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Peter Fox, 30, a resident of Champaign and graduate of Stanford, has succeeded John Castle as head of the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (DCCA). The department is responsible for Illinois business and tourism development, commercial promotion and maintenance of harmonious relations between the state and local governmental units. Gov. James R. Thompson made the appointment, which requires Senate confirmation, effective February 15.

Fox's wide-ranging career includes many business-related achievements, including: heading up DCCA's new multi-million dollar business revitalization campaign as DCCA's deputy director, executive experience with the stock brokerage firm of Lehman Brothers, Kuhn Loeb, ownership of seven downstate Wendy's franchises, management training at Continental Bank and reform of the Illinois State Lottery. Fox comes from a Champaign banking family active in downstate Republican party politics and fundraising. With DCCA since August 1980, his salary as director is $46,000.

DCCA's business image, acumen and overall effectiveness had been the subject of some controversy under Castle, who was the first director of the barely 3-year-old agency. Fox has a reputation for being sensitive to both business and labor viewpoints and for getting things done.

Fox named Peter K. Lennon, Chicago, as administrator of DCCA's division of government and community services in Chicago and northern Illinois, effective March 1. Lennon was formerly chief of DCCA's office of housing and community development.

Other DCCA appointments are: Melinda Parker, Chicago, as assistant to Fox, effective February 1; Nancy A. Blane, Waukegan, as manager of the international business division, effective February 22; and Linda Simon, Chicago, as managing director of the Office of Tourism, effective January 11. Parker was manager of DCCA's international business division and had held a similar post in the former Department of Business and Economic Development.

Blane was manager of the international trade department of the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce, and Simon worked in advertising and public relations with Taurus Associates, a Chicago-area firm. In addition, Tom Lane, Springfield, was named director of public affairs, effective February 16. Previously, Laue had been Kentucky state editor for UPI, and before that UPI's Springfield bureau chief. Laue replaces Bob Fletcher, who resigned to accept a similar position with the state Department of Law Enforcement.

Scott begins serving prison term

Former Atty. Gen. William J. Scott began serving a 366-day prison term March 8 at the federal prison in Pleasonton, Calif. It was the end of a long journey for a dynamic and innovative attorney general and a popular Republican politician.

On March 19, 1980, a day after his defeat in the primaries for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, Scott was convicted in the federal district court in Chicago on one count of understating his 1972 taxable income. When the 7th U.S. District Court of Appeals unanimously upheld his conviction last fall, he took his case to the U.S. Supreme Court. But on January 18