Sally Easterley, Belleville, as manager of the Springfield office. She was formerly employed by the chief judge. Criminal Division, 20th Judicial Circuit.
Ernest Teagle, Belleville, former campaign assistant, as legislative liaison and director of research.
Vicki Sands, Shelbyville, as executive secretary and scheduler. She was a secretary for the Illinois House for the past four years.
Ray White, Athens, to direct programs
administered by the lieutenant governor for
senior citizens. He had been administrative
assistant, Department of Aging.
Appointments by Secy. of State Dixon
Joseph P. McMahon as deputy secretary
Former Cook County circuit clerk (1960-
1964), he resigned to assume the position of
assistant secretary of state (1964-1971), and
joined Treasurer Dixon's staff in 1971 as
assistant state treasurer. He succeeds Edgar
Callahan who is being retained during the
transition period.
Eugene Callahan as assistant deputy secretary. A reporter for 10 years, he became assistant press secretary for Gov. Samuel Shapiro (1968-1969) and later for Lt. Gov. Paul Simon (1969-1973). He joined Treasurer Dixon's staff in 1973, holding various positions during that time. Callahan succeeds Martin J. McLaughlin.
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Gene Graves as director of physical services. Graves, who headed Secy. of State Alan Dixon's downstate campaign, is the former director of the Department of Business and Economic Development (1963-1969) and assistant to the president of SIU-Edwardsville (1969-1974). He succeeds Norbert J. Johnson.
Jack Livengood will continue as assistant director of driver services until February. A replacement has not been named.
Thomas Loftus, former newspaperman,
as press secretary. He succeeds Ed Reynolds.
Appointments
Clyde L. Choate (D., Anna) as director of
external affairs at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, effective January 15.
Choate notified the 59th legislative committee of the Democratic party on January 8
that he was declining his reelection to a 16th
term in the General Assembly. First elected
to the General Assembly in 1949, he had held
leadership posts since 1955 and was chairman of the Illinois delegation to the
Democratic Convention in 1972.
Appointed to replace Choate was William Harris (D., Marion), who was sworn in with the other newly elected House members on January 10. To accept the legislative seat, Harris resigned as vice chairman of the State Board of Elections and has created an impasse for the Board of Elections. The board's current method of appointment has been ruled unconstitutional by the court, and new legislation must be passed under the court order (see State Board of Election articles, pp. 12-17).
Tom Ohler of Mt. Pulaski as director of operations for the House of Representatives by House Speaker William Redmond (D., Bensenville), effective January 12. Ohler began as an intern with the House Democratic staff in 1970 and has served as administrative assistant to former House Majority Leader Gerald Shea (D., Riverside) for the past three years. Ohler replaces Miriam Ringo who resigned January 7.
Kenneth A. Wright, secretary of the Illinois Senate since 1971, has been elected to the Executive Committee of the American Society of Legislative Clerks and Secretaries.
James Jeffers of Springfield as executive director of the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, effective February 1. Currently executive director of the Federal Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, Jeffers had previously served as a legislative aide to former Gov. Richard Ogilvie and in a similar capacity under Comptroller George Lindberg. He succeeds Marlene Nelson who has been serving as acting director.
Edward V. Waage as executive in charge of hazardous materials for the Illinois Emergency Services and Disaster Agency, by director E. Erie Jones, on December 1. Waage had been assistant professor of chemistry at Illinois State University, Normal, for the past five years.
Richard Kolhauser and Laurence Toenjes by Robert Mandeville, director of the Bureau of the Budget, as assistant directors, effective January 11. Their state careers both began in the Bureau of the Budget in 1969 and then both joined the comptroller's staff in 1973 when Mandeville was deputy comptroller.
Sue Laue, as communications coordinator for the Water Pollution Commission, a special two-year program of the Environmental Protection Agency, effective last November. She was a writer for the Illinois Office of Education, 1973-1976.
Edward H. Levi, U.S. attorney general under the Ford administration, has returned to the University of Chicago as Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service professor in the undergraduate college and law school.
Nick Penning, Springfield, by U.S. Rep. Paul Simon (D., Illinois) to his Washington staff, effective February 22. Penning, who was a reporter for WICS-TV, will do research on legislative and constituent matters.
Raymond R. Becker, public affairs director of Interlake, Inc., Chicago, is the new president of the Chicago Area Public Affairs Group, succeeding William F. Krick, director of employee and community affairs for Union Oil Company of California, Palatine.
Roland W. Burris, 39, as national executive director and chief operating officer of Operation Push by its board of directors, effective January 17. Burris, who headed the department of General Services during the Walker administration, was a candidate for comptroller in the 1976 Democratic primary. From 1964-72, he was a vice president of the Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Co., the first black to hold this office.
Charles Marshall, 47, vice president and treasurer of American Telephone and Telegraph Co., was elected president, chief executive officer and a director of the Illinois Bell Telephone Co. by the IBT board, effective April 1. He replaces James E. Olson, 51, who was chosen executive vice president of ATT by the ATT board in New York. The board also named Charles L. Brown, 55, as vice chairman and chief financial officer of ATT effective April 1. He succeeds William L. Lindholm, who is retiring.
W. Michael McCreery as government relations counsel for the AMAX Coal Company in Mason City, effective January 17. McCreery worked with the Illinois Attorney General's Office, 1971-1973, and was assistant director of state legislation for the Illinois Farm Bureau, 1973-1976.
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Resignations
William J. Littell, 69, of Peoria as chief clerk of the U.S. District Court in Springfield on January 1. Littell, who served the 39-county district since 1959, was previously U.S. marshal of the Southern District. Herbert Boyer, from executive director of
the Legislative Space Needs Commission,
effective February 26, for medical reasons.
Boyer, who served since his appointment in
May 1975, had previously worked for the
Illinois Building Authority and the Capital
Development Board as a construction
supervisor.
Deaths
Former state Rep. Marvin R. Dee, 58 (R., Chicago), in Chicago on January 3. A maritime lawyer and builder, he was appointed to the House in 1973 to fill the vacancy created by the death of Peter Granata (R., Chicago)and served until 1974. Claude E. Vick, 85, in Springfield on December 12. His career in education Continued on back cover. |
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