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Gov. Jim Edgar created a 36-member taskforce November 5 to study health care issues facing state government. The task force's first job will be to recommend how the state can best provide health care for the poor. It will deal with broad issues of access, cost and changes in federal policy under the Clinton administration as well as a very specific question: Should the state continue the Medicaid assessment program that brings in more than $735 million in additional federal assistance? A report is due February 1.

Named by the governor as chair of the taskforce is Ernest R. Wish, 61, of Chicago, who recently retired as managing partner of Chicago-based Coopers & Lybrand, which has done consulting in the field of health care. Vice chair is John Washburn, 49, of Wheaton, senior vice president of Virginia Surety Co., Chicago. He was in Gov. James R. Thompson's administration as deputy governor and director of the Department of Insurance.

Academia: Richard J. Arnould, 51, of Champaign, director of the Program in Health Economics, Management and Policy at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Edward F. Lawlor, 37, of Chicago, associate professor at the Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago; Aida Giachello, 47, of Chicago, assistant professor, Jane Addams School of Social Work, University of Illinois, Chicago.

Health care industry: Lee Domanico, 40, of Chicago, chief executive officer of Columbus-Cabrini Medical Center/Columbus Hospital, Chicago; Arthur F. Kohlman,59, of Chicago, chief executive officer of LaRabida Children's Hospital and Research Center, Chicago; Susan Manilow, 54, of Chicago, chair of the Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center Board of Trustees; Pamela K. Meyer, 43, of Lisle, president and chief executive officer, Edward Hospital, Naperville; Richard Risk, 46, of Oak Park, president and chief executive officer, Evangelical Health Systems, Oak Brook; and Robert Wierman,47, of Peoria, chief executive officer of Peoria Methodist Hospital.

Insurance: Larry Barry, 47, of Springfield, president of the Illinois Life Insurance Council; Ray McCaskey, 49, of Palatine, president and chief operating officer, Illinois BlueCross/Blue Shield, Chicago.

Long-term care: Sherry Gravenstein, 50, of Freeport, president of the County Nursing Home Association of Illinois and president and administrator of Stephenson Nursing Center, Freeport; Connie March, 45, of Bellflower, vice president for geriatric services, Servantcor, Kankakee; Leon Shiofrock, 72, of Skokie, chairman of the board of Betcare Associates, Skokie; Joseph F. Warner, 50, of Bloomington, president of Heritage Enterprises, Bloomington, and immediate past president, Illinois Health Care Association,Springfield.

Private businesses: G. Michael Hammes,46, of Moline, president of the Heritage National Healthplan Inc., Moline; Sally Jackson, 41, of Chicago, president of the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce; Vince Kelly, 32, of Winnetka, vice president and co-head of health care finance, First National Bank of Chicago; Leonard J. Muller, 54, of Wheaton, chief executive officer of Synergon Health Systems Inc., Oak Park, and chairman of the Management Association of Illinois, Weschester; and David F. Vite, 42, of Woodstock, chairman of the board of directors of Memorial Hospital, Woodstock, and president of the Illinois Retail Merchants Association, Chicago.

Physicians: Roger Herrin, 55, of Harrisburg; Alexander R. Lerner, 46, of Glencoe, chief executive officer of the Illinois State Medical Society, Chicago; Ernestine Willis, 42, of Oak Park, Woodlawn Maternal and Child Health Center, Chicago.

Other members: Joyce Bowen, 47, of Chicago, health care specialist, Chicago Urban League; Kristine W. Coryell, 45, of Chicago, manager of midwest state government relations for Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Inc., Hoffman Estates; John Dailey, 50, of Peoria, president. Community Bank of Peoria, and chairman, Illinois Health Facilities Authority, Chicago; Lenore Janacek, 48, of Chicago, president of Lenore Janacek and Associates, Lincolnwood; Michael Mitchell, 63, of Winnetka, vice president and treasurer, Economy Folding Box Corp., Chicago, and board member, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago; June Wesbury, 57, of Oak Brook, League of Women Voters of Illinois, Chicago; Jerry Wynn, 39, Chicago, assistant executive director, Winfield Moody Health Center, Chicago.

The governor also invited each of the four legislative leaders to appoint a lawmaker to his task force. They include: Sen. Howard W. Carroll (D-l, Chicago), Sen. John W. Maitland Jr. (R-44, Bloomington), Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie (D-26, Chicago) and Rep. Gerald C. "Jerry" Weller (R-85, Morris).

