Secretary of state
As part of a plan to upgrade the secretary of state's investigative division, Secy, of State Alan J. Dixon announced in February the appointment of Terrence E. Delaney, Springfield, as division director. Delaney, an Illinois State Police lieutenant, is on leave of absence from the Department of Law Enforcement's division of criminal investigation. Lyle Wheeler, Loami, former supervisor of investigators, is Delaney's assistant.
Dixon also appointed a special committee headed by former Chicago Supt. of Police James Rochford, Chicago, to make recommendations to Delaney on selection, training and police methods for investigators. Dixon said he wants a "reduced but thoroughly competent" staff which would continue his crackdown on auto thefts and chop shop operations. Staff changes would take place gradually because the investigation division is under the merit system.
Other members of the committee are: Silver Suarez, retired chief of police, Springfield; William Dye, chief of police, Champaign, and Emil Toffant, sheriff, Madison County. Secretary of state investigators serving on the committee are: Sgt. Lance Charlson, Springfield; Maj. Robert Sandona, Rockford, and Maj. Peter Zelko-vich, Chicago. Stephen Blakeman, River-ton, Dixon's deputy director of personnel, and Herman Boedewes, Springfield, an attorney, are advisors on the committee.
Comptroller
Comptroller Roland W. Burris named Loren Iglarsh, Springfield, as senior economist effective March 1. Iglarsh had worked for the legislative Economic and Fiscal Commission where he made revenue estimates and analyzed the effects of tax proposals.
To oversee the new merit employment system enacted last August, Burris appointed a three-member merit commission in February. No more than two members can belong to the same political party, and appointments must be confirmed by the Senate. Named to the commission were: Lovelyn J. Evans, Chicago, for a one-year term; William H. Walker, Centralia, for a three-year term, and Nolan B. Jones, Springfield, for a five-year term. Evans, the commission's Republican member, is an employee counselor, senior citizen advocate and former newspaper editor. Walker is a retired principal of Lincoln Elementary School, Centralia, which Burris attended, and Jones was director of personnel under former Gov. Daniel Walker.
The merit system, which should be in operation by late summer, will incorporate features from both the state personnel code and the secretary of state's merit system. Initially, the commission is considering new rules and procedures. Ultimately it will hold hearings on employee grievances and similar matters with all decisions subject to administrative review.
Robert Jackson, Springfield, named in February as administrative assistant to Don Price, the comptroller's personnel director,
is developing new grievance procedures for
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the merit system. He was president of United Auto Workers Local 1585 and a member of the state Human Relations Commission.
House Democratic staff
House Speaker, William A. Redmond named in February a four-member task force to research the cost of government for the House Democrats. The task force is based in Chicago, and includes Don Eslick, Diane Monk, Michael E. Pollak and Lee J. Schwartz. Eslick, of Northbrook, who was special assistant for fiscal affairs to former Comptroller Michael J. Bakalis, was also appointed manager of Redmond's Chicago office.
Monk of Chicago was press secretary to former Senate President Thomas C. Hynes. She is press liaison for the task force and will also work on research.
Pollak of Northfield is an attorney, who was legal counsel and staff director for Hynes. Schwartz of Chicago was formerly special counsel to Redmond. Both Pollak and Schwartz are experts on tax and revenue matters. Resignations from the House Democratic staff include James H. Andrews, Home-wood, effective February 28, and Leland J. Kennedy, Godfrey, effective April 1. Andrews was assistant to Speaker Redmond and manager of the Chicago office. He is now working in a Homewood consulting firm which advises communities, towns and cities. Kennedy was liaison between the House Democratic leadership and the downstate counties. A former state representative, he served 10 terms in the General Assembly between 1946 and 1974. He was first elected from the 47th District and later represented the 53rd, 55th and 56th districts.
Senate Democratic staff
Senate President Philip J. Rock made the following appointments to his press staff in February: former state Sen. Larry Leonard, Springfield, as press assistant; Judith Erwin, Chicago, as press secretary in the Chicago office, and Rick Davis, Kankakee, as liaison to the downstate senators. Leonard, who was appointed to the Senate in 1977 and lost his bid for election in 1978, was formerly public affairs director for radio station WKRS-Waukegan. Erwin did public relations work for the city of Chicago, and Davis was previously a reporter for the Kankakee Daily Journal.
