JOSEPH M. CRONIN was appointed Appointments (11/23/74) Illinois' first superintendent of education by the State Board of Education, thus implementing the slate's 1970 Constitution in this regard-Michael J. Bakalis completed his term as the state's last elected superintendent of public instruction on January 13, 1975, when Cronin assumed duties.
Cronin comes to Illinois from a similar position in Massachusetts, where he was appointed in 1971 as that state's first secretary of educational affairs. In 1971-72 he was associate dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where from 1965 to 1971 he was an assistant and then associate professor.
Cronin was assistant director of the School Board Studies and Great Cities Project at Stanford University, 1964-65. He was principal of E.W. Broome Junior High in Rockville, Md., 1961-64, and from 1957 to 1961 he was a teacher at schools in Braintree, Mass., and Palo Alto, Calif.
His honors include the Outstanding Editorial Award, magazine category, of the Educational Press Writers of America, 1969; the Outstanding Young Man Award of the Maryland Junior chamber of Commerce, 1964; and the Secondary School Principal of the Year Award of the Crofts Education Service, 963.
Cronin is a member of the American association of School Administrators; American Arbitration Association, Pubiic sector and education panels; American Educational Research association, serving as vice president, 1972-74; Phi Delta Kappa, serving on its editorial board, 1967-71; steering committee of the Education Commission of the States; and trustee of the rust for Environmental Education.
Appointments
Clell Woods as the first appointed clerk of the Illinois Supreme Court, effective January 13, 1975, the date when the term expired of the last elected clerk, Justin Taft. Woods, a lawyer, was chief deputy clerk under Fae Searcy from 1965 to 1968 when Mrs. Searcy died and he was appointed by the court to serve the remainder of the term. Taft was then elected to a six-year term in 1968 and Woods served as his chief deputy clerk during the term.
Walter J. Kesselman as staff director of the Illinois House Appropriations Committee (12/3/74) replacing Donald Glickman who resigned. Kesselman was assistant staff director to the Committee.
Michael J. Moran as chief of International Transportation Services for the Illinois Department of Business and Economic Development. During the past Five years he was a partner in an international marketing concern. I
Rachel Scott to new position as director of health and safety of the Illinois Industrial Commission. She is a former labor reporter for the Baltimore Sun and is the author of a book titled Muscle and Blood, which deals with occupational health and safety problems in industry.
Joan Matlaw as chief legal counsel to the Illinois Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities (12/3/74). Mrs. Matlaw will also continue as a special assistant attorney supervising a staff of eight attorneys handling legal matters for the agency's 27 facilities throughout the state.
Philip Zeitlin, a Democrat, as a member of the Illinois Pollution Control Board (11/ 25/74). He was formerly head of Philip Zeitlin Associates, a planning and zoning consulting firm, and was assistant commissioner of planning for the Chicago Department of Development and Planning. He replaces Roger G. Seamaa who resigned to return to private law practice. The term expires July 1977.
Fred L. Finkbeiner as warden of the Joliet Correctional Center, effective December 2, 1974. He worked with the Department of Corrections from 1970 through September 1974, holding positions of correctional compliance specialist, training coordinator, and operations consultant. He has also worked with the Cook County Department of Corrections. Ernest Morris had been serving as acting warden at the Joliet center.
Susan Bezucha of Chicago as acting chairperson of the Fair Employment Practices Commission to replace Eleanor Peterson who resigned.
Indicted
Rep. A. Webber Borcbers (R., Decatur) and former Rep. Christian A. Homeier III (R., Springfield), in U.S. District Court on charges of mail fraud and conspiracy in connection with their use of their state allowances for expenses in their districts.
State Reps. Robert Craig (D., Danville), Louis Capuzi (R., Chicago), John F. Wall (R., Chicago) and Frank P. North (R., Rockford); Sens. Kenneth Course (D., Chicago) and Jack Walker (R., Lansing) and former Sen. Donald Carpentier (R., East Moline) were indicted by a federal grand jury in Chicago on charges of conspiracy and mail fraud in connection with cement truck legislation. Rep. Thomas Hanahan (D.. McHenry), Craig and former Rep. Louis Markert (D., Mount Sterling) on a charge of mail fraud on another indictment. Rep. Pete Pappas (R., Rock Island) was indicted on a charge of income tax fraud and was named in the cement truck case as an unindicted co-conspirator.
Resignations
Donald Glickman from staff director for the House Appropriations Committee to become a special assistant to the Illinois Bureau of the Budget.
Ann Lousin, parliamentarian for the Illinois House of Representatives, 78th General Assembly (probably the first woman parliamentarian of an U.S. legislative body), to accept a position as assistant professor, John Marshall Law School, Chicago.
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