Edgar assigned the following from his administration to work with the task force: Philip Bradley, 48, Springfield, director, Department of Public Aid; Arnold Kanter, 46, of Highland Park, chief counsel to the governor; John Noak, 57, of Springfield, executive director, Illinois Health Care Cost Containment Council; Felicia Norwood, 33, of Chicago, the governor's executive assistant for human services; and Stephen Selcke, 38, of Springfield, director, Department of Insurance.

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Gov. Edgar's new Private Enterprise Review and Advisory Board held its first meeting November 5 in Chicago. As cochairs, the governor named Scott Hodes, 55, of Chicago, a senior partner with Ross & Hardies, Chicago, and cochair of Atty. Gen. Roland W. Burris's advisory commission, and Joan Walters, 52, of Springfield, director of the governor's Bureau of the Budget.

"The governor has given us carte blanc to dig into government services to determine whether are not it is more effective and efficient to privatize," Hodes said. Created by Executive Order No. 12 (October 1,1991), the 26-member board has representatives from the business community, public employee unions and employee associations, the Edgar administration and the legislature (each of the four leaders has two appointments to the board). Members serve without compensation. The board's report to the governor and the General Assembly is due March 12.

At its first meeting the board divided into working subcommittees that dovetail with agencies in the governor's cabinet: economic development, environment, general government (including Central Management Services and the Capital Development Board), human services, public safety (including the Department of Corrections) and regulation.

Representing private businesses: Cedric Blazer, 62, of Rockford, president, Zenith Cutter Co., Rockford; James Bruner, 48, of Jacksonville, president, Illinois Valley Paving Co., Winchester; David F. Craigmile, 64, of Lake Forest, president, Elkay Manufacturing Co., Oak Brook; Karen S. Davidson,42, of Centralia, president, KDA Software Inc., Centralia; Jerry Naughton, 32, of Springfield, manager, Manpower, Springfield, and chairman of the National Federation of Independent Businesses in Illinois; and Harry J. Seigle, 45, of Dundee, president, Seigle Home Building Centers, Elgin,and former board chairman, Illinois State Chamber of Commerce.

Representing employee unions and associations: Benjamin Bonales, 42, of Lindenhurst, manager of the compliance division, Illinois Department of Human Rights, and president, Illinois Association of Hispanic Employees; Steve Culen, 56, of Chicago, executive director, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Council 31, Chicago; Lionel J. Gindorf, 67, of Chicago, business manager, Operating Engineers Local 399, Chicago; Harry Kurshenbaum of Chicago, General Services Employees Local 73, Chicago; Virginia McCollum, 44, Oak Forest, ambulatory care specialist, Olympia Fields Hospital and Medical Center, and president, District 20, Illinois Nurses Association; and Gary Sullivan, 45, of Springfield, president, Teamsters Local 916, Springfield.

State agencies: Shinae Chun, 49, of Riverwoods, director, Illinois Department of Labor; Jan M. Grayson, 51, of Chicago, director. Department of Commerce and Community Affairs; and Stephen B. Schnorf, 48, of Rochester, director, Department of Central Management Services.

At-large members: Jeff Miller, 46, of Evanston, associate dean, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, and Hodes.

Legislative appointments (as of December 3). Senate Republican Leader James "Pate" Philip (R-23, Wood Dale) appointed Sen.William F. Mahar, 45, (R-19, Orland Park) and Edwin H. Moore, 41, of Lincolnshire, president. Electric Metering Co., Arlington Heights. Senate President Philip J. Rock (D-8,Oak Park) appointed Sen. Penny L. Severns (D-51, Decatur) and (duplicating the governor) AFSCME Council 31 Director Culen.

William L. Blake, 54, of Peoria was named director of aeronautics for the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) by Secy. of Transportation Kirk Brown, effective November 23. Administering more than $130 million annually in state and federal funds for airport improvements throughout Illinois, Blake's responsibilities include the development of Scott Air Force Base near Belleville into a joint military-civilian airport. The division also provides emergency medical transportation services, sponsors air safety education programs and conducts airport safety inspections.

A member of the Greater Peoria Airport Authority since 1988, Blake was its chair since 1991. From 1980-89 he was senior vice president and general counsel with Bielfeldt and Company, a commodity brokerage firm in Peoria. Blake's annual salary at IDOT is $73,152. He succeeded Roger Marquardt.

Rose Jennings, 52, of Chicago was named an assistant director of the Department of Central Management Services (CMS) by the governor, effective October 20. A special assistant to CMS director Stephen B. Schnorf since she joined the agency in February 1991, Jennings is one of the two agency's assistant directors, both based in Chicago. Her new duties include supervising two units: Internal Security and Investigations and the Minority and Female Business Enterprise Office. She fills a position that had been vacant since the beginning of the Edgar administration. Her appointment requires Senate confirmation, and her annual salary is $62,186.

