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L. Sheldon Brown, Evanston, and Robert C. Buckley, Arlington Heights, as justices of the state Appellate Court by the Illinois Supreme Court effective Februarys. Brown, who was in the Cook County Circuit Court's Chancery Division, replaced Lawrence X. Pusateri, who resigned to reenter private law practice. Buckley, who was in the Cook County Circuit Court's Divorce Division, replaced Nicholas Bua, who was named a federal district court judge.

Annie Moldafsky, Glencoe, as a special assistant to the governor on consumer affairs, by the governor effective April 15. Moldafsky, a freelance writer, has published a book and numerous articles dealing with consumer issues.

Charlotte B. Adams, Springfield, as managing director, Office of Minority Business Enterprise, Department of Business and Economic Development by the governor effective March 13. Adams, who was special assistant to the director. Office of Minority Business Enterprise, Washington, D.C., replaced William Smith who resigned.

Three persons were appointed top administrative posts within the reorganized Department of Children and Family Services by Director Margaret M. Kennedy effective March 16. John J. Petrelli, Springfield, was named director of technical assistance and monitoring; he was administrative assistant to Director Kennedy and worked 17 years for the Department of Corrections. Donald H. Schlosser, Springfield, was named director of staff services; he had been acting director since January, Gary

Governor's appointments Ten members were named to the new Prisoner Review Board effective February 1. The board, which replaced the Parole and Pardon Board, directs prisoner releases and appeals and acts as a parole board for those who did not convert to a determinate sentence. Appointed to terms expiring January 1983: James R. Irving, Aurora, former chairman of the Parole and Pardon Board, as chairman; Joe Pat McCombs, Champaign, investigator, Department of Law Enforcement, division of investigation; Joseph T. Dakin, Carbondale, supervisor of correctional services and law enforcement programs. Southern Illinois Univerity, Carbondale; Joseph J. Longo, LaGrange Park, superintendent, division of adult parole. Department of Corrections, and a former chairman. Parole and Pardon Board. For terms ending January 1981: Earl K. Dryden, Aurora, former member of the Parole and Pardon Board; Virginia Scales, Fairview Heights, vocational counselor and supervisor, Illinois Job Service; Anthony M. Scillia, Aurora, director of community correctional services, 16th Judicial Circuit. To terms ending January 1979: Rafael Nieves, Chicago, former member of the Parole and Pardon Board; Ethel S. Gingold, Springfield, acting chairperson. Adult Advisory Board to the Department of Corrections; R. Barry Bollensen, Woodstock, coordinator of probation and court services, Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Criminal Justice Programs. These appointments require Senate confirmation. To the State Board of Education effective January 26 for a term ending January 1981 pending Senate confirmation: George H. Thompson, Prophetstown, owner of a livestock business and president of the Illinois Association of School Boards, replacing Robert A. Jamieson, Peoria, who resigned. The position is unsalaried. To the Department of Labor Board of Review effective January 24 for terms ending January 1979 pending Senate confirmation: Charles J. Fidem, Wheaton, manager, Chicago relations operation. General Electric Company and Eugene E. Christy, Milan, production worker, John Deere Plow-Planter Works. To the Waukegan Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority effective February 2 pending Senate confirmation: Joan Pfau Callahan, Waukegan. owner of a real estate firm, and Charles Ofenloch, Waukegan, vice president. Bank of Waukegan. Their terms end December 1981. Anthony Domerchie, packaging engineer, was appointed for a term ending December 1979. To the Joliet Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority effective February 2 pending Senate confirmation: Dorothy L. Mavrich and Juliet M. King, both of Joliet, for terms ending in December 1981, and Richard Jachinowski for a term ending December ending June 1981. The posts are unsalaried. To the Havana Regional Port District Board effective January 18 pending Senate confirmation: Gene V. Herman, Havana, for a term ending June 1979; Darrel W. Hilst, Havana, for a term ending June 1980; Frederick V. Kruse, Kilbourne, for a term ending June 1981. The positions are unsalaried. To the Illinois Industrial Commission effective January 26 for a term ending January 15, 1979 pending Senate confirmation: James A. Thomas, Chicago, attorney. Sears Roebuck & Company, to complete the unexpired term of Claude E. Whitaker, Chicago. Reappointed for terms ending in 1981: Theodies Black, Jr., Chicago, and Leroy E. Duncan, Williamsville. To the Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessels Rules effective January 31 for a term ending October 1981: William M. Brogan, Oak Lawn; formerly part of the Department of Law Enforcement, the seven-member board was put under the jurisdiction of the state fire marshall in July 1977. To the Illinois Arts Council for terms ending June 1981: Susan Cesell, Bloomington, effective January 10, and Gretchen Beckman Charlton, Kankakee, effective February 2. Members are unsalaried. To the Judicial Inquiry Board effective February 2 for a term ending September 1979: Carl L. Sadler, Rockford, a management consultant. He replaced Harold Steele, Princeton, who resigned. To the State Employees Group Insurance Advisory Commission effective January 31 for terms end ing July 1979; Floyd Brown, Chicago, employee benefits manager, Illinois Bell, replacing Ira J. Friedman, Highland Park; Richard Weight, Jr., East Peoria, group insurance and employee benefits, Caterpillar Company, replacing Milo J. Flemming, Watseka; Thomas Nickell, Springfield, administrator, division of employee and labor relations. Department of Children and Family Services, replacing Mary Beck, Springfield. Reappointed was Loren M. Bobbit, Springfield, retired executive secretary, Legislative Reference Bureau. To the Juvenile Advisory Board to the Department of Corrections effective December 1 for terms ending January 1983: Dr. Lawrence A. Bennett, Carbondale, director, Center for the Study of Crime, Delinquency and Corrections, Southern Illinois University. Carbondale; Joseph S. Kersting, Macomb, professor of criminal justice. Western Illinois University; Capt. George B. Miller, Batavia, Batavia Police Department; Sara E. Kessler, Decatur, board member, Macon County Day Probation and Diversion Service. Reappointed was Rev. George A. Rice, Chicago, Posts are unsalaried. To the Commission on Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities effective November 30, for terms ending June 1979: Mary Jeanne Hallstrom, Evanston, public information, Regional Service Agency, Skokie; Vernon Frazee, Morton Grove, executive director, special education, Lincolnwood Public Schools. Members are unsalaried. To the Illinois-Indiana Bi-State Commission by Gov. James R. Thompson effective December 16: Glenn P. Coburn, Frankfort, replacing Lewis Manilow, Chicago, and Ruth K. Kretschmer, Medinah, replacing Edward M. Levin, Jr., Chicago. Illinois has a total of six members on the commission; two others are appointed by the mayor of Chicago, two by the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission. Indiana also has six members.

