Edgar F. Callahan, 58, of Springfield, as
director of the Illinois Department of
Financial Institutions (DFI) by Gov. James
R. Thompson, effective March 21, pending
approval of the senate. Callahan became
deputy secretary of state under Michael J.
Hewlett in 1975, and was retained by Alan
Dixon to assist during the transition period
after Dixon took office. He replaced James
D. Nowlan, who is Gov. Thompson's special
assistant on education and who had been
serving temporarily as acting director of
DFI.
Nick Stone, 46, Springfield, as State Fair
superintendent by the governor effective
March 4. A 20-year Air Force veteran who
joined the State Fair Agency in December
1974 in a move to clean up the agency's fiscal
affairs, Stone had been acting superintendent since September 1976 when former
Supt. Paul King resigned.
Michele C. Kane, 26, of Springfield, as
acting director of the Department of
Finance by the governor, effective March 18.
Kane, who since 1975 had been a budget
analyst with the Bureau of the Budget, is
assigned to assist in the merger of the
Departments of Finance and General
Services into a new Department of Administrative Services. Thompson indicated that he would not seek senate confirmation for Kane.
Robert L. Radmacher, 39, Springfield, as
deputy director of the Department of
Business and Economic Development by
Director Donald L. Duster in February.
Former sales manager for Xerox Corporation, Radmacher worked for IBM for 10
years and did advance work for Gov.
Thompson during the campaign.
Daniel J. Lenckos, 31, of LaGrange, as
assistant director of the Department of
Revenue, effective March 16, pending
confirmation by the Senate. Since February
1975, Lenckos had been deputy regional
counsel for the Federal Energy Administration in Chicago. Previously he was legal
counsel in the office of the Illinois Comptroller, 1973-1975, and assistant legal counsel to the Illinois Legislative Investigating Commission, 1971-1973.
Walter J. Kesselman, 35, Springfield, as
assistant director of the state Department of
Veteran's Affairs, by the governor in
February. Kesselman was director of the
House minority staff, 1975-1977, and had served previously as director of the House
appropriations staff.
Raymond D. Lett, 42, rural New Berlin, as
assistant director of the Illinois Department
of Agriculture by the governor, effective
March 21. A partner in a 400-acre grain and
hog farm 60 miles southwest of Chicago, he
was state executive director of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture's Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation Service
(ASCS), Springfield, 1971-1977. In 1976 he
was named best in the nation at his job by the
U.S. secretary of agriculture.
Gilbert A. Fricke, 53, rural Petersburg, as
superintendent of the Division of Marketing
and Agricultural Services, Illinois Department of Agriculture by Director John Block,
effective March 1. Fricke, a senior partner in
a 1,600-acre beef, hog and grain operation, is
a former president of the Illinois Pork
Producers Association.
Dr. R. Bruce McMillan, 39, Chatham, as
director of the Illinois State Museum
Division by the board in January. Dr.
McMillan came to the museum in 1969 as
associate curator of anthropology and had
been assistant director since 1973. During
1977 the state museum is celebrating its
Centennial with special programs and events.
Paul B. Simmons, 35, Alexandria, Va., as
director of the State of Illinois Office in
Washington, D.C., by the governor effective
March 11. Simmons' job is to get more
federal money for Illinois, which now ranks
37th among the states on per capita return of
tax dollars. Previously, he was congressional
liaison for the U.S. Department of Health,
Education and Welfare, 1975-1977.
Clementine Souchet by Lt. Gov. Dave
O'Neal as his representative to the Hispanic
communities in the state, effective March 21.
Born in Puerto Rico, she has lived in Puerto
Rico and Chicago, and has worked for the
Mayor's Commission on Human Relations,
the Board of Education, the Teamsters
Union Health and Welfare Fund, and the Secretary of State.
Former Sen. James F. Bell (R., Joliet) as
chief of the Crime Victims Compensation
Division, Office of the Attorney General, in
February. Bell was defeated in November by
George Sangmeister (D., Mokena).
Also appointed by Atty. Gen. Scott was
former U.S. Attorney, Donald B. Mackay,
38, Springfield, as director of the Anti-Trust
Division, effective March 15. Mackay served
as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of
Illinois, 1971-1977. Gerald Fines, Springfield, was named by the U.S. District Court, Southern District, to replace Mackay until President Carter appoints his successor.
Fines had been assistant U.S. attorney since
August 1976.