Gov. Edgar appointed three new members to the 19-member Advisory Council on the Education of Handicapped Children, effective October 14. The council advises the State Board of Education on regulations, materials, programs and unmet needs related to the special education of handicapped children.

The appointees are Bridget Looney, 48, of Chicago, vice president and general manager of Cablecom Corporation of Chicago, replacing Bonnie Perman; Ronald Cress, 54, of DeKalb, a consultant with Cress and Associates in DeKalb, replacing Mary McDermed; and Donald Behle, 39, of Lincoln, a city attorney in Lincoln, replacing Carla Hayes.

All terms expire June 30,1995. Members are paid expenses only, and their appointments do not require Senate confirmation.

Anne Nadakavukaren, 51, of Normal, environmental health lecturer for the health sciences department of Illinois State University, was appointed by Gov. Edgar to the Structural Pest Control Advisory Council.The 10-member group advises the Department of Public Health on rules for selection and application of restricted pesticides in buildings and offers suggestions for examination for licensure of commercial pest control businesses, registration of owners or operators of noncommercial pest control locations, and certification of pest control technicians. She will serve a four-year term, effective October 14, and ending on April 28, 1996. Senate confirmation is not necessary.

The Supreme Court announced the following appointments, assignments and resignations, many reflecting changes of the November election.

Illinois Judicial Conference
A new chair and vice chair were appointed by the Supreme Court to the executive committee of the Illinois Judicial Conference. Cook County Circuit Judge James C.Murray of Chicago, on assignment to the

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1st District Appellate Court, is chair, and 2nd District Appellate Judge Lawrence D. Inglis of Gumee is vice chair. Their terms began December 1 and will end November 30.

Other executive committee members are Cook County Circuit Judge Shelvin Louise Hall of Chicago, appointed to a one-year term ending November 30. She replaced Charles Durham, who retired. Reappointed were Alexander T. Bower of Ottawa, chief judge of the 13th Circuit, and Cook County Circuit Judge Michael C. Close of Chicago, effective December 1, for terms ending November 30, 1995.

The 12-person committee assists the Supreme Court in its annual judicial conference. Mandated by the Illinois Constitution, the conference considers the administration of justice in Illinois and makes recommendations for improvement. Its report is submitted to the General Assembly by January 31.

1st Appellate District
Cook County Circuit Judge Alan J. Greiman of Chicago, currently on assignment to the 1st District Appellate Court, was reassigned until December 5, 1994.

David Linn of Chicago, resigned as judge of the 1st District Appellate Court, effective December 20. A judicial officer since 1971 and an appellate judge since 1976, he was a delegate to the 1970 Constitutional Convention, an alternate member of the Illinois Courts Commission and a member of the Illinois Judicial Conference's Study Committee on Contempt.

1st District Appellate Court Judge Francis S. Lorenz of Chicago retired effective December 7. State treasurer from 1961-63 (appointed by Gov. Otto Kerner), Lorenz was director of Public Works and Buildings from 1963-67. He became an appellate judge in 1970 and was a member of the Illinois Courts Commission in 1978. His last official duty as chair of the 1st District Executive Committee was to officiate December 7 in Chicago at the induction of Mary Ann Grohwin McMorrow as the first woman justice on the Illinois Supreme Court.

2nd Appellate District
The Supreme Court terminated the assignment of retired appellate judge Marvin D. Dunn of Saint Charles in the 2nd District Appellate Court, effective December 31. Ajudicial officer since 1976, Dunne was a former chief circuit judge of the 16th Circuit and had been an appellate judge since 1986.

Cook County Circuit
Circuit Judge Henry A. Budzinski of Chicago was appointed chief presiding judge of the probate division by Chief Judge Harry G. Comerford, effective December 7.

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stitutional authority, assigned the following retired circuit judges (many of them recent appointees who lost in the November election) to judicial service in the Cook County Circuit Court. The assignments were effective December 7 (the date that judicial terms of office expired) and will end May 31 unless otherwise noted.

Thomas F. Dwyer of Alsip, appointed judge in 1991; Julian J. Frazin of Chicago, appointed in 1990; Francis X. Golniewicz Jr. of Chicago, appointed in 1991; Moshe Jacobius of Skokie, appointed in 1991; James B. Klein of Glencoe, appointed in 1991; Marvin P. Luckman of Skokie, appointed in 1991; Samuel C. Maragos of Chicago, appointed in 1990; Benjamin E. Novoselsky of Skokie, a judicial officer since 1973 and presiding judge of the juvenile division, assigned to judicial service effective January 11; Daniel Pascale of Chicago, appointed in 1990; Richard R. Rochester of Northbrook, appointed in 1991; George J. Zimmerman of Chicago, a judicial officer since 1966; and Morton Zwick of Chicago, appointed in 1991.

