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Skinner named CDB chairman

One of Skinner's key jobs will be to recover costs from architects, builders and other contractors who have done faulty work. In fiscal 1979, the CDB started a cost recovery program after the Governor's Cost Control Task Force found that the board had an estimated backlog of $10 million in claims against contractors, and the Illinois Building Authority had an additional $14.4 million backlog. According to the task force, the CDB could net about $750,000 annually through successful litigation. "For years the state just accepted anything and never sued," said Skinner. "We've changed that. We're starting to sue and are suing more."

Skinner, who has been mentioned as a possible Republican candidate for U.S. senator in 1980, succeeded Gov. Thompson as U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois in 1975. Returning to private practice in 1977, Skinner headed the governor's investigation of fraud in the welfare and unemployment compensation systems.

Skinner replaced Robert L. Donahue, Markham, as CDB chairman for a term ending January 21, 1980. The appointment is unsalaried and requires Senate confirmation.

Ikenberry named UI president

Joining the Penn State faculty in 1971 as associate director of the Center for the Study of Higher Education, Ikenberry has been senior vice president for the past eight years, serving in university development and relations and in administration. Hetaughtat Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich., and at West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va., where he was one of the founders of the Appalachia Education Laboratory.

Ikenberry succeeds John E. Corbally who announced last fall that he would return to teaching and research.

Registration and Education
Bruce J. Brizzolara, Park Ridge, was named superintendent of registration and education. Department of Registration and Education (R&E), by the governor effective in July. He replaced Jay T. Downen, Virden, who resigned. Brizzolara has been regional administrator of northern Illinois for the Department of Conservation; previously he served as administrative assistant to Cook County Commissioner Ronald R. Larson and as administrative assistant to the R&E director, 1971 to 1973.

Recent appointments by R&E Director Joan Anderson include Veva Meyer, Arlington Heights, to the new post of operations coordinator, and Val J. Budd Jr., Gary, as real estate commissioner. Both appointments were effective in June. Budd replaced Marion Valle, Chicago, who resigned.

Disagreement over the appointments delayed Anderson's own Senate confirmation

as department director. Originally, Anderson wanted to name Meyer as real estate commissioner, but the Illinois Association of Realtors objected because she did not have a broker's license. Budd, a McHenry County developer and banker, is a licensed real estate broker, though his license will be inactive while serving as commissioner. Meyer, who worked in Anderson's 1976 campaign for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor, is a licensed real estate salesperson and has been active in the Arlington Heights village caucus.

Department of Corrections
Corrections Director Gayle M. Franzen made the following appointments in June:
Marvin Reed, Joliet, as warden of Stateville Correctional Center. Since February, Reed had been unit manager of one of the five cell houses at Stateville. Previously he was chief of the department's advocacy services division. He replaced Lou V. Brewer, Joliet, who was dismissed by Franzen June 25, but will be offered another job in the department. Brewer, who had been warden at Iowa State Penitentiary, was named Stateville warden in September by Charles J. Rowe, then director of corrections.

John E. Wright and Jimmy L. Ellis, both of Chicago, and J. Paton Dellow, Joliet, as unit managers at Stateville. Wright worked for the Cook County Department of Corrections, most recently as commanding officer of the county corrections psychiatric unit. Ellis was supervisor of the Metro-Chicago Community Work Release Center, and Dellow was clinical services supervisor at the Vandalia Correctional Center.

Kenneth L. McGinnis, Hillsboro, as warden of the Hillsboro Correctional Center. The new medium security prison at Hillsboro along with another at Centralia are under construction, and McGinnis will be in charge of preparing both for occupancy by the fall of 1980. McGinnis was previously assistant warden for programs at Menard and went to Pontiac last February as special assistant to the director to help end the deadlock there.

Marie Hall, Lockport, as medical services administrator. A registered nurse, she supervises medical care at the department's adult and juvenile institutions. She was assistant warden for programs at Stateville Correctional Center. Replacing Hall at Stateville is Robert DeRobertis, Joliet. Previously he was administrative assistant to Franzen in Springfield and has also been a correctional counselor and prisoner advocate for the department.

Henry Cowan, Joliet, as assistant warden for operations at Stateville Correctional Center. Cowan joined the department in February as project director for the Stateville shakedown. He has held corrections posts in other states, including warden of Kentucky State Prison.

Samuel Sublet Jr., St. Charles, as accreditation manager for the department. He is directing efforts to qualify Illinois corrections centers for accreditation from the American Correctional Association. The recently formed association sets standards and inspects prisons and juvenile homes. In May, the Vienna Correctional Center became the first adult center in the U.S. to receive accreditation. Auditors were scheduled to visit Menard in late June. Sublett was administrator for institutional services in the juvenile division.

