Names

Appointments

Larry Leonard as state senator (D., Waukegan) by the 31st District Legislative Committee. Sen. Leonard, who was sworn in May 5, has promised to run for election on his own. He filled the vacancy left by Bill Morris (D., Waukegan), who was elected mayor of Waukegan and resigned his Senate seat. Both senators had been newsmen at Waukegan's Radio WKRS. Leonard resigned his post there as public affairs director on May 2.

The State House news corps is on the move with the following new jobs:

Robert Estill, as Illinois correspondent for the Copley News Service's Washington, D.C. bureau, effective June 27. Estill joined the State Journal-Register in 1961 and has been State House bureau chief for the last two years. Mike Kienzler, assistant city editor for the Journal-Register, is taking over Estill's administrative responsibilities while retaining his present title.

Barry Hanson, as Associated Press (AP) correspondent in the Denver office in April, AP Springfield correspondent since 1974, Hanson was replaced by newsman Bill Densmore, who transferred from the Chicago office. Robert Springer, a 1977 Sangamon State University Public Affairs Reporting (PAR) intern with AP in Springfield, landed a job with the New Orleans bureau in May.

Roger Hedges as correspondent for Gannett News Service's national bureau, Washington, D.C., effective in July. He was Gannett's Springfield bureau chief since 1973.

Roger Kieckhefer, as United Press International's (UPI) Chicago bureau chief and state editor effective in June. He was manager of the Springfield bureau since 1971 and replaces Patrick Killen, who transferred to the Washington, D.C. office, Tom Laue, who has covered State House and regional news for the UPI since 1971, took over the post of Springfield bureau chief in May, and Mary Painter Bohlen, a 1977 Sangamon State University PAK intern with UPI joined the staff on a full-time basis. Les Sintay, UPI's Springfield photographer for eight years, took a position in Brussels, Belgium in April a assistant to the UPI news picture editor 10 Europe. He was replaced by Mike Smeltzer, formerly employed by Channel 3-WCIA Champaign.

Thomas B. Littlewood, as professor of journalism and head of the Department Journalism, University of Illinois, Urbana, by the Board of Trustees effective August 21. Littlewood, who has been the Washing columnist for Illinois Issues since the

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magazine was founded in 1975, was with the Chicago Sun-Times since 1953; he was Sun- Times bureau chief both in Springfield and Washington, D.C. He succeeds Professor Jay W. Jensen, who is retiring as department head after 20 years.

Ed Nash, as city editor of The News-Sun, Waukegan, effective May 16. Joining The News-Sun in 1955, he has covered the General Assembly since 1959 and became political editor in 1969. He is a regular contributor to Illinois Issues.

New jobs in state and related areas:
William R. Ghesquiere, Springfield, as acting secretary of transportation by the governor effective May 5. Ghesquiere was chief legal counsel for the Department of Transportation since 1974. He succeeded Langhorne Bond, who resigned to head the Federal Aviation Administration.

Nick Alexander, Springfield, as assistant manager of the Illinois State Fair by the governor effective May 16. Alexander, a former television newsman, served previously as coordinator of education and information in the Department of Public Health.

Michael A . Belletire, Springfield, as deputy director of the Office of Social Services in the Department of Public Aid, by director Arthur Quern, effective May 1. Belletire had formerly been assistant director for the Governor's Office of Manpower and Human Development.

Richard Austin, Springfield, by the governor in April, to handle patronage job requests for Sangamon County and to assist on special projects. Although working in the governor's office, Austin is on the payroll of the Department of Transportation.

Greg Baise, Jacksonville, as traveling staff aide by Gov. James Thompson in March. Baise formerly worked as a fundraiser for Illinois College, Jacksonville, and was a volunteer on the governor's campaign.

Michael Pollack, Chicago, as technical advisor for Senate President Thomas Hynes effective March 24. Pollack is a lawyer who worked for Paul Simon when he was lieutenant governor.

Helen Cornwell, Georgetown, to the Driver Safety Advisory Committee by Secy. of State Alan J. Dixon in March. Mrs. Cornwell is auditor of Vermilion County.

Richard Briceland, former director of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA), to a post in policy analysis for the administration of the federal EPA, Washington, D.C., effective April 18.

James Trainor, former director of the Department of Public Aid, in March as a consultant for nursing home operator Leon Schlofrock.

Penny Severns, Decatur, as an administrative assistant in the Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C., in April. A former officer of the Resolutions Committee of the Democratic National Committee, she worked with Alan Dixon and Donald Smith as director of the

Filling the appointments in the Goody Book

Albert D. McCoy, Aurora, as chairman of the Illinois Liquor Control Commission effective April 22, pending Senate confirmation. McCoy, who had been mayor of Aurora for 12 years, did not seek reelection for another term. He replaces John K. Kneafsey, Evanston, who was appointed commissioner and temporary chairman March 31. Kneafsey filled the vacancy left when Rep. Elroy C. Sandquist (R., Chicago) was elected to the General Assembly.

Mal Hildebrand, Springfield, as executive director of the Legislative Space Needs Commission by the governing board, effective March 8. Hildebrand joined the commission in 1975 as assistant director. Rep. David Robinson (D., Springfield) was also appointed to the body, and Robert Glade, Kankakee, former chairman of the Capital Development Board, was hired as part-time construction consultant.

Four new members to the 7-member Illinois Housing Development Authority, effective March 31; Dr. Rudolph S. Shoultz, Springfield, pastor of the Union Baptist Church; Leon Wolin, Lincolnwood, a real estate broker; Floyd T. Bauman, Champaign, secretary-manager of the Credit Bureau of Champaign County, Inc.; and Frederick E. Lutz, Belleville, president and general manager of Century Brass Works. The nonsalaried positions are subject to Senate confirmation.

