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Marjorie Jones replaces her late husband in House

Marjorie Jones, widow of the late Rep. J. David Jones (R., Springfield), was named by the 50th District Republican Legislative Committee to serve out the remainder of her husband's term, which ends when the new House members are inaugurated in January. She was sworn in October 15.

Irv Smith, Springfield, was named by the committee to take Jones' place on the November 4 ballot — and won. Smith is regional superintendent of schools in Sangamon County and has served on the Sangamon County Board from 1971 to 1975 as vice chairman and chairman of the finance committee.

Gustafson to direct Department of Nuclear Safety

Dr. Philip F. Gustafson, Argonne, was named the first permanent director of the Department of Nuclear Safety (DNS) by Gov. James R. Thompson in October, pending Senate confirmation. Gustafson is to join DNS later in the year.

Created by Executive Order No. 3 (1980), DNS is the first cabinet-level agency in the nation to deal exclusively with nuclear safety. It is also another of Thompson's reorganization initiatives (see "Science," September, p. 19, and "Legislative Action," November, p. 27). DNS began operations on October 1 under interim director William A. O'Connor, Springfield, who was Thompson's counsel and assistant on public safety.

Thompson said Gustafson has "impeccable scientific credentials" and "is capable of listening to and learning from all the interest groups on issues of nuclear safety. ..." Gustafson, a nuclear physicist, is director of the division of environmental impact studies at Argonne National Laboratory and a senior biophysicist at Argonne. He is also vice chairman of the Illinois Commission on Atomic Energy and a member of the U.S. Department of Energy's advanced research group for radiation emergencies.

From 1966 to 1968 he worked as a nuclear fallout specialist in the division of biology and medicine of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). He later became associate director of the radiological physics section at Argonne, serving as coordinator for the Great Lakes Research Program. In 1971 he headed the Argonne effort to assist the AEC in preparing environmental impact statements for nuclear reactors. When the Nuclear Regulatory Commission was founded, the scope was broadened to include the entire nuclear fuel cycle and Gustafson became director in 1976 of Argonne's newly created division of environmental impact studies.

Illinois Arts Council

Lucine A. Folgueras, Chicago, as director of the Illinois Arts Council's (IAC) creative artists' development program, by IAC executive director Clark Mitze effective in September. Folgueras was previously program officer for the Wisconsin Arts Board's community arts and artists-in-the-schools programs. She replaced Jennifer Moyer who is now executive director of the Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines in New York City.

Jack Heintz, Springfield artist and former publisher of the Springfield State Journal-Register, was named a member of the IAC by the governor effective in July for a term expiring in June 1984. He replaced Judy Goldberg, Chicago. Reappointed for terms ending in June 1983 were Margaret Arvey, a Chicago housewife, and Joan Powell, Rockford, chairman of the board of Powell Metal and Chemical. The unsalaried appointments do not require Senate confirmation.

The Judiciary

John J. O'Toole, Chicago, was appointed circuit judge of the Cook County Circuit Court, by the state Supreme Court effective October 1. O'Toole was previously in private practice. He replaces Louis Garippo, who retired.

The following attorneys were appointed associate judges by the circuit judges of their districts effective September 15:

3rd Judicial Circuit: Thomas E. Hildebrand Jr., Granite City.

Circuit Court of Cook County: Eugene C. Campion, Glenn C. Fowlkes and Edward S. Macie, all of Chicago; and Robert D. Ericsson, Lincolnwood, Richard A. LaCien, Flossmoor, and Mitchell Leiken, Skokie.

Campion was previously supervisor of the Cook County public defender's office,

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and Ericsson worked in the state attorney general's office.

The following judges have retired:

Irving Landesman, Chicago, as circuit judge of the Cook County Circuit Court, effective October 1. Landesman had been a judicial officer since 1957.

Ernest W. Akemann, Elgin, as circuit judge of the 16th Judicial Circuit, effective December 15. Akemann has been a judicial officer since 1970 and served several terms as chief judge of the 16th Circuit. He was trial judge in the Aurora School District desegregation case.