Judiciary
Illinois Supreme Court Justice Howard C. Ryan, Tonica, was named chairman of the Illinois Courts Commission, and Justice Thomas J. Moran, Waukegan, was named liaison member to the Supreme Court Rules Committee, effective in January, by the court. They replaced Justice Joseph H. Goldenhersh, Belleville, who was elected chief justice January 1 by his colleagues and resigned from the other two positions.
The Supreme Court also made the following circuit court appointments to fill unexpired terms which end December 1, 1980: James M. Bumgarner, Putnam County, as judge, 10th Judicial Circuit, effective March 1, replacing Albert Pucci, who resigned. Dennis M. Huber, Hillsboro, as judge, Fourth Judicial District, effective February 1, replacing William Ginos Jr., who was not retained in office.
Robert E. Manning Jr., Peoria, as judge, 10th Judicial Circuit, effective February 1, replacing Charles Iben, who was not retained in office. Named to the Circuit Court of Cook County were: Jerome T. Burke, Barrington, as associate judge, effective February 16, replacing John Boyle, who was not retained in office. Brian L. Crowe, Chicago, as associate judge, effective February 16, replacing Nathan Kaplan, who retired.
John J. Crowley, Chicago, as associate judge, effective February 16, replacing Edith Sampson, who resigned. Michael F. Zlatnik, Chicago, as associate judge, replacing Robert L. Hunter, who retired. An unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Chicago in 1951, Hunter was elected to the bench in 1962 and was the first presiding judge of the Cook County Circuit Court's divorce division.
In addition, the Supreme Court assigned George W. Kasserman, Newton, to duty in the Fifth District Appellate Court. Kasserman was judge in the Fourth Judicial Circuit.
Rodney A. Scott, Decatur, was reelected in January by the circuit judges as chief judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit. Scott has been on the bench 30 years. Other appointments Rep. Jim Edgar, Charleston, resigned his seat in the Illinois House to become Gov. James R. Thompson's director of legislative affairs, effective March 8. Edgar, a Republican from the 53rd District, was serving his second term. He had worked as a legislative aide for Senate President Pro Tern W. Russell Arrington, House Speaker W. Robert Blair and Senate President William C. Harris. He had also been director of state service for the National Conference of State Legislatures, Denver, Colo. Edgar replaced Zale Glauberman, Springfield, who was named executive director of the state's new Health Finance Authority by the governor in March.
Carol C. Lohman, Springfield, was reappointed by the governor to the Board of Higher Education effective in February for a six-year term. The appointment was confirmed by the Senate. Lohman has served on the board for five years and is a member of the Illinois College Executive Committee.
The governor also reappointed Maj. Gen. John R. Phipps, Springfield, as adjutant general of Illinois and head of the Military and Naval Department, and his top assistants: Brig. Gen. Ralph A. Bush, Springfield, as assistant adjutant general for the Air National Guard, and Brig. Gen. James E. Barham, Springfield, as assistant adjutant general for the Army National Guard.
C. Burton Nelson, Rockford, as acting chairman of the Illinois Commerce Commis-sion, by the governor effective January 6. Nelson has been a commissioner since 1969. He will serve as chairman until a permanent chairman is appointed. He replaced Charles P. Kocoras, who resigned to go into private practice as an attorney.
Charles R. Burns, Springfield, as director, Legislative Financial Management System, by House Speaker Redmond and Senate President Rock effective in February. Burns was previously research manager, Illinois Legislative Council. The new system uses computers rented from Data Resources, Inc., Mass., and will allow legislators and , staffers of both parties to keep track of the spending patterns of state agencies, including the amount of money and the rate at which it was spent by different agencies over the last five years. This gives the General Assembly monitoring capabilities similar to those of the Bureau of the Budget under the governor. The Illinois legislature is one of the first in the nation to have this kind of system at its disposal.
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