GOP leader David Shapiro dies

STATE Sen. David "Doc" Shapiro, died August 1 at his summer home in Livingston, Mont. Shapiro, leader of the Republican Senate minority since 1976, was first elected to the General Assembly as a member of the House in 1968 and joined the Senate in 1972. As minority leader, Shapiro was often chief sponsor for programs initiated by Gov. James R. Thompson. He was regarded as one of the most knowledgeable lawmakers on education matters, and cosponsored the bill which created the state Department on Human Rights. Shapiro, a dentist, was born in Mendota and began his political career as member and president of the Amboy Unit School Board. He was voted "Outstanding Freshman Legislator" of the 76th General Assembly and "Outstanding Freshman Senator" of the 78th General Assembly.

Pollution Control Board

Donald B. Anderson, Peru, as a member of the Pollution Control Board, by the governor effective July 14. Anderson was a state representative from 1975 to 1980. The governor also reappointed Joan G. Anderson, Western Springs, to the board. She is former director of the Department of Registration and Education. Both appointments require Senate confirmation and have a yearly salary of $34,900. Terms end July 1, 1984.

Illinois National Guard

Brig. Gen. William J. Davis, Chicago, was promoted to major general and named commander of the Illinois Air National Guard by the governor effective July 23. Davis replaces Maj. Gen. Hal C. Tyree Jr., who retired. Davis, a pilot with American Airlines, had served as deputy commander of the guard since 1978, and has more than 10,000 hours of combined military and civilian flight experience.

The governor also promoted Col. Arthur A. Weller Jr., Northbrook, to brigadier general and named him director of the state area command of the Illinois Army National Guard, effective July 24. He replaces

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Brig. Gen. James G. Fanning, who retired. Weller had been commander of the command and control headquarters in Chicago since 1978. The governor appointed Col. Harold A. Miller, Joliet, to replace Weller in that post. Miller had served as deputy commander of the 33rd infantry brigade since 1979.

Office of the Secretary of State

Sarunas Valiukenas, Springfield, as deputy director of the motor vehicle division of the Secretary of State's Office, by Secy, of State Jim Edgar effective August 5. Valiukenas had been project coordinator of the division. Previously, he was research director for the House Republican staff.

Office of the Attorney General

Philip Parenti, Chicago, as chief of the environmental protection division of the attorney general's office, by Atty. Gen. Tyrone Farmer effective August 1. Parenti served as assistant U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois under U.S. attorneys James R. Thompson, Samuel K. Skinner and Thomas P. Sullivan.

The Judiciary

Jerry S. Rhodes, Springfield, was named to replace James T. Londrigan, as judge of the 7th Judicial Circuit. Rhodes had been an associate judge of the 7th Circuit since 1971; he will serve until the November 1982 election. Londrigan was appointed to the appellate court (see "Names" September).

The Supreme Court also assigned retired Cook County Judge Philip A, Fleischman, Chicago, to the Circuit Court of Cook County, effective July 16 to October 1, 1981.

Leo T. Desmond, Benton, was named associate judge of the 2nd Judicial Circuit by the circuit judges, effective August 15. Desmond had been assistant state's attorney for Franklin County and most recently was in private practice.

Other appointments

Delbert D. Haschemeyer, Athens, as acting director of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, by the governor effective July 30. Haschmeyer had been deputy director since July 1979, and the agency's chief in-house counsel since 1976. He replaces Michael P. Mauzy, Springfield, who resigned July 29 to join a private environmental consulting firm in Pennsylvania.

Richard W. Carlson, Springfield, as assistant director of the state Department of Insurance, by the governor effective July 28. Previously, Carlson was superintendent of the Illinois State Lottery. The governor appointed Michael J. Jones, Chicago, to succeed Carlson in the lottery post. Jones, formerly a marketing executive for WMET radio in Chicago, had been deputy superintendent of the lottery since June. Senate confirmation is required for the appointments.

Rose Mary Bombela, Chicago, as assistant director of the Department of Personnel, by the governor effective July 9. Bombela had served since 1979 as the governor's assistant for Hispanic affairs. Previously, she was assistant press secretary in the governor's office. Senate confirmation is required for the appointment.

