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DLGA's chief moves to Revenue

J. Thomas Johnson, DeKalb, was named assistant director of the Department of Revenue (DOR) by the governor effective October 1 pending Senate confirmation. He succeeded Daniel J. Lenckos, LaGrange, who resigned in May to take a job with the First National Bank of Chicago. Johnson was previously director of the Department of Local Government Affairs (DLGA), a post he assumed after John Castle resigned to run for state comptroller in 1978. Previously, Johnson was DeKalb County auditor and county administrator. Johnson's appointment is part of the reorganization of DLGA. The community development offices of DLGA have moved to the new Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (see p. 15), while DLGA's office of

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Agaliece W. Miller, Chicago, was named administrator of the Department of Labor's Bureau of Employment Security by Gov. James R. Thompson effective October 15. The post requires Senate confirmation. The bureau, which has 4,200 employees in 175 district offices, administers unemployment insurance for Illinois workers and operates the Illinois State Employment Service.

Miller says her major goals are to improve the image of the unemployment insurance program by educating the public, to retain the dignity of the unemployed, to improve service to the unemployed and to be

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prepared for a possible rise in unemployment. Miller joined state government in 1939 as a junior accounting clerk in the Department of Labor and worked her way up. She became commissioner of unemployment insurance in 1976 and has served on the Interstate Conference of Employment Security Agencies and on task forces to combat overpayment and fraud in the unemployment insurance system. She replaced Steven M. Singer, Chicago, who took a post with the U.S. Department of Labor.

Seith announces for U.S. Senate

Chicago attorney Alex Seith, Hinsdale, formally announced his campaign for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate September 27. In 1978 Seith ran an aggressive and unexpectedly effective campaign against long-time Republican incumbent Sen. Charles H. Percy. Percy won with 54 percent of the vote but not without intense last minute efforts. Seith said the same problems that led him to announce for the Senate two years ago "persist today, and are worse." Residents of Illinois, like all Americans, are "over-taxed, over-regulated and under-encouraged," he

A foreign affairs specialist, Seith's most recent appointment was to President Carter's Advisory Board on Ambassadorial Appointments. He is active in Democratic politics and has been chairman of the Cook County Board of Appeals since 1969. He is a member of the Chicago law firm of Lord, Bissel and Brook.

The judiciary
Moses W. Harrison II, Collinsville, formerly chief circuit judge of the 3rd Judicial Circuit, was relieved from circuit court duties by the Illinois State Supreme Court and assigned to duty in the Appellate Court for the 5 th Judicial District, effective September 4. Harrison remains a circuit judge, but was replaced as chief circuit judge by Horace L. Calvo, Glen Carbon, who was selected by the other 3rd Judicial Circuit judges, effective September 5.

The following persons were appointed associate judges of the Cook County Circuit Court, effective September 4, by the Cook County circuit judges:

Samuel S. Berger, Skokie, previously in private practice. Chauncey Eskridge, Chicago, previously in private practice. He represented Muhammad Ali before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1971 and served the Southern Christian Leadership Conference as general counsel. Francis X. Golniewicz, Chicago, previously a title examiner with the Registrar of Titles of Cook County. Martin F. Hogan Jr., Chicago, previously an attorney for the Cook County Highway Department. Alan E. Morrill, Chicago, formerly in private practice. He wrote several treatises on trial practice which are used as textbooks in law schools. William P. Prendergast, Oak Lawn, previously supervising assistant state's attorney of Cook County.

The Supreme Court named the following judges in September to serve on a newly formed Committee to Study the Provisions of Supreme Court Rules 61 through 71, which deal with judicial conduct:

Cochairmen of the committee are, John J. Stamos, Northbrook, appellate judge of the 1 st Judicial District and former member of the Illinois Courts Commission; and John M. Karns Jr., Belleville, appellate judge of the 5th Judicial District. Circuit judges on the committee are: Walter P. Dahl, Rolling Meadows, former member of the Judicial Inquiry Board, John F. Hechinger, Chicago, and Irving R. Norman, Chicago, all of the Circuit Court of Cook County; John A. Krause, Geneva, 16th Judicial Circuit, and Wayne C. Townley Jr., Bloomington, 11th Judicial Circuit. Associate judges on the committee are: Rosemary Duschene La Porta, Chicago, Circuit Court of Cook County; and Frederick P. Patton, Rock Island, 14th Judicial Circuit.