James McAlpin, Batavia, as superintendent of the Illinois Youth Center, DuPage County. Most recently he was field services coordinator for the department's juvenile division.

Linda Ann Geisen, Dwight, as assistant warden for operations at the Dwight Correctional Center, where she was previously clinical services supervisor.

Other appointments
Sam Buckwalter, Chicago, as temporary executive director, Illinois Law Enforcement Commission, by the governor pending Senate confirmation. Buckwalter was chief financial officer of the commission and replaced James Zagel, who resigned to become director of the Department of Revenue.

Ellen C. Craig, Chicago, as acting special assistant for consumer affairs, by the governor effective in June. Craig works in the governor's office of interagency cooperation with children's advocate Margaret Kennedy and special assistant on women, Sharon Sharp. Along with its special advocacy functions, the office also assists people who need help from state or private agencies. Craig is presently working on legal questions affecting consumers. She was legal counsel to Annie Moldafsky who resigned from the consumer affairs post to fulfill commitments on her new book dealing with consumer problems for young adults.

Russell Spitzner, Marion, asassistant director for underground mines, Department of Mines and Minerals, by the governor effective in June pending Senate confirmation. Spitzner, who fills a post that has been vacant for two years, is in charge of inspection and safety in the state's underground coal mines. He says Illinois ranks at the top of the list in mine safety and has one of the most stringent safety acts in the U.S. Spitzer's mining experience dates back to 1932. He started working for the department in 1967 and most recently was coordinator for its training division.

Appointed by the governor to the Department of Administrative Services were Gertrude W. Jordon, Chicago, as assistant director, effective in June pending Senate confirmation, and Daniel P. Isacksen, Arlington Heights, as deputy director, effective June 12. Previously, Jordon was manager of the bureau of grants and resource management, Department of Personnel, which administers $5.2 million in Comprehensive Employment Act Training Funds for state public service jobs. Her term will end in January 1981. Isacksen was formerly deputy commissioner of banks and trust companies and has worked in the data processing and automation fields.

Robert L. Radmacher, Springfield, as deputy commission of banks and trust companies, by the governor effective June 12 for a term ending October 1982 pending Senate confirmation. Previously, Radmacher was deputy director of the Department of Business and Economic Development.

Billie Ann Pilling, Macomb, was reap-pointed superintendent of women and children, Department of Labor, by the governor effective in June for a term ending January 1981 pending Senate confirmation. Filling's job title does not describe her work. She heads the department's law enforcement division which enforces the state's labor laws, including minimum wage, overtime, child labor and farm labor.

Bonita B. Lancaster, Taylorville, as Gov. James R. Thompson's personal secretary, by the governor effective in May. Lancaster was previously secretary to Mrs. Jayne Thompson

and worked as secretary to the Supreme Court marshall for 22 years. She replaced Alberta Levan, Taylorville, who became secretary to Zale Glauberman, director of the new Health Finance Authority. Marjorie E. Keller, Springfield, became Mrs. Thompsons's personal secretary in June. Keller previously worked with the Illinois Community College Board.

Stuart Shiffman, Springfield, as deputy chief of the criminal justice division, Office of the Attorney General, by the attorney general. Shiffman was previously assistant state's attorney for Sangamon County. He replaced Gerri Papushkewych, Springfield, who transferred to the general law division.

Resignations
Jim Goff and Robert J. Dalsanto, both of Springfield, have resigned from the House Republican press staff to take jobs in Springfield city government. Goff, who was deputy press secretary to House Minority Leader George H. Ryan, accepted a newly created position as public information specialist at City Water, Light and Power effective in July. Dalsanto, Ryan's press assistant, became administrative assistant in May to Springfield's new mayor, J. Michael Houston.

Dean Robert W. Rogers of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will resign as dean effective August 20 after holding the post for 15 years. He has taught at the university for 31 years and will return to fulltime teaching after a year's leave for study and research. Professor Lloyd G. Humphreys, White Heath, who has taught at the university since 1957 and was formerly head of the psychology department and an assistant director of the National Science Foundation, will serve as acting dean for one year until a replacement is found.

Honors
Michael Dunbar, Springfield, was the winner of an open competition sponsored by the Illinois Arts Council to create an original work of sculpture which will be presented to the 1979 recipients of the Governor's Awards for the Arts in Illinois. The awards, which will honor 10 individuals and corporations for their contributions to the arts, will be made in October. Dunbar's sculpture, an abstract design in steel, was selected by a panel of sculptors and museum directors in May. Finalists in the competition included: Steve Luecking, Chicago; Bruce White, Sycamore; Barry Tinsley, Chicago; and Peter Fagan, Urbana.