Names
Appointments
Peter Bensinger, Chicago, as head of the
federal Drug Enforcement Administration,
and Mitchell Kobelinski, Chicago, as head
of the federal Small Business Administration, both by President Ford in December.
Charles E. Glennon, Dwight, as circuit
judge in the 11th Circuit effective January 1
by the Illinois Supreme Court. He fills the
vacancy created by the resignation of Judge
Wilton Erlenborn.
James M. Riccolo, Dwight, as successor
to fill the legislative seat of Rep. Joseph
Fennessey (D., Ottawa) for the final 12
months of the two-year term. Fennessey
announced his retirement on December 31
to accept an appointment as clerk of the
Third District Appellate Court. Riccolo
filed to run for a Democratic nomination to
the House in the primary.
Bennett Bradley, Jr., Decatur, as replacement for former Rep. Webber Borchers (R.,
Decatur) in the Illinois House. Borchers was
ruled ineligible to hold his seat after being
convicted of theft and official misconduct.
Four new appointees have assumed major
posts in the Department of Children and
Family Services: David M. Bankard, Rochester, as deputy director for management
services, December 1; Marian Quinn Barnes, DesPlaines attorney, as legal staff activities
director, January 1; William G. Lunsford,
Chicago, as administrator of the department's Cook County central support services, November 17; and Victor B. Briones, Springfield, as new migrant resource coordinator, December 1. He will coordinate
the state's programs for migrant families.
John Houlihan and William Burke as
director and assistant director of the new
Department of Veterans Affairs by Gov.
Walker on January 5. The men held similar
positions with the former Illinois Veterans'
Commission.
Lucy Salenger as managing director of the
Office of Motion Picture and Television
Services by Joseph Pisciotte, director of the
Department of Business and Economic
Development, on December 15. She has had
TV production experience with CBS and WLS.
William L. Grant, Peoria, as assistant
superintendent of federal and state grants
for the Illinois Office of Education, effective January 15, by State Education Supt.
Joseph M. Cronin. Grant was assistant
superintendent of Peoria schools since 1968.
Edward Vass, St. Charles, a criminal
justice specialist, as special legislative liaison
for the Illinois Law Enforcement Commission in Chicago by David Fogel, commission director, on December 12.
Donald P. Satchell, professor of soil
science at Southern Illinois University
(Carbondale), as a member of the Pollution
Control Board by Gov. Walker December
29. He will serve a three-year term.
Dr. Harold J. Gluskoter, geologist at the
Illinois State Geological Survey, as head of
the Survey's coal section by the Illinois
Board of Natural Resources and Conservation in December.
James J. McDonough, former commissioner of the Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation, as a member of the Chicago Transit Authority effective December 16. The appointment was made by Chicago
Mayor Richard Daley and confirmed by
Gov. Walker.
Dr. Leon H. Perley, Peoria, as president
of Illinois Central College by the board of
trustees to succeed Dr. Kenneth Edwards
who retired December 31. Perley served as
the college's vice president for financial
affairs.
Dr. Keros Cartwright as head of the
Hydrology and Geophysics Section of the
Illinois State Geological Survey by the
Illinois Board of Natural Resources and
Conservation in December.
Gary Wright, to head a new Division of
Nuclear Safety established December 1 in
the Illinois Department of Public Health.
Wright, who has a master's degree in nuclear
engineering from the University of Illinois,
has been engineer in the department's
Division of Radiological Health since 1973
and formerly headed the department's
nuclear power station surveillance program.
Other
Norman G. Swenson, president of the
Cook County College Teachers Union, was
pardoned at Christmas by Gov. Walker.
Swenson was serving a five-month jail
sentence for contempt of court imposed by a
circuit court judge when Swenson violated a
return-to-work mandate during a teachers'
strike against City Colleges of Chicago.
Continued from January 1976 Legislative Audit Commission Legislative Council
Legislative Investigating Commission
Legislative Reference Bureau Legislative Space Needs Commission
Little Calumet River Flood Control Coordinating Committee
Livestock Commissioners, Advisory Board of
Mental Health & Disabilities, Commission on
Model School for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing Study Commission
Motor Vehicle Laws Commission
Northeastern Illinois Planning, Legislative Advisory Committee to
Pension Laws Commission
Public Aid, Legislative Advisory Committee on Rape Study Committee
Recreation Council
Regents of Regency Universities, Senate Interim Committee on Temporary Appointments to Board of Legislative commission memberships
will he continued in April March 1976 / Illinois Issues / 29
Legislative commissions
Senate: D Daley, Smith, Vadalabene; R Clarke, H. H. Hall, Graham
House: D Boyle, Davis, McPartlin; R Duff, LaFleur, C. M. Stiehl
Senate: D Course, Donnewald, Joyce, McCarthy, Morris; R Mitchler, Ozinga, Shapiro
House: D Choate, Downs, Leverenz, Mudd, Schneider; R Mahar, Rose, E. G. Steele
Senate: D Rock, Dougherty, Savickas; R H. R. Mohr, Philip, Roe
House: D Rayson, Taylor; R Sevcik, Peters, Ryan, Simms
Senate: D Donnewald, Rock; R Glass, Ozinga
House: D Ewell, Van Duyne; R Friedrich, Rose
Senate: D Donnewald, Dougherty, Partee, Rock; R Davidson, Harris, H. R. Mohr
House: D Brandt, Nardulli, O'Daniel, Londrigan; R J. D. Jones, Friedrich, Friedland
Senate: D Daley, Dougherty, Lane; R Glass, Mitchler, D. A. Moore
House: D Getty, Giglio, Kelly; R Miller, R. J. Palmer, J. M. Barnes
Senate: D Knuppel
House: D Schisler
Senate: D Brady, Demuzio, Hickey; R Ozinga, Schaffer, Nimrod
House: D E. Jones, Mugalian, Satterthwaite; R Daniels, Kucharski, Lauer
Senate: D Johns, B. Palmer, Joyce; R - Berning, Shapiro
House: D Birchler, Downs, Luft; R Polk, R. Dunn
Senate: D Course, Morris, Vadalabene; R Latherow, Bell
House: D Craig, Fennessey, Giglio; R Neff, McAuliffe
Senate: D H. W. Carroll, Savickas, Welsh; R Berning, Nimrod, Philip
House: D Williams, Hanahan, D'Arco; R Mahar, Schlickman, Reed
Senate: D Egan, Romano, Newhouse; R Berning, Shapiro
House: D Merlo, Terzich, Sharp; R Ebbesen, McCourt
Senate: D Dougherty, Smith, Lane; R Schaffer, D. A. Moore, Ozinga
House: D Davis, Flinn, Mann; R Campbell, Kempiners, Catania
House: D E. M. Barnes, Jaffe, Kozubowski, Washington; R Geo-Karis, Gaines, J. M. Barnes, Peters
Senate: D Newhouse, Morris; R H. H. Hall
House: D Brinkmeier, Schisler; R Deavers
Senate: R Davidson, H. H. Hall, Shapiro