Nathan M. Cohen, Winnetka, resigned as circuit judge of the Cook County Circuit Court, effective October 31 to return to private practice. Cohen had been a judicial officer since 1962, an active member of the Illinois Judicial Conference, and is an authority on chancery matters and law of contempt.

Other appointments
Joyce E. Tucker, Chicago, as acting director of the Department of Equal Employment Opportunity by Gov. Thompson, effective in October. Previously, Tucker worked in the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities as the director of the Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Title VI Program. She replaced Mabry T. Roby, Chicago, who became the vice president of Operation PUSH. The department she is heading'tnay become part of the Department of Human Rights if reorganization bill S.B. 1377 is passed.

Sandra G. Nye, Chicago, as director of the state Guardianship and Advocacy Commission by the commission effective October 16. Nye, a Chicago attorney, is director of legal services of Jewish Family and Community Services and a member of the faculty at the University of Illinois Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine, Chicago, and at the Institute for Family Studies at Northwestern University, Evanston. The commission provides legal and guardianship services to the mentally ill and developmentally disabled. It is now setting up human rights authorities across the state to mediate complaints about the quality of care in institutions.

Rose Mary Bombela, Chicago, as special assistant to the governor for Hispanic affairs, by Gov. Thompson effective October 15. The position had been vacant for about three years. Bombela's job includes working on legislation, serving as a liaison to the Spanish-speaking community and working with the Hispanic media. Previously, she was assistant press secretary to the governor.

Capt. Daniel K. Cedusky, Athens, as recruiting officer and retention manager for Illinois National Guard for a 74-county downstate area, by Lt. Col. Robert Adams, effective October 9. Cedusky, who was previously an area recruiting officer, will coordinate and assist local area recruiters with new programs.

Theodore A. Pasquesi, Highland Park, was elected chairman of the board of directors of the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education by the board in August. Pasquesi, an attorney, will serve for one year. Also elected were attorneys George W. Overton, Chicago, as vice chairman, and Richard D. Schiller, Aurora, as treasurer. Pasquesi succeeded James (Mack) Trapp, Chicago.

Judith E. Madonia, Springfield, has been elected to the board of directors of the Association of Community College Trustees at the association's national convention October 3 in Detroit, Mich. Madonia is vice chairman of the board of trustees at Lincoln Land Community College and vice president of the Illinois Community College Trustees Association.

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Donald Schabel, Chicago, as director of technical services for the Chicago Public Library by library commissioner Donald J. Sager and the board of directors effective in September. Schabel, who had been assistant director, replaced Mary W. Ghikas who took a post as assistant commissioner for the central library and cultural center.

Where are they now?
Former Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie, became publisher of the new Chicago Daily News in July. The weekend paper, published each Friday, serves a five-county Chicago suburban area. Plans to become a daily paper are in the making.

Resignations
Marvin J. Nodiff, Springfield, as deputy director Illinois Institute of Natural Resources (IINR) in August to attend law school at St. Louis University, St. Louis, Mo. Nodiff had been the director of the Department of Business and Economic Development's division of energy which became part of the IINR.

Deaths
Former Circuit Judge Edith Sampson, 77, at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, October 8. Sampson was the first black woman elected to the Illinois bench. A 1926 graduate of John Marshall Law School, Chicago, she served in 1950 and 1952 as a member of the U.S. delegation to the United Nations. In 1962 Sampson was elected judge of the Chicago Municipal Court. She became an associate judge of the Cook County Circuit Court in 1964 and a circuit court judge in 1971 where she served until her retirement in 1978.

Honors
Robert G. Gibson, Chicago, was chosen by President Carter to be a member of the U.S. delegation traveling to Panama in October for ceremonies marking the beginning of new treaties which will give control of the Panama Canal to the Republic of Panama in the year 2000. Gibson is president of the Illinois State AFL-CIO.

The Illinois State Historical Library (ISHL) received an award of merit in October from the American Association for State and Local History for its presentation, "Sound and Light at the Old State Capitol." The ISHL was chosen to receive the award by a national committee from a field of 100 nominations.