Names
Appointments
Robert L. Lansden, Cairo, as circuit judge, First Judicial Circuit, by the Illinois Supreme Court, effective October 1 for a term ending in December 1978. Landsen had been engaged in private practice. He succeeded Dorothy Spomer who retired.
Enrique Loza, Chicago, as director of the Governor's Office of Interagency Cooperation by the governor effective October 8. As an executive on loan to the state, Loza's salary through the end of this fiscal year will be paid by Illinois Bell Telephone Company where he is staff supervisor in the public relations and urban affairs division. A native of Peru, he received an "Outstanding New Citizens of the Year" award in September.
Gov. James R. Thompson named James R. Clark, Springfield, as his assistant for governmental services effective October 11. Clark is in charge of patronage and also assists citizens who have problems dealing with state government. He was chief personnel officer for the Illinois Department of Personnel and worked for the state Department of Aeronautics and the Illinois Commerce Commission. Clark replaced Michael Dunn who resigned last May.
Named to the governor's personal staff last July was Col. Faite Mack, Chicago, as military aide. Mack is senior command sergeant major, Illinois Army National Guard, and works as a recruiter in the Chicago area. His part-time appointment includes taking charge of minority affairs to the military, recruiting and human relations. The governor can appoint three more military aides.
John Butitta, Springfield, as assistant to the director. Department of Corrections, by the governor in October. Butitta, who works with personnel matters including patronage, held a similar post in the Department of Transportation. He replaced Jim O'Bryan, Springfield, who transferred to the Environmental Protection Agency as assistant to the director. In his new job O'Bryan deals with administrative matters but does not handle patronage.
Jay T. Downen, Virden, as superintendent of registration, Department of Education and Registration, by the governor effective October 11 pending Senate confirmation. Downen is in charge of the department's investigative procedures. He was chief advisor to the Los Angeles Police Department and was publisher/editor of the Prairie News, Chatham. Downen succeeded Claude Flynn who retired in January.
Noble Emde, Springfield, as acting administrator of management services, Department of Mental Health by Director Robert deVito. Emde has been employed by the department for 26 years and was special assistant to the director. Also appointed was David B. Thomas, Springfield, as acting chief auditor, to succeed George Skadden who died. Thomas had resigned as administrator of management services in August. Both appointments were effective October 3 and require the governor's approval.
Joseph Fisher, Rochester, as assistant superintendent of specialized services, Illinois Office of Education, effective November 1. Fisher was formerly director of programs for exceptional children. He replaced Bill Tilley, who resigned to accept a post as director of special services for the city schools in Seattle, Wash. Gail Lieberman, who was assistant director, handicapped program unit, replaced Fisher as director.
Diane L. Yost, Chicago, as director of trade promotion, Illinois Department of Business and Economic Development, at the office in Brussels, Belgium, by Director Donald Duster effective October 17. Yost has been with the department since 1974, most recently as managing director of the Chicago International Marketing Office. She replaced Bart Smit who was promoted to managing director of the Brussels office.
Robert L. Hermsmeyer, Litchfield, as stationary engineer. Department of Administrative Services, effective July 18. He is chairman of the Montgomery County Republican Central Committee and was formerly in the retail and wholesale oil business.
Robert Brinkmeier, Freeport, as motor carrier auditor, Office of the Secretary of State, effective October 1. Brinkmeier, who served five terms as a state representative (D., Freeport) before he was unseated last year, left a part-time job as site developer for a Comprehensive Employment and Training Act program. His new job involves auditing books of Illinois trucking companies who do business outside of the state.
Tony Leone, Springfield, as public member of the Election Laws Commission, by House Republican Leader George Ryan effective September 15 for a two-year term, Leone is assistant chief clerk of the Springfield Election Commission and serves on the State Board of Elections Advisory Committee. He replaced Carl Lueth, whose term expired.
John P. Daros, Chicago, as member of the Illinois Educational Facilities Authority by the governor, effective October 7 for a term ending June 30, 1984. The authority offers tax-exempt financing to private institutions of higher education for the upgrading of their facilities. Daros, president of Passengers Restaurant, Inc., succeeded Dr. Halbon Leedy whose term expired.
