Names New Pontiac warden Donald Harvey of Springfield was appointed warden of Pontiac Correctional Center on October 23 by Charles Rowe, director of the Department of Corrections. He replaces Thaddeus Pinkney who was warden during the July 22 riot during which three guards died and $4 million damage was done. Assistant warden for operations at Pontiac from 1974 to 1976, Harvey most recently was operations consultant for corrections. When asked about the troubled situation at Pontiac, he said, "It doesn't look impossible to me. . . . My first project will be improving staff and morale, especially guards, lieutenants and captains." Harvey said he hoped to gradually ease the deadlock which has kept Pontiac prisoners in their cells since the riot. However the deadlock was continued November 3, due to a U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals order blocking a lower federal court from reinstating privileges for inmates. The U.S. District Court had ordered authorities at Pontiac to allow family visits to prisoners three times a month, showers twice weekly, and regular telephone privileges. Appointments Walter Schaefer, retired state Supreme Court justice, as special hearing officer for hearings into a proposed rate increase in worker's compensation, which the Department of Insurance had earlier denied. Nick Alexander, Springfield, as acting manager of the Illinois State Fair Agency, effective October 2 and pending Senate confirmation. Assistant fair manager since May 1977, he was formerly a television newsman with WICS Channel 20, Springfield, and coordinator of education and information for Springfield's Department of Public Health and Safety. He replaces Nick Stone who resigned in October. Rep. Adeline Jay Geo-Karis (R.,Zion), to chair the Illinois Energy Resources Commission's gasahol task force by Rep. George Ryan and Sen. John Washburn in September. She was also selected in October as one of six legislators nationwide to serve on the National Gasahol Commission. David Edelson, Dixon, as program policy advisor for the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities by Dr. Robert deVito, department director, effective October 16. Edelson had been superintendent of Dixon Developmental Center since 1962. His newly created post is part of the department's effort to transfer patients from state to community facilities. John H. Johnson, Chicago, to the Capitol Development Board effective October 3 by the governor, pending Senate confirmation. Johnson is chairman and chief executive officer of Supreme Life Insurance Company, chairman of WJPC radio station in Chicago, publisher of Johnson Publishing and president of Fashion Fair Cosmetics. He fills the unexpired term of Anthony J. Terlato who resigned October 1977. The term ends in January 1979. Howard A. Peters III, Lisle, as director of the Cook County Region, Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) by the governor effective October 12. Previously, Peters was Chicago-Cook County regional administrator for the Department of Corrections. His appointment is another step in the reorganization of DCFS. Seven other regional directors were appointed in April. Dayle Deal, Springfield, as public information representative for the Secretary of State's Office by Secy. of State Alan J. Dixon effective August 21. Deal previously did public relations work for the Illinois 32/December 1978/Illinois Issues Farmer's Union and International Harvester. John J. Fangman, Springfield, as associate superintendent of the division of alcoholism, Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, by Roalda J. Alderman, superintendent of the division. Fangman replaced Ruth Holl who was named manager of the division's program development branch in Chicago. Fangman was previously manager of the division's evaluation and information project. Jared Garver, Cobden, as state turkey biologist for the Department of Conservation by Director David Kenney effective. September 1. Garver was formerly a district wildlife manager for the department. Barbara Allen, Springfield, as manager, print-media division, Illinois Information Service, effective September 1. Formerly assistant manager of the division, she replaces John Lowens who resigned to return to the family business in New York City. David W. Tomei, Burr Ridge, as the employer member of the three-member Board of Review for the Illinois Department of Labor effective September 21 by the governor, pending Senate confirmation. Tomei, an insurance broker with Affiliated Insurance Consultants, Inc., Western Springs, replaces Charles Fiden, Wheaton, who resigned in May. Sue Massie, Springfield, as landscape architect for the Abandoned Mined Land Reclamation Council effective October 1 by Lt. Gov. Dave O'Neal and council executive director Allen Grosboll. Massie is working on soil survey and plant selection for reclaimed land. Under the Federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, the council expects to receive from $5 million to $8 million in federal funds within 12 months. Goose Lake Prairie, an unvegetated 50-acre area in Grundy County, is the first project. Tom Denny, Rivenon, as associate director for state governmental services for the Illinois Community College Board effective October 16. Denny will serve as liaison to the executive and legislative branches of state government. This work was formerly handled by Richard Fox who is now associate director for special projects, including federal funding. Denny was formerly assistant manager of governmental relations for the Illinois Office of Education. Bill Holland, Springfield, as director of the House Democratic appropriations staff by Speaker William A. Redmond effective October 15. Holland had been on the appropriations staff since 1974 and replaces Bob Carter. Samuel K. Gove, Urbana, as a member of a national panel established by the National Academy of Public Administration for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in September. The panel was created to help elected officials become better money managers. Gove is director of the Institute of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois, Urbana. Six new members have been appointed to the nine-member Illinois Nature Preserves Commission which oversees the management and planning of sites and approves dedication of new ones. New members are Byron Hutchins, Oregon, retired resource development specialist for the Ogle County Extension Service; Mrs. William Joy, Centralia, farm editor of the Centralia Sentinal; Mrs. Mary Lou Marzuki, Park Forest, member of the board of directors, Thorn Creek Woods Preservation Association; Mrs. George Ranney, Libertyville, former vice chairman of Ryerson Conservation Area in Lake County Forest Preserve District; Preston W. Schellbach, Decatur, director of Marion County Conservation District, and Jerrold Soesbe, Libertyville, director of Lake County Forest Preservation District. Resignation Dr. Edward W. Pigman Jr. as chief of technical studies for the Office of Public Transportation, Illinois Department of Transportation, to become director. Public Transportation Division of the Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation. He assumed his new post October 16. Retirements Shelby Vasconcelles, Springfield, as Statehouse press secretary on December 31 after 39 years on the job. Vasconcelles has served under 10 governors beginning with Dwight Green. Honors The First Annual Governor's Awards for the Arts in Illinois were presented September 27 to seven individuals and four organizations for their contributions to the cultural life of Illinois. A wards were presented to Centralia Cultural Society, Centralia; Deere and Company, Moline; George Irwin, Quincy, founder and former president Quincy Society of Fine Arts, Sarah Kirby (Sally) Page, Peoria, founder of Lake View Museum of Arts and Sciences; Chicago Alliance for the Performing Arts, Chicago; Stanley M. Freehling, Chicago, chairman of Chicago Theatre Group (Goodman Theatre); Paul Fromm, Chicago, founder and director of Fromm Music Foundation; Patrick Henry, founder and director of Free Street Theatre: McKinley "Muddy Waters" Morganfield, Chicago, blues composer and performer; and Mrs. Jessie Woods, Chicago, founder and executive director of Urban Gateways. The awards were presented by Gov. James R. Thompson and former governors Daniel Walker, Richard B. Ogilvie, Samuel Shapiro and William G. Stratton at the Art Institute of Chicago. Betsy Ann Plank, Chicago, assistant vice president, Illinois Bell Telephone Company, received the Public Relations News' Professional-of-the-year award from Denny Griswold, founder and editor of PR News, in New York October 24. Plank, an Illinois Issues board member, is the first woman to be honored with this award.
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