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THE BOARD: Chair: Michael H. Hudson, vice president, public affairs, Illinois Tool Works Inc., Chicago. Vice chair: Louis H. Masotti, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston. Members: Marcus Alexis, dean, College of Business Administration, University of Illinois, Chicago. Michael J. Bakalis, dean, School of Education, Loyola University, Chicago. James M. Banovetz, professor of public administration, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb. Norman Carlson, partner, Arthur Andersen & Co., Chicago. Christopher Cohen, attorney, Holleb & Coff, Chicago. William L. Day, editor emeritus, Springfield. James L. Fletccher, attorney, Chicago. James M. Furman, vice president, The MacArthur Foundation, Chicago. Robert T. Gannett Jr., codirector, Chicago Neighborhood Organizing Project. Leonard Gardner, executive director, governmental affairs division, Illinois Farm Bureau, Bloomington. Samuel K. Gove, professor of political science, University of Illinois, Urbana. William C. Harris, Illinois commissioner of banks and trust companies, Springfield. Doris B. Holleb, professional lecturer, University of Chicago. David Kenney, professor of political science emeritus, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Joan W. Levy, past president, Illinois Association of School Boards, Winnetka. Janet Malone Morrow, past executive director, Chicago Council of Urban Affairs. Philip R. O'Connor, chairman and president, Palmer Bellevue Corporation, Chicago. James T. Otis, attorney, Peoria. David Paulus, senior vice president, First Chicago Corporation, Chicago. Taylor Pensoneau, vice president, Illinios Coal Association, Springfield. Theodore Peterson, professor journalism emeritus, University of Illinois, Urbana. Betsy A. Plank, assistant vice president, Illinois Bell Telephone Co., Chicago. Robert F. Rich, director, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois. Raymond G. Romero, commissioner, Illinois Commerce Commission, Chicago. Hon. William G. Stratton, vice presiden, Chicago Bank of Commerce. Samuel W. Witwer, attorney, Chicago. J. Michael Lennon, ex officio member.

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