Named as presidents of Illinois Community Colleges by their respective boards were: Dr. William Anderson, Carl Sandburg College, Galesburg, effective July 1. Anderson, who was vice president for instruction, replaced founding president Eltis Henson who retired. Dr. Charles R. Novak, Olney Central College, effective September 23, Formerly associate dean of instruction, Illinois Valley Community College, Ogles
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State House Correspondents The State House press corps went through a lot of changes in October, including three new bureau chiefs. John Elmer of the Chicago Tribune resigned as Springfield bureau chief and is now campaign coordinator for state Sen. Bradley M. Glass (R., Northbrook) who is running for treasurer. Elmer's successor is Dan Egler, formerly a reporter for the Trib. Larry Green resigned as Springfield bureau chief, Chicago Daily News, to become Midwest correspondent for the Los Angeles Times in Chicago. Replacing him is Bob Sector from the Daily News' Chicago office. Sector is no stranger to Springfield, he was formerly Globe Democrat bureau chief here. John Spano, who headed the Globe Democrat's Springfield bureau, has returned to the Globe's St. Louis office. The new bureau chief is Robert Boczkiewicz. Originally from Southern Illinois, Boczkiewicz came to Springfield from the Globe's Capitol bureau in Jefferson City, Mo. He has also worked for the Lindsay-Schaub papers in Illinois and covered the 1970 Constitutional Convention. Quad-City Times correspondent Mike Lawrence returned to Davenport, Ia., November 1. He will become associate editor of the Times in March. Skip Wollenberg transferred from the Associated Press (AP) bureau in Springfield to AP's Nashville bureau. Replacing him is Bob Springer, who has returned to Springfield after AP assignments in New Orleans and Atlanta. David Tenenbaum, AP photographer in Springfield, transferred to the Boston bureau. Jack Beary left the Illinois News Network, a radio reporting service, to join Enterprise Newspapers in Chicago and suburban Cook County. Debby Courtwright is the new State House reporter for the Illinois Times, Springfield. She has a degree in journalism from Northwestern University, Evanston. |
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by, Novak replaced Dr. Paul Thompson who resigned to become vice president for Instructional Services at Joliet Junior College. Dr. Paul C. Gianini, Spoon River College, Canton, effective July 1. Formerly vice president for college services, Northampton County Area Community College, Bethlehem, Pa., Gianini succeeded Hearl C. Bishop who retired after serving 11 years.
Tim Rock, Springfield, as assistant director for academic and health affairs of the Illinois Board of Higher Education by the board effective August 15. Previously, Rock worked for a Philadelphia consulting firm concerned with education, health and social programs.
Craig Bazzani, La Grange Park, as executive assistant to the vice president of University of Illinois by the Board of trustees effective October 1. Bazzani was division chief of the education division, the Bureau of the Budget.
Stanley Roszklowski, Rockford, and Nicholas Bua, Melrose Park, as U.S. district court judges, Northern District, Eastern Division, by President Jimmy Carter. The appointments, effective and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in October, filled vacancies caused by deaths of Judges Richard McLaren and William Lynch. Roszlowski, who was formerly in private practice, succeeded McLaren. Bua, previously a state appellate judge, replaced Lynch.
Christopher Cohen, Chicago, as regional director of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare by President Jimmy Carter effective December 1. Cohen is an attorney and has been alderman for the 46th Ward since 1971. He replaces Richard Friedman.
James Nowlan, Toulon, as campaign manager for U.S. Sen. Charles H. Percy in November. Former Rep. Nowlan (R., Toulon) was Republican nominee for lieutenant governor in 1972. Since January he had been Gov. Thompson's assistant for higher education but resigned the post to take on the campaign job.
William Kendall, as administrative assistant to Sen. Percy and chief of Percy's Senate staff in Washington and Illinois, effective in October. Kendall, a native of New Jersy, was deputy assistant for legislative affairs to former President Ford.
Seven persons were elected to the Illinois State chamber of Commerce board of directors effective in September: Forrest D. Sprehe, Centralia, executive vice president, Centralia Cartage Company; Richard R. Berry, East Alton, president. Carver Lumber Co.; Richard M. Bishop, Galesburg, vice president manufacturing. Brass Group Olin Corp.; George J. Nieman, Rock Falls, plant manager, Russell, Burdsall A Ward; Robert C. Parker, Chicago, vice president purchasing, transportation, facilities services, international Harvester Co.; George Suter, Sycamore, president, Suter's Foods Inc.; Richard E. Carver, Peoria, Carver Lumber Co. Sixteen others were reelected to the board. All terms are for one year.