Dr. Carl Mankowitz, M.D., formerly of Brooklyn, N.Y., as deputy director of the Department of Public Aid, by department director Jeffrey C. Miller effective July 9. The deputy director post has been vacant for two years. One of Mankowitz' duties is to chair the department's management planning committee. Most recently, Mankowitz was attending physician at Queens Hospital, N.Y. Previously he was vice president for Health Care Planning for the New York City Health and Hospital Corp. He has also worked in health care policy planning and administration for the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, the State of Ohio and the City of Newark.

Jeffery M. Idleman, Cantrall, as superintendent of the division of marketing and agricultural services of the state Department of Agriculture, by department director Larry A. Werries effective July 1. Idleman, who has been an administrator of programs for trade offices in Springfield, Chicago, Brussels and Hong Kong, replaces Gib Fricke, who was named director of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service by U.S. Agriculture Secy. John Block.

Idleman's sister, Susan Idleman, Decatur, was named assistant information officer for the department by public information officer Mark Randal, effective June 29. Most recently Idleman worked in marketing for Xerox. She succeeds David Lane, Pekin, who resigned to become assistant press secretary for Block.

Melvin Smith, Springfield, as director of the traffic safety division of the state Department of Transportation, by Transportation Secy. John Kramer effective August 15. Smith served as president of the Illinois Education Association from 1977 to July 1981. He replaces Karsten J. Vieg, Springfield, who resigned to accept a position with the Traffic Institute at Northwestern University, Evanston.

Stephen H. Soboroff, M.D., formerly of Tampa, Fla., as director of the University of Illinois McKinley Health Center, by the UI Board of Trustees effective August 20. He replaces Laurence M. Hursh, Champaign, who retired. From 1974 to 1979 Soboroff was professor of medicine at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Tampa. He also served as chief of medical service at the James A. Haley Veteran's Administration Medical Center, Tampa. Since 1979 Soboroff has worked toward a master's degree in health policy and management from Harvard University, which he received this year.

Margot Phillips, Springfield, as public information officer for the Illinois Commerce Commission, by the commission effective August 3. Phillips, formerly public information officer for Cook County Hospital, will have overall responsibility for the commission's recently expanded public information office. She will be based in Springfield.

James S. Jeffers, former director of the

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Department of Rehabilitation Services (DRS), has been appointed associate commissioner for governmental affairs at the Social Security Administration in Washington, D.C., by U.S. Health and Human Services Secy. Richard S. Schweiker, effective July 1. Jeffers, who resigned as DRS director in June, will serve as liaison between the Social Security Administration, state and local governments, private organizations and other federal agencies.

Donald R. Russell, Springfield, was elected to a one-year term as national commander of the American Veterans of World War II, Korea and Vietnam (AMVETS) at the organization's annual convention in Louisville, Ky., August 8. He succeeds Ernest F. Pitochelli, Johnston, R.I., effective September 1. Russell served with the Army Signal Corps during World War II and has been Illinois state commander and president of the AMVETS state service foundation.

Resignations

Sandra G. Nye, Oak Park, as director of the Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission, effective August 31. Nye, an attorney, was the first director of the two-year-old agency, which provides legal advocacy and guardianship services to mentally and developmentally handicapped persons (see Illinois Issues, August, p. 12). She plans to return to the private sector. Sandra Klubeck, Chicago, was named acting director until a permanent director can be found.

Retirements

Margaret M. Kennedy, Rockford, as special assistant to the governor for children in the Governor's Office of Interagency Cooperation, effective July 31. Kennedy, who began her career as administrator of children's programs for the Department of Public Welfare in 1946, served as director of the state Department of Children and Family Services from May 1977 to January 1979. In 1977 she was named social worker of the year by the Jane Addams district of the Illinois chapter of the National Association of Social Workers.

Arthur R. Wildhagen, Champaign, as science editor for the University of Illinois news bureau, effective August 31. Wildhagen had been a member of the bureau for 45 years. He was succeeded by John E. Halladay, Champaign, who for the past three years has been a reporter for The Champaign-Urban News-Gazette.

Deaths

Frances Seith, wife of former Democralic U.S. Senate nominee Alex Seith, of a heart attack in their Hinsdale home July 11. Seith, a lawyer, ran against Sen. Charles H. Percy in the 1978 general election, and in 1980 lost the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate to then-Secy, of State AlanJ. Dixon.