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James B. Zagel, Chicago, was named the new director of the Department of Revenue by Gov. James R. Thompson effective February, pending Senate confirmation. Zagel, who was executive director of the Illinois Law Enforcement Commission since February of 1977, replaced acting director Daniel Lenchos. Lenchos assumed the state revenue directorship when Robert M. Whitler resigned to take a job with a Chicago bank in June 1978. Prior to his post at the Law Enforcement Commission, Zagel was chief of the Illinois Attorney General's Criminal Justice Division and Cook County assistant state's attorney. He received his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1965.

Gov. Thompson nominated two acting heads of state agencies as permanent directors: Michael P. Mauzy as director of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) and J. Thomas Johnson as director of the Department of Local Government Affairs (DLGA). Mauzy, who joined IEPA in 1973, was appointed acting director by Thompson in August 1977 when Leo M. Eisel resigned as director to head the U.S. Water Resources Council in Washington, D.C. After a little more than a year with DLGA, Johnson became temporary director in May 1978 following the resignation of John W. Castle, who campaigned (and lost the election) for state comptroller. Mauzy has degrees in chemical engineering. Johnson, a certified public accountant, has served as DeKalb County auditor and as the county's administrator.

Margaret Kennedy, Rockford, as special assistant to the governor for children, effective February 1, pending Senate confirmation. Kennedy's first task as "child advocate" will be to coordinate the state's participation in the International Year of the Child in 1979. Kennedy, who resigned as director of the Department of Children and Family Services January 29, replaces Evette Zells. Zells left to work on a project at DCFS. Gov. Thompson also nominated the following directors and assistant directors to continue in his cabinet, pending Senate confirmation:

John R. Block, director, Department of Agriculture; Raymond D. Lett, assistant director.
David Kenney, director, Department of Conservation; James C. Helfrich, assistant director.
Frank Beal, director, Institute of Natural Resources.
Edgar Callahan, director, Department of Financial Institutions.
Richard L. Mathias, director, Department of Insurance; James Skelton (defeated in the state treasurer's race), assistant director.
William Bowling, director, Department of Labor.
James F. McCarthy, assistant director, Department of Law Enforcement; Lynn Baird, superintendent, State Police.
Robert A. deVito, director, Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities.
Arthur F. Quern, director, Department of Public Aid.
Jack Carter, state fire marshal.
John D. Kramer, secretary, Department of Transportation.
Bradley Evilsizer, director, Department of Mines and Minerals.
Robert Mandeville, director, Bureau of the Budget.
Robert Goss, director, Governor's Office of Manpower and Human Development.

The reappointments of William Boys as director of the Department of Personnel and Joan G. Anderson as director of the Department of Registration and Education came more than a week after the governor announced his other cabinet appointments. Their reappointments ended speculation of replacing them.

Comptroller Roland Burris named William Foster, Springfield, as special assistant, and Ron Smith, Springfield, as executive assistant, both effective January 9. Foster, who served nearly two years as the director of legislative and political action for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), will be Burris' legislative liaison. Smith will be the comptroller's liaison to all divisions of the office and to many state agencies. Smith was administrative assistant to Burris when Burris was director of the Department of General Services under former Gov. Daniel Walker. Jim Norris, deputy comptroller under Michael Bakalis, is working on a contractual basis for Burris until a new deputy is recruited.

Lt. Gov. Dave O'Neal appointed Edward Gilbreth, Chicago, as the Chicago office manager, effective February 1, and Norma Jasmon, Springfield, as an executive secretary, effective January 15. Gilbreth, former political editor and columnist for the Chicago Daily News and press secretary for the 1978 Republican candidate for Cook County sheriff, is primarily responsible for assisting senior citizens. Jasmon, an administrative assistant for eight years with the Republican State Central Committee, succeeded Vicki Sands, who was involved in the "Thompson Proposition" petition investigation. Sands is now a staff assistant for U.S. Rep. Dan Crane (R., 22nd) in Washington, D.C.

State Treasurer Jerry Cosentino has appointed Donald Smith as chief fiscal officer; John Walsh, Hinsdale, as assistant state treasurer, and Burnell Heinecke,


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