Marion R. Guggenheim, Taylorville, and Tom Clark, Kankakee, to the staff of the Illinois Epilepsy Association by the association's president, former Gov. Dan Walker. Guggenheim is director of professional education and program development, Springfield office, and Clark is director for chapter development, Chicago office.
Boards and councils
The governor made the following appointments to boards and councils: Mary Ann Koppel, Chicago, as a member of the Lottery Control Board, effective October 3 pending Senate confirmation. She replaced Joseph Engebretson, Rockford, and her term expires in July 1980.
Julio Cesar Montoya, Chicago, as a member of the Alcoholism Advisory Council, effective October 13 fora term expiring in June 1980.
Carl B. Barnes, Chicago, as chairman of the Developmental Disabilities Advisory Council, effective October 13 for an unspecified term. Barnes' appointment fills a vacancy.
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Multicultural Education Council An Advisory Council on Multicultural Education was appointed in October by Supt. of Education Joseph Cronin. The group will recommend ways to build into the state's public school curriculum a greater awareness of contributions made by different ethnic groups. A report is due in midsummer. Members of the council are: Sen. Frank D. Savickas (D., Chicago); David Roth, director of the Illinois Consultation on Ethnicity in Education, Chicago; Rev. Robert H. Clark, superintendent of schools. Archdiocese of Chicago; Warren Handen, businessman, Rockford; Dr. Andrew Kopan, chairman of the Department of Educational Foundations, De Paul University, Chicago; Irene C. Hernandez, Cook County Board of Commissioners, Chicago; Dr. Tam Wei, school psychologist. Champaign County; Henry Rawls, director. Title VII program, Urbana School District 116; Mary Williams, social studies coordinator, East St. Louis District 189; Professor Charles Tesconi, Department of Education, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; and Lee Mydill, multicultural specialist, Arlington Heights District 59. |
In addition, the governor named Lucy Reum, Oak Park, as chairperson of the Illinois Racing Board in September. Reum was appointed to the board by Gov. Dan Walker in January 1973 and is the first woman in the nation to head a state racing board.
Department of Corrections Director Charles Rowe appointed a five-member commission to investigate conditions at the Illinois Youth Center, St. Charles, effective September 19. A report is due before Thanksgiving. The commission is headed by Michael Mahoney, Chicago, executive director of the John Howard Association. Other members are Naomi Hiett, Springfield, former executive director of the Illinois Commission on Children; Janet Otwell, Chicago, president of the Illinois League of Women Voters; Phillip Benefiel, Lawrenceville, circuit court judge and chairman of the Illinois Commission on Delinquency Prevention; Dr. Charles Shireman, Chicago, professor, University of Chicago, School of Social Services Administration.
Resignations
Jayne Thompson, from the Springfield law firm Brown, Hay and Stephens effective October 1. Her obligations as the state's first lady did not leave her enough time to practice law, and she will be taking an active role in the governor's reelection campaign.
Rick Smith, Springfield, as assistant press secretary and staff consultant for the Senate Republicans, effective September 30. Smith became admissions director for Quincy College in October.
Henry Malkus, Springfield, as deputy superintendent of the Illinois State Lottery effective October 17. Malkus accepted a position as director of the Vermont State Lottery.
Michael Rapps, Springfield, as engineer for the division of land and noise control, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, effective September 23. Rapps, who helped develop the agency's rules to govern the disposal of hazardous wastes, is now technical director for Chemical Waste Management, a division of Waste Management, Inc., Chicago.
Michael D. Monico, Evanston, as assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Illinois, effective September 6, to open his own law firm. Monico is the third prosecutor to resign since Samuel K. Skinner was replaced as U.S. attorney. The other two are Illana D. Rovner, who became assistant deputy governor, and Arnold Kanter, who entered private practice. William F. Conlon, Wilmette, replaced Kanter as chief of the civil division, and Thomas P. Johnson, Lisle, replaced Rovner as chief of public protection.
Retirements
Adolph Belval, Springfield, as editor and president of State Capital Information Service, on October 1. Belval, who will continue to serve as editor emeritus and
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board member, headed the information service since 1962. He is succeeded by Joseph L. Harris, Springfield. Harris, a former political reporter, has been with the service since 1975.