32/ May 1978/ Illinois Issues

W. Anderson, Springfield, was named director of management services; he was formerly chief of the public aid unit, Illinois Bureau of the Budget. Appointed effective April 1 was Gerald Peter Digre, as director of planning, research and development; he was executive director of Omni-House, Youth Service Bureau, Wheeling.

Dr. Paul Starnes, Springfield, as associate director, Illinois Community College Board, by the board effective January 1. Starnes was an assistant professor of education administration. University of Florida, Gainesville. Starnes replaced Dr. John Swalec and Dr. G. Robert Darnes in this new position which combines academic and career programs.

Scott Bromann, Springfield, as deputy of the Illinois Supreme Court, by Clerk of the Supreme Court Clell L. Woods effective January 1 for one year. Bromann, who was a practicing attorney, replaced Guise Strong.

Stephen L. Hardy, Carbondale, as administrator of the psychiatric division of Menard Correctional Center by Illinois Department of Corrections Director Charles Rowe effective February 16. Hardy, who has been assistant superintendent for program services at the psychiatric center since 1974, replaced William H. Crane, Murphysboro, who has been named chief of program services for the corrections department.

Public members named to Futures Task Force Eight public members were named to the 17-member Task Force on the Future of Illinois by the governor, effective March 4. The task force was created by legislation in September 1977. The members are Harold A. Richman, Chicago, dean of the school of social service administration, University of Chicago; Robert G. Gibson, Chicago, secretary-treasurer, Illinois State AFL-CIO; Janet Otwell, Evanston, president, League of Women Voters of Illinois; Harold B. Steele, Princeton, president, Illinois Farm Bureau; Charlie A. Thurston, Wheaton, division vice president, Northern Illinois Gas Company; Jane Hayes Rader, Cobden, member, University of Illinois Board of Trustees; Miles L. Berger, Chicago, vice chairman, Chicago Plan Commission, and chairman of the board. The Berger Company; Robert C. Dryden, Aurora, plant manager. Caterpillar Tractor Company of Aurora. Task Force Chairman George Ranney, Jr., Mount Vernon, previously named by the governor, has been confirmed by the Senate. Legislative members have also been appointed (see Illinois Issues February 1978).

Diane Monk, to the Chicago staff of Sen. President Thomas Hynes effective in March. Monk, who was a reporter for the Chicago Daily News for 11 years, will handle public relations.

William D. San Hamel, Chicago, as campaign manager for gubernatorial candidate Michael J. Bakalis. San Hamel has been chief of administrative services for the Cook County Assessor's Office since July, 1977.

Fred Bird, Springfield, as press assistant for comptroller candidate John Castle. Bird was press secretary for former Gov. Richard Ogilvie.

Dr. Henry V. Bohm, Huntington Woods, Mich. as president of the Argonne Universities Association by the Board of Trustees effective April 1. Formerly a professor of physics at Wayne State University, Bohm replaced Armon Yanders who returned to the University of Missouri to do research work.

Francis J. Koenig, Streator, elected as president of the Illinois State Historical Society for a one-year term effective October 15,1977.

Allen D. Grosboll, Petersburg, as executive director, Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Council, by the council effective January 18. A former Illinois House Republican staff member, Grosboll had been acting director since December 1, 1977. He replaced Pete Gudmundson who resigned.

Honors

Roger Hedges, Gannett News Service was named 1978 Illinois Journalist of the Year by the Department of Journalism, Northem Illinois University, DeKalb. Hedge was cited for a series of articles on irregularities in the Division of Aeronautics, lllinois Department of Transportation.

David Maciejewski, LaSalle, adoption specialist for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, received the American Public Welfare Association's 1977 Exceptional Direct Service Award.

Madge Stewart Sanmann, Monmouth, was presented the Illinois Welfare Association Merit Award for her work with senior citizens programs in Henderson, McDonough, Mercer and Warren counties.

I'm not just a black spokesman. They don't present Jimmy Carter as the white President, do they? — Rev. Jesse Jackson

Deaths

State Sen. Norbert A. Kosinski, 59, in Chicago March 10. Kosinksi had served in the Senate since 1971 and was campaigning for reelection for his fifth term. Amongt the significant legislation he sponsored were bills to reform election law and to establish aggravated arson as a felony.

Other

State Reps. John F. Wall (R., Chicago) and Walter "Babe" McAvoy (R., Chicago) were convicted on charges of conspiracy to extort money from private employment agencies by a federal district court jury in Chicago February 23. The charges stemmed from $2,000 allegedly received by the legislators in 1971 from the Illinois Employment Association in exchange for helping with legislation that would benefit employment agencies. Wall is serving his 7th term and McAvoy his 16th term in the House They will automatically lose their seats when they are sentenced.