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Lincoln and other historical articles, to the state in a ceremony October 8 at the Executive Mansion. The gifts will be displayed at the Executive Mansion and the Lincoln Collection at the Illinois State Historical Library. Beckworth, who resides in Washington, D.C., received an honorary degree October 10 from Lincoln (III.) College.

Resignations
Dr. Alexander M. Schmidt, as commissioner of the federal Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Schmidt, who served as commissioner since 1973, became vice chancellor for health affairs at the University of Illinois Medical Center in Chicago on December 1.

Retirements
Cook County Circuit Judge George E. Dolezal on December 12. A circuit judge since 1968, he also served four terms (1957-1964) as a state representative (R., Berwyn). In 1970, Dolezal held the Illinois anti-abortion law was unconstitutional — a ruling eventually affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Deaths
Joseph J. Drucker,76, judge of the Illinois Appellate Court in Chicago on November 12 after a two-month illness. His judicial career began in 1934 on the Chicago Municipal Court and was followed by a circuit court judgeship, 1958-1963, when he was appointed to the Appellate Court and subsequently elected to that court.

T. R. "Ted" Leth, 83, in California on October 25. He retired in 1969 as state budget superintendent after serving in that post for almost 25 years under five governors.

Frank Davin, 71, in Chicago on October 29. He organized the Governor's Traffic Safety Coordinating Committee under the late Gov. Otto Kerner and served as its secretary under three governors. ž