Deaths
Rep. Joseph Sevcik, 60, (R., Berwyn) on September 29 at St. Mary of Nazareth Medical Center, Chicago. He was elected six times as representative from the 7th district. Named co-chairman of the Illinois Legislative Investigating Commission in 1973, he helped inaugurate reforms in the use of state funds.
Former Rep. Hellmut W. Stolle (R., Chicago), 72, on October 1 in Resurrection Hospital, Chicago. He served one term from the 14th district, 1963-1965, and two terms from the 16th district, 1967-1971. The owner of a bakery and catering service, he was president of the Associated Retail Bakers of Greater Chicago for two terms.
Webb Everett, 82, on September 18 in Beverly Hills, Calif. Prominent in Chicago horse racing circles, he served for many years as executive director of the Arlington and Washington Park racetracks. In 1969 he moved to California where he retired in 1970.
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In response to House Joint Resolution 22 passed last March by the General Assembly, the governor created in October a 28-member committee to examine salaries in the legislative, judicial and executive branches of government. Former Gov. Samuel H. Shapiro, Kankakee, was appointed chairman. (Shapiro has plenty of experience in the field. In 1968 when he was governor and campaigning for the next election, he vetoed legislative pay raises. The General Assembly overrode his veto, which went down in history as one of the four vetoes overridden under the 1870 Constitution.) Other members of the committee are: Maurice Scott, Springfield, former executive vice president, Taxpayers' Federation of Illinois; James Bronner, Highland Park, attorney; William Boys, Springfield, director of the Illinois Department of Personnel; Roy Small, Harrisburg, assistant general manager, Harrisburg Register Publishing Co.; Lambert Ochsenschlager, Aurora, attorney; Thomas Bridgeman, Chicago, attorney; Kenneth Prince, Glencoe, attorney; John Vassen, Belleville, attorney; George Woodcock, Mount Carmel, attorney; Susan Pack, St. Charles, president, Kane County Concerned Citizens; Jody Gingiss, Deerfield, president, Gingiss Formalwear; Howard Payne, Benton, president, Bank of Benton; Stephen Gonczy, Chicago, student, Northwestern University; Joseph Herro, Downers Grove, business manager, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 701; Edward Copeland, Highland Park, attorney; Lynn Evans, Chicago, account analyst. Travelers Insurance Co.; Phillip Corboy, Evanston, attorney; Rodney Frazier, Ursa, project engineer, Quincy Soy Bean Co.; Lyndell Loveless, Gillespie, farmer; Ellis Jones, Minooka, district sales manager, Lester Pfister Seed Co.; Bernice T. Van Der Vries, Evanston, former state legislator; Thomas Philps, Olympia Fields, president, Talisman Development Corp.; Rita Kaminskas, Joliet, homemaker; John Taylor, Aurora, deputy sheriff; LaJule Gant, Chicago, teacher; Ronald Papanek, Lincolnwood, vice president, Real Esate Research Corp.; Richard Price, Naperville, buyer. Sears, Roebuck and Co. Created by the governor September 19, the Revenue Study Commission on Legalized Gambling is taking a comprehensive look at all forms of legalized gambling and at the possibilities of distributing new revenues gained from gambling to local governments. A report is due soon because of legislation and budget deadlines. Thomas Reynolds, Jr., Winnetka, partner in the Chicago law firm of Winston and Strawn, is chairman of the commission; James O'Connor, Evanston, executive vice president of Commonwealth Edison Company, is vice chairman. Other members are: Thomas Coulter, Golf, Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry; Andrew Barrett, Chicago, Illinois Law Enforcement Commission; Dan Webb, Chicago, Cummins, Decker and Webb; Marshall Korshak, Chicago, Korshak, Rothman, Oppenheim and Finnegan; Pastora Cafferty, Chicago, School of Social Services Administration, University of Chicago; Elbert Smith, Decatur, Downing, Smith, Jorgensen and Uhl, and Robert Johnston, Des Plaines, Region 4, United Auto Workers. Freeman heads Cost Control