2nd Circuit
Circuit Judge Edward Benecki of Lawrenceville retired December 7; he had been a judge since 1991.

4th Circuit
Circuit Judge E. C. Eberspacher of Shelbyville retired December 7; he had been a judicial officer since 1985.

7th Circuit
Jeanne Scott of Springfield was selected by her fellow circuit judges of the 7th Circuit as chief judge, effective December 1. She succeeded Judge Joseph Kovall.

9th Circuit
Bufford W. Hottle Jr. of Monmouth retired December 7; he had been a judge since1990.

19th Circuit
John A. German of Washington returned to duty as a circuit judge of the 1Oth Judicial Circuit, effective December 6. He had been serving on assignment in the 3rd District Appellate Court.

13th Circuit
George C. Hupp Sr. of Ottawa retired December 7; he had been a judicial officer since 1990.

16th Circuit
Richard J. Larson of Geneva retired December 7; he had been a judicial officer since 1991.

19th Circuit
Circuit Judge Ward Arnold of Union retired December 7; he had been a judicial officer since 1984.

21st Circuit
James R. Blunk of Watseka retired December 7; he had been a judicial officer since 1986.

Witwer retires from Illinois Issues board; Banovetz new chair

Samuel W. Witwer, 84, of Kenilworth, one of Illinois Issues' founding board members and president of the Sixth Illinois Constitutional Convention, announced his retirement from the board in November at its semi-annual meeting. "It was my privilege in 1974 to join with my good friends, Professor Samuel Gove and our now senior U.S. Sen. Paul Simon, in founding and incorporating Illinois Issues," Witwer said. "The magazine has since far exceeded our highest hopes in advancing public interest, understanding and participation in the cause of good government for Illinois. Of course, the true credit goes to those dedicated persons who have served so faithfully on the board and staff and to our many distinguished contributors who have combined their efforts to make Illinois Issues an excellent publication."

Witwer, who earned his law degree from Harvard in 1933, is a member of the Chicago law firm Witwer, Burlage, Poltrock & Giampietro. He has received numerous awards and honors for his civic, legal and church involvement, including the honorary title, "father of the Illinois Constitution." He presided over the 1969-70 Constitutional Convention as president, and the work of the convention produced the present state Constitution. A Republican, Witwer was a candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1960. Witwer's biography written by Elmer Gertz and Edward S. Gilbreth, Quest for a Constitution: A Man Who Wouldn't Quit, was published in 1984 by University Press of America.

Illinois Issues board also elected its new chair and vice chair in November. New chair is James M. Banovetz of DeKalb. He is professor and director, Division of Public Administration, Department of Political Science, Northern Illinois University. His expertise is local government, and he is co-editor of Illinois Issues' textbook for junior and senior high school students, Governing Illinois: Of the People, by the People, and for the People, published in 1991. He was the Albert A. Levin Professor of Urban Studies and Public Service at the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University, during academic year 1991-92.

Illinois Issues' new vice chair is Doris M. Holleb of Chicago. A former director of the Metropolitan Institute, University of Chicago, she is currently professorial lecturer at the university.

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Both Illinois Issues board officers will serve the remainder of two-year terms: Banovetz the term of the late Michael H. Hudson, vice president of public affairs, Illinois Tools Works Inc., who died in February; and Holleb the term of Louis H. Masotti, formerly with Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, who resigned from the board last spring. Serving as acting chair since February was Samuel K. Gove, the board's charter chairman and professor emeritus of political science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Ronald M. King of Springfield, chief fiscal officer for the Illinois Department of Agriculture for 18 years, received the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture's 1992 Honor Award for Administration at its annual meeting September 28. By winning the award King is automatically nominated for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Employee of the Year Award. King has served under five Illinois directors of agriculture and is credited with restoring financial integrity to the Mid-America International Agri-Trade Council. He redesigned fiscal controls and provided financial oversight for almost 14 years to the council, a group of 12 midwestern state agriculture departments that promotes agricultural products for export.

Sangamon State University President Naomi B. Lynn, 59, of Springfield, assumed the presidency of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration at its annual meeting October 23. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the association is the accrediting body for graduate schools of public affairs and public administration. It serves more than 215 universities and government agencies involved in education, research and training in public affairs and public administration. A member of the National Academy of Public Administration, Lynn is the author of numerous articles and books on public administration, political science and women in politics. Her term asassociation president is for one year.

Staff contributors include Margaret S. Knoepfle, James Pollock and Charles Swearingen.

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