

12 WHEREAS, Joseph Angotti began his prolific career in 

13journalism in 1962 at WHAS-TV in Louisville, eventually moving 

14to WMAQ-TV in Chicago in 1966; he became a network producer for 

15NBC in 1968, later serving as the executive producer of the 

16weekend edition of NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw; he was 

17also the executive producer of the weeknight newscast with 

18John Chancellor from 1977 to 1980 and was eventually promoted 

19to senior vice president of News Europe, covering major world 

20events such as the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Tiananmen 

21Square massacre; and

22 WHEREAS, Joseph Angotti left NBC in 1992 to form his own 

HR0654- 2 -LRB104 20685 MST 34184 r

1production company, which created the series "From Marx to 

2Markets" for Eastern Europe; and

3 WHEREAS, Joseph Angotti was a professor and communication 

4studies chair at the University of Miami School of 

5Communication from 1993 to 1998, where he taught broadcast 

6journalism at both the undergraduate and graduate level; he 

7was also the founding director of the Center for the 

8Advancement of Modern Media; and

9 WHEREAS, Joseph