Task Force The Governor's Cost Control Task Force, created August 22 by executive order, is examining state spending to find ways to cut costs and provide more efficient services. The project is financed by private donations and supervised by Warren King & Associates, management consultants who have done similar work in other states. The task force is led by Gaylord Freeman, Wayne, director of the First National Bank of Chicago, and is divided into five-groups: executive and administrative offices, chaired by William F. Murray, Winnetka, Harris Trust and Savings; law enforcement and economic development, Lawrence J. Seidman, Chicago, Seidman and Seidman; regulation and environment, Hugh M. Campbell, Winnetka, Price Waterhouse & Co.; human services, John D. Foster, Chicago, John Foster & Associates; transportation, Carl L. Sadler, Rockford, Sundstrand Corp. Other members are: Robert M. Auddell, Downers Grove, associate professor of economics, Loyola University, Chicago; David Barclay, Chicago, Nortrust Corp.; Thomas H. Beal, Wheaton, Sears, Roebuck and Co.; Robert Beard, Springfield, IBM Corp.; Robert E. Beste, Brookfield, Interlake, Inc.; Robert B. Bjornseth, Downers Grove, Western Electric Company, Inc.; Kenneth Boes, Hinsdale, QuakerOats Co.; Chester T. Bonk, Park Ridge, Walgreen Co.; Ben W. Borne, Northbrook, Motorola, Inc.; Keith A. Butler, Springfield, Franklin Life Insurance Co.; Frank J. Camerota, Naperville, Griffin Pipe Products Co.; David Corner, Western Springs, Libby, McNeill & Libby; Michael R. Corrigan, Naperville, Household Finance Co.; Richard D. Donoghue, Wilmette, Ernst & Ernst; Stanley W. Edbrook, Wheaton, Continental Can Co.; Douglas Empey, Chicago, Esmark, Inc.; Gary Eng, Milan, Deere & Co.; Dan Ferrell, Buffalo Grove, United States Gypsum Co.; Joseph Fong, Chicago, Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America; C. Dwight Foster, Wilmette, Continental Illinois Corporation; Max Gay, Godfrey, Laclede Steel Co.; Alan E. Hanzlik, Downers Grove, Harris Trust & Savings Bank; Elmer A. Hedke, Mount Prospect, Commonwealth Edison Co.; William C. Heilbrun, Itasca, McGraw-Edison Company; Allan C. Hicks, Downers Grove, R. R. Donnelley & Sons; Edward L. Hoppensteadt, Mount Prospect, Allstate Insurance Co.; Shawn Michael Hunter, Peoria, Anton & Damian, Inc.; Frederick R. Johnson, Jr., Northbrook, Kraft, Inc.; John Keich, Elmhurst, Sears, Roebuck and Co.; Donald C. Kowske, Batavia, Northern Illinois Gas Co.; Robert E. Lapp, Winnetka, Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co.; Leonard P. Malstrom, Rochester, Illinois Bell Telephone Co.; Robert E. Mansen, South Holland, Commonwealth Edison Co.; James McNaught, Rockford, Sundstrand Corp.; Warren Mellin, Barrington, United Air Lines Inc.; Eugene G. Moody, Glen Ellyn, Lester B. Knight & Associates; Edward Mrowiec, Des Plaines, American National Bank & Trust Co.; Mazhar Mujtaba, Chicago, First National Bank of Chicago; Alfred E. Myles, Arlington Heights, Western Transportation Co.; William J. Newman, Park Ridge, DeSoto, Inc.; Jack Nicolai, Peoria, Price Waterhouse & Co.; Larry Nutt, Springfield, Fiat-Allis Construction Machinery, Inc.; Terry Paul, Morton, Caterpillar Tractor Co.; Charles H. Petross, Springfield, Xerox Corp.; George Puskar, Naperville, United States Steel Corp.; Al Rathgeber, Prospect Heights, Chamberlain Manufacturing Corp.; George J. Reuss, Wheaton, Illinois Bell Telephone Co.; Lyle E. Shaffer, Flossmoor, Standard Oil (Indiana) Co.; Robert C. Schoonmaker, Bloomington, General Telephone Co. of Illinois; William M. Scully, Portage, Ind., Inland Steel Co.; Armer Severin, Rockford, Barber-Colman Co.; Jerry Smith, Bloomington, State Farm Mutual Insurance Co.; Charles R. Stuertz, Arlington Heights, Signode Corp.; William T. Thornhill, Barrington, First National Bank of Chicago; James E. Vargo, Lake St.Louis, Mo., Granite City Steel; Joseph I. Weeks, Wheaton, Servicemaster Industries, Inc.; Fred O. Weirich, Wheaton, Belden Corporation; James "Sandy" Wilson, Chicago, Arthur Andersen & Co. |
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