Alfred E. Woodward, Wheaton, as circuit judge of the 19th Judicial Circuit, effective December 28. Woodward has been a judicial officer since 1970 and served a term as chief judge of the 18th Circuit. Since 1977 he has served, by Supreme Court assignment, in the 2nd District Appellate Court. Woodward is the father of Washington Post reporter Robert Woodward of Watergate fame who recently coauthored The Brethren, a book on the U.S. Supreme Court.

The 1980 National Roster of Black Judicial Officers has recently been published and is available from the American Judicature Society. One of the authors is Russell R. DeBow, supervising judge of the pretrial section of the law division of the Circuit Court of Cook County.

Other appointments

David R. Pierce, Mason City, Iowa, as executive director of the Illinois Community College Board by the board effective in September. (He will begin working full time in January 1981.) Pierce was previously superintendent of the North Iowa Community College in Mason City. He replaces Fred L. Wellman who retired.

Herbert DeLaney, Kankakee, as deputy director of the Department of Labor, by department director William M. Bowling effective in October. DeLaney's responsibility is in the budget and fiscal areas of the department. He has been 1st Ward alderman in Kankakee since 1969 and was previously associated with UARCO Incorporated. He replaced Stephen C. O'Donoghue.

William J. Smith, Taylorville, as deputy director of the audit and collections bureau, Department of Revenue, by department director J. Thomas Johnson effective October 1. Smith heads a staff of 330 auditors and 160 collectors, which in fiscal 1980 collected over $110 million in unpaid taxes. He joined the department in 1961 and has been manager of the collection division since 1975. He replaced John Wendorff, who was recently chosen for the Internal Revenue Service's executive selection and development program.

Morton Friedman, Wilmette, and Daniel Harris, formerly of Los Angeles, were appointed by Attorney General Tyrone Fahner effective in October. Friedman fills a newly created position on special projects. He worked with Fahner in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Chicago and was legal counsel for the Department of Law Enforcement when Fahner was director. Harris' field is environmental matters, particularly hazardous wastes and nuclear energy; he will also assist Fahner in drafting legislation relating to statewide grand juries. Harris previously worked as clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan.

James C. Soper, Cicero, and Daniel R. Fusco, Wilmette, as members of the Illinois

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Toll Highway Authority, by the governor in September for terms expiring May 1, 1983. The appointments require Senate confirmation; salary is $15,000 per year. The two positions were created by recent legislation which expanded the membership of the Toll Highway Authority from seven to nine members. Both Soper and Fusco are attorneys. Soper, a former state senator (R., Cicero), served in the General Assembly from 1967 to 1975.

James Gidwitz, Chicago, was reappointed to the Chicago Regional Port District Board by the governor effective in June for a term ending in May 1985. The unsalaried appointment requires Senate confirmation. The Board oversees operations of the Chicago Regional Port District. Gidwitz is the vice president of Continental Materials Corporation.

Thomas F. Roeser, Park Ridge, was reelected president of the City Club of Chicago for a fourth consecutive term (1980-1981). The club is activating approximately 21 committees to study issues affecting Chicago and will publish reports and conclusions as they develop. Roeser is vice president of public affairs at the Quaker Oats Company.

Donna Schiller, Chicago, was reelected to the board of directors of the American Judicature Society for a one-year term. The society seeks to improve the administration of justice through judicial improvements and court modernization. A past president of the League of Women Voters of Illinois, Schiller was executive director of Project Merit Selection of Judges of the Committee on Courts and Justice, which spearheaded an unsuccessful drive this year to place the question of merit selection on the November ballot.

Roger G. Fein, Northbrook, was reelected to the board of directors of the Illinois Bar Foundation by the board of governors of the Illinois State Bar Association effective in July for a three-year term. The foundation promotes study and research of law and publishes works on legal subjects.

Deaths

Rep. J. David Jones, 68, on October 2, in Springfield. Jones (R., Springfield) served eight terms in the Illinois House. He was first elected in 1964 when all 177 members of the House were elected at large. Jones was most active in the area of tax relief for senior citizens and sponsored the original circuit breaker tax credit for senior citizen property owners. He also served as Sangamon County Republican Chairman from 1960-1970 and as Republican precinct committeeman for 24 years.