Seven reappointments and 21 new members to the Illinois Law Enforcement Commission, effective March 24. Those reappointed were: Peoria Police Chief Alien Andrews; Cook County Sheriff Richard J. Elrod; Northwestern University Law Professor James Haddad; Honoratus Lopez, attorney, Chicago; Ethel Payne, editor, Chicago Defender, Chicago Police Chief James M. Rochford; and Joseph Dakin, supervisor of Corrections and Law Enforcement, Southern Illinois University. The new commissioners include: the Rev. John Bannahan, director of the Department of Radio and Television of the Archdiocese of Chicago; Herbert Brown, administrative assistant to the Illinois attorney general, Rockford; Cook County State's Atty. Bernard Carey; Stephen Delanty, attorney. Palatine; Ellen Flaum, former executive director of the Governor's Commission on Privacy and former chief of Grant Processing for ILES; William I. Gould, president of Multiprint, Inc., Chicago; Quincy Police Chief Charles Gruber; Kendall County State's Atty. Dallas Ingemuson, Yorkville; Cahokia Police Chief Col. Mearl Justus; St. Clair County Sheriff Paul Klincar, Belleville; and Mayor Rolland Lewis of Mt. Vernon. Others appointed are: Circuit Court Judge Benjamin Miller, Springfield; Appellate Court Judge Richard Mills, Virginia; Margaret Morrissey, former warden at Dwight Correctional Facility, Dwight; Harry Orr, former chairman of the Rock Island Fire and Police Commission; William Plumber, vice president of Mitchell, Hutchins, Inc., Chicago; Circuit Court Judge Philip Reinhard, Rockford; Circuit Court Judge Wayne Townley, Jr., Bloomington; Alexander County Sheriff Donald J. Turner; DuPage County Public Defender Frank Wesolowski, Jr., and Cook County Judge William White. Two appointments which were announced earlier are Chief Justice Daniel Ward of the Illinois Supreme Court and Judge Roy Gulley, administrative director of Illinois courts. Daniel Weil had previously been named chairman of the commission.

To the Illinois Community College Board, effective May 5, pending Senate approval: as chairman, Hugh D. Hammerslag, Rockford, partner-in-charge of the Rockford office of Seidman & Seidman and a member of the Community College Board since 1975; as member, Sharon Sharp of Arlington Heights, who is Elk Grove Township clerk and Cook County Republican chairwoman. Hammerslag succeeds Richard P. Stone, Springfield, as chairman. Stone is resigning because of a possible conflict of interest with his new post as director of the Illinois Agricultural Association. Sharp fills his vacancy on the board.

To the Illinois Board of Higher Education pending Senate confirmation effective April 21, new appointments are: John G. Gilbert, Carbondale, a lawyer and former state senator and chairman of the Senate Education Committee succeeds Robert Ziebarth; Rey W. Brune, Rock Island, director of press relations at Deere & Company and former member of the Illinois Community College Board replaces Edward Lindsay. Members reappointed are: Dr. Diego Redondo, Deerfield, a pediatrician and assistant professor at Northwestern University Medical School; and James M. Unland, Pekin, owner of General Insurance Agencies.

Three members to the 9-member Board of Regents, effective April 5: Charles B. Shuman, Sullivan, former president of the Illinois Agricultural Association and American Farm Bureau Federation, was reappointed; Harry L. Wellbank, Crystal Lake, national director of training and development for Sears, Roebuck and Co., replaced Mrs. Warren Spencer, Chicago; and Carol K. Burns, Chicago, an account executive with Leo Burnett Advertising, replaced J. Robert Barr, Evanston. The positions are nonsalaried and subject to Senate approval.

Carol K. Kimmel, Rock Island, to the Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees, effective March 31. National PTA president and a member of the Rock Island Board of Education, she replaces Willis Moore. Renamed to new terms on the board were former Rep. Harris Rowe (R., Jacksonville) and William Norwood, Elk Grove.

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Inheritance Tax Division, state treasurer's office.

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees elected officers to its newly created Statewide Council 31 during the union's convention May 14 and 15: Richard Kriete, Walsh, president; James Shaw, Dixon, vice president; John Rhoades, Jacksonville, secretary-treasurer; Christine George, Chicago, recording secretary. Robert Alpert, Springfield, was appointed executive director of the Statewide Council by the board.

Deaths
Robert Hutchins, 78, at Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, Calif., on May 14. A foe of over specialization and a believer in the great ideas of man and their relevance to a democratic society, his sweeping reforms of the University of Chicago still influence American education today. He was president of the University of Chicago, 1927-1945, and chancellor, 1945-1951. Since 1954 he had served as executive officer of the Fund for the Republic, Inc.

Other
Former state Registration and Education Director Ronald Stackler returned in May the 78 reels of microfilmed records that he took with him when he left office in January, and present Director Joan Anderson dropped the suit filed against him in Cook County Circuit Court. Stackler had previously returned four filing cabinets full of documents to the department for inspection.

New nature areas

The Prairie State Eagle Refuge, a new addition to Cedar Glen Eagle Refuge, an American Bald Eagle winter roosting site, named and financed by Illinois school children was purchased in November near Hamilton in Hancock County.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Larson, Loves Park, donated a six-acre prairie site in October for preservation to the Jane Addamsland Park Foundation. "Freeport Prairie" is being considered for inclusion in the Illinois Nature Preserve system because of its unique prairie qualities.

Colored Sands Bluff was named the 62nd Illinois Nature Preserve in December. The 44-acre site on the east side of the Sugar River between Yale Bridge Road and Hess Road is considered an excellent area for ecological research.

A monarchy is a merchantman, which sails well, but will sometimes strike on a rock and go to the bottom; whilst a republic is a raft, which would never sink, but then your feet are always in water.
    — Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Politics"

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