Names Appointments Franklyn H. Moreno, Carbondale, as executive director. Task Force on the Future of Illinois, by the governor effective July 1. Moreno has been executive director of the Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission in Carbondale since 1966. With headquarters in Carbondale and Chicago, the task force will use information from state, federal and local agencies as well as testimony gathered in public hearings around the state to set goals for the state for the year 2000 (See November 1977, p. 2). Chris Atchison, Springfield, by Lt. Gov. Dave O'Neal as his chief of staff, effective July 17. Atchison was executive assistant to Don Adams, chairman of the Illinois Republican State Central Committee. Atchison, who will oversee all programs developed in the lieutenant governor's office, replaced Sally Easterley who returned to private business in Belleville. Dr. Alex B. Lacy, Jr., Annandale, Va., as president, Sangamon State University, Springfield, by the Board of Regents effective September 1. Previously, Lacy was director, division of Public Programs, National Endowment for the Humanities, Washington, D.C., and dean, school of urban life, Georgia State University, Atlanta. He succeeds Dr. Robert C. Spencer, who resigned in January. Circuit Court Judge Brian B. Duff, Wilmette, to the Governor's Advisory Council on Criminal Justice Legislation for an indefinite term by the governor effective June 2. Other members of the 21-member council were appointed in March. Duff, an instructor of law at Loyola University Law School, Chicago, was state representative (R., Wilmette) from 1971 to 1976 and served as minority whip in the 79th General Assembly. Gary L. Clayton, Springfield, as assistant deputy director, division of investigations, Department of Law Enforcement (DLE) by department director Tyrone C. Fahner in April. Clayton, who was previously DLE's chief of investigations in the Chicago office, has also been a U.S. postal inspector. He heads the state's new financial fraud and forgery bureau, a 30-member investigation unit aimed at stopping Medicaid fraud in the Illinois welfare system. James Finley, Springfield, as manager, program evaluation section, division of administration, Department of Law Enforcement by Director Fahner effective July 1. In his newly created post, Finley is in charge of evaluation of all the department's programs. Previously, he was budget examiner, public safety unit. Bureau of the Budget. Thixton B. Miller, Springfield, as chief, division of wildlife resources. Department of Conservation (DOC), by Donald Wills, associate director of DOC's natural resources bureau. Miller was previously fisheries management supervisor in the department's division of fisheries. Phillip M. Gonet, Springfield, by House Minority Leader George H. Ryan, as his special assistant effective June 1. Previously chief of the education division. Bureau of the Budget, Gonet will take over as appropriations staff director for the House Republicans in August. Present director Jerry Rettig, Springfield, is moving to Washington state. Janet L. Jannusch, Peoria, as assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, by U.S. Atty. Gerald D. Fines. Jannusch, who is working in the U.S. attorney's office, Peoria, was an attorney with the Legal Aid Society of Gary (Ind.), Inc. Josephine Oblinger, director of the Department on Aging was elected in March to the governing board of the National Association of State Units on Aging. She represents the Midwest region on the 10-member board which develops organization policy for the association. The association provides a channel for the states to work with the federal government to improve the lives of older persons. Oblinger, who is a Republican candidate for state representative, 50th district, took a leave of absence from the department before the primary and returned to work in April. Leonard D. Schaeffer, former director of the Illinois Bureau of the Budget, under Gov. Dan Walker, as assistant secretary for management and budget, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) by HEW Secretary Joseph A. Califano, Jr., in March. Schaeffer is responsible for developing the $182 billion HEW budget and for management practices inside the department and in relationship to states and localities receiving HEW grants. He said Califano is interested in improving HEW's management and accountability. In this, Schaeffer is getting some assistance from the states "who have some very good agencies." But the big news at HEW, he said, is Proposition 13. John E. Cribbet, dean of the College of Law, University of Illinois, Urbana, will take office in January 1979 as president of the Association of American Law Schools. The 32/ August 1978/ Illinois Issues association represents legal education in the nation, including its relationships with the federal government and school accreditation. John J. Robert, Chicago, as director of energy conservation and applied solar programs, and Robert G. Matlock, Hinsdale, as director, alternate energy technology programs, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne by lab director Robert G. Sachs in April. Matlock's work involves coal, power systems, solar and geothermal technologies. Robert is researching energy efficiency in transportation, buildings, community systems and utilities as well as commercializing technology for solar heating and cooling. Officers elected by the Illinois Community Colleges Trustees Association at its annual June meeting were: president — Ray Hartstein, Skokie, trustee, Oakton Community College, Morton Grove; vice president — Chris Ringhausen, Fieldon, chairman of the board, Lewis and Clark Community College, Godfrey; secretary — Judith Madonia, trustee, Lincoln Land Community College, Springfield; treasurer—James J. Blaha, Naperville, trustee, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn. Retirements Earl D. Patton, Springfield, as ombudsman, Illinois Office of Education (IOE), in April. Patton, who had worked with IOE since 1975, was formerly superintendent of schools in Springfield and had served for 35 years in the field of education. Acting ombudsman is Paul Sparks, Champaign. The job entails helping people solve problems with local school districts, superintendents or the IOE itself. Resignations Robert M. Whitler, as director of the Department of Revenue effective June 30. Whitler, who was appointed state revenue director by Gov. Thompson in January 1977, accepted a post with the First National Bank, Chicago. Daniel Lenckos, assistant director of the department, is serving as acting director. Reg Ankrom, Springfield, as public information officer, Department of Revenue, in May to take a public relations post with Central Illinois Public Service Co., Springfield. Replacing him is Helen Adjoran, Springfield, formerly information specialist, Office of Education. Dr. Joyce C. Lashof, former director of the Illinois Department of Public Health under former Gov. Walker, as deputy assistant secretary, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare in May. Honors Charlotte B. Adams, managing director, office of minority business enterprise, Department of Business and Economic Development, was presented the Achiever award by the Breadbasket Commercial Association, Inc., May 12. The association is affiliated with the office of minority business enterprise, U.S. Department of Commerce. Theodore D. Puckorius, Springfield, director of the Department of Administrative Services, was elected regional vice president of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) in June by the AFCEA board. The association works for better relationships betweeen the government, industry and military in the electronic communication and computer field. Named "Outstanding Legislators" by the Illinois Community Colleges Trustees Association in June were: Sen. Kenneth Hall (D., East St. Louis) and Rep. Michael I. Brady (D., Chicago). Hall was selected for his work in developing the State Community College, East St. Louis, and Brady for serving as a "strong advocate for the community college system."
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