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Derwinski to State Department

Former U.S. Rep. Edward Derwinski (R., 4th), as counselor of the State Department, by President Reagan effective January 1. The post requires Senate confirmation, Derwinski's job includes working directly with the U.S. Secretary of State in '"trouble-shooting" for the department and with the legislative branch in helping to define administrative foreign policy positions. Derwinski had served as a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee since January 1963. He was defeated in the March primaries after the 4th District remap pitted him against another Republican incumbent, George M. O'Brien. A resident of Flossmoor, Derwinski plans to move to Arlington, Va.

Department of Rehabilitation Services

Robert Granzeier, director of the Department of Rehabilitation Services (DORS), made the following appointments in July:

Jane Elmore, Springfield, as acting deputy director of the bureau of fiscal and operational support services. Elmore is also legislative liaison and special assistant to the director. She replaces Robert Clark.

Bonnie Ferneau, Elk Grove Village, as superintendent of the Illinois Children's School and Rehabilitation Center. Ferneau, who served as acting superintendent for several months prior to her appointment, replaces Paul Kavanaugh. She was regional executive officer of DORS Region IV. Replacing Ferneau in that post is Eleanor Murdock, Chicago. Murdock was previously a rehabilitation program executive with the department's bureau of rehabilitation services for adults.

Office of the State Fire Marshall

State Fire Marshall Jack H. Carter made the following appointments:

David L. Wells, Batavia, as director of the new division of arson investigation of the Office of the State Fire Marshall, effective September 16. Previously, Wells worked for the Department of Revenue as a fraud investigator.

Kent Hill, Springfield, as director of the new division of management services, effective in August. The division was created by merging the support services and data systems divisions. Hill had been director of data systems.

The Judiciary

Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court Howard C. Ryan, Ottawa, was elected second vice president of the National Conference of Chief Justices at its annual meeting at Jackson Hole, Wyo., in September. The conference works with the National Center for the State Courts on a wide range of issues, including lawyer competency and state/federal relations. The post to which Ryan was elected is reserved to states whose chief justices do not serve more than three years. As second vice president, Ryan is a member of the executive committee, the policymaking body of the conference.

The Supreme Court appointed the following circuit judges:

Clark C. Barnes, Geneseo, 14th Judicial Circuit, effective October 1. Formerly an associate judge, Barnes fills the vacancy created by the resignation of Jay Hanson.

Donald C. Courson, Peoria, 10th Judicial Circuit, effective October 1. Formerly an associate judge, Courson fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Robert Hunt.

Cornelius Francis Dore Jr., Flossmoor, Cook County Circuit Court, effective November 1. Dore, an attorney, fills the vacancy created by the resignation of Charles Fleck.

Kenneth C. Prince, Glencoe, Cook County Circuit Court, effective November 1. Prince an attorney is a past president of the Chicago Bar Association. He fills the position vacated by John Nordberg who resigned to become a judge of the U.S. District Court for Northern Illinois.

The following attorneys were selected associate judges by their respective circuit judges: Norman H. Kinder Jr., Granite City, 3rd Judicial Circuit, effective October 1. James P. Fox, 7th Judicial Circuit, effective December 1. Frederick J. Kapala, Machesney Park, 17th Judicial Circuit, effective October 22; and in the 19th Judicial Circuit, Fred A. Geiger of Libertyville, effective October 12, and George W. Pease of Waukegan, effective September 27.

The following judges have retired from office:

John J. Moran, Des Plaines, as Cook County Circuit Judge effective December 6. Moran had been a judicial officer since 1964.

Samuel Shamberg, Chicago, as associate judge of the Cook County Circuit Court effective December 1. He had been a judicial officer since 1965.

William A. Lewis, Anna, was selected by his fellow circuit judges to succeed Robert H. Chase as chief circuit judge of the 1st Judicial Circuit effective November 1.

National Organization for Women

Mary Jean Collins, Chicago, was elected to a three-year term as vice president-action of the National Organization for Women (NOW) by delegates to the organization's convention which was held in Indianapolis in October. Collins had been executive director of Chicago NOW.

University of Chicago

Walter E. Massey, Hyde Park, as vice president for research programs at the University of Chicago effective in October. Massey will continue in his position at Argonne National Laboratory where he has been director since 1979. He also holds the position of professor of physics at the University of Chicago.

Resignations

John L. Petersen, Aurora, resigned as chairman of the Illinois Fire Advisory Commission in October. Petersen, who served five years as chairman, accepted an appointment as associate judge of the 16th Judicial Circuit. The governor will appoint Petersen's successor.

Honors

American Research and Engineering of Elgin, International Harvester of Hinsdale and Oak Switch Systems of Crystal Lake received the Illinois Society of Professional Engineers (ISPE) Governor's New Product Awards. Gov. James R. Thompson presented the awards on October 25 at a ceremony in Elgin.

Recipients of the awards were selected by a panel of judges appointed by the ISPE. To be eligible, the new products or processes had to be developed totally or in part in Illinois. American Research and Engineering was honored for developing the K-40 Dip Switch, a micro miniature switch for use in test instruments, computers, electronic games, appliances, stereo and communications equipment. International Harvester received the heavy industrial award for its Microprocessor Controlled Transmission

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for the I.H. Series 50 tractor. The transmission was developed and manufactured at the company's Farmall Plant in Rock Island. Oak Switch Systems was honored for its Oak Full Travel Membrane Keyboard, a high speed data entry keyboard.

The McDonald's Corporation of Oak Brook and Chicago Services for Work and Rehabilitation (CSWR) were presented certificates of appreciation from Gov. Thompson by Robert W. Granzeier, director of Rehabilitation Services (DORS), October 15 at the annual CSWR awards luncheon in Chicago. The certificate commended McDonald's Corporation and CSWR for their cooperation in a joint training venture which enables mentally retarded CSWR clients to learn job skills.

The Human Services Political Action Committee, Inc. (HSPAC), formed in August to back candidates supportive of human services, honored the following legislators for their work: Rep. Jack D. Davis (R-84th, Beecher) honored by HSPAC's rehabilitation division, Rep. Ellis B. Levin (D-5th, Chicago), honored by its special education division and William A. Marovitz (D-3rd, Chicago) honored by the Community Mental Health Centers Division. The legislators each received a plaque and a $200 check at a party held in their honor October 27 in Chicago.

The HSPAC was formed by administrators from human service agencies acting in the capacity of private citizens. The committee is suggesting the formation of a "high tech commission in the human services" to attract "future-oriented" service jobs to the state.

Russell "Rusty" Spitzner, Marion, was chosen by the Department of Mines and Minerals to receive the Outstanding Miner Award. Department director Brad Evilsizer presented Spitzner with the award on October 21 in Benton. Prior to his retirement in June as "assistant director underground" for the department, Spitzner had been active promoting education and safety for miners.

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