James S. Montana, Jr., 33, Highland
Park, as special counsel to the Department
of Financial Institutions in February by the
governor. Montana is investigating allegations made against currency exchanges in
Chicago.
Al Bernardi, 53, Springfield, as administrative assistant in the Department of
Mental Health by Dr. Robert deVito,
effective March 7. A former organizer for
the Teamsters Union, Bernard! will handle
personnel and other matters for the state's
facilities.
Mary Eleanor Wall, Elmhurst, by President Carter as a member of the Committee on the Selection of the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Mrs. Wall, whose husband was President Carter's campaign manager for Illinois, is a member of the DuPage County Board. The selection committee, given until mid-May to make its recommendation, will probably ask for an
extension. Applications for the FBI post
or recommendations can be sent to the
committee, c/o the Office of the Attorney
General, Washington, D.C.
Jeff Forster, 28, Springfield, and Timothy
Sullivan, 30, Peoria, as staff assistants,
Senate Democratic staff, in March. Forster,
an aide to former Lt. Gov. Neil Hartigan,
handles legislation assigned to the Revenue
Committee. Sullivan, who worked for the
Ohio legislature for the past three years, was
assigned to the Executive Appointments and
Administration Committee and the Elections Committee.
William J. Hocter, 42, as staff vice
president of the Illinois Bankers Association
(IBA), effective in September. Vice president
and economist of the Federal Reserve Bank
of Cleveland and former assistant vice
president of the Federal Reserve Bank of
Chicago, Hocter is expected to succeed
Robert C. Schrimple, 60, who is retiring this
fall. Schrimple joined the IBA as its
secretary in 1961 and was elected to his
present post in 1967. He plans to continue as
a legislative consultant to the IBA in
Springfield after his retirement.
Jack W. Peltason, 53, chancellor of the
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
campus, as president of the American
Council on Education, Washington, D.C.
The position is effective September 1, 1977.
Peltason, whose academic field is political
science, became the first chancellor of the
Champaign-Urbana campus in 1967.
Dr. Anthony Downs, 46, Barrington, as a
senior fellow at the Brookings Institution,
Washington, D.C., beginning June 1.
Downs, who is vice chairman of the board,
Chicago Real Estate Research Corp., has
been a real estate consultant for 18 years and
served as board chairman, 1973-1977.
Duane R. Kullberg, a deputy managing
partner of Arthur Andersen & Co., Chicago,
has been appointed to the board of Illinois
Issues by President John E. Corbally, Jr., of
the University of Illinois, and President
Robert C. Spencer of Sangamon State
University. Kullberg is state treasurer of
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Miriam Ringo as village manager of Westmont, DuPage County. Ringo was director of operations for House Speaker William Redmond until resigning in January 1977.
Resignations
Jayne Thompson, the state's first lady, as
deputy chief of the Attorney General's
Criminal Justice Division effective April 1.
Mrs. Thompson, an attorney, who has been
with the office for eight years, says her
resignation reflects the need for a new
challenge and has nothing to do with her
husband's job. She is interested in practicing
in the civil law field.
Tony Leone, Springfield, as supervisor of public disclosure for the State Board of Elections, effective March 31. Leone, who served with the board since 1975, has been named assistant chief clerk of the city of Springfield Board of Election Commissioners to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of James Dunbar.
Deaths
Henry A. Schwarz, 54, O'Fallon, on
March 21 at Belleville Memorial Hospital.
Schwarz was named U.S. Attorney for the
Eastern District of Illinois in 1969 by former
President Richard Nixon. During his eight
years in that office, he gained a reputation as a tough prosecutor of government corruption, bringing several cases against officials.
Paul Oppermann, 73, on March 16 in a hospital near his home in Cambridge, Mass., where he had been a lecturer in planning at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was the first director of the Chicago Regional Planning Association which was absorbed into the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission in 1957. He continued to serve as director until 1967.
George D. Burroughs, Edwardsville, the oldest member of the Illinois State Bar Association, in March in a Springfield hospital at the age of 103. Burroughs actively practiced law from 1894 until 1974. He was elected to the State Bar Association in 1903.
Honors
Sen. Fred Smith (D., Chicago), who is
now serving his 35th year in the Illinois
legislature, has been named "Dean of the
Senate." Smith has been a member of the
Senate since his election in 1954 and had
previously served six terms in the Illinois
House of Representatives.
King "Tut" at the Field Museum, Chicago: April 15-August 15
State exhibits
Sculpture of Richard Hunt at the Illinois State Museum, Springfield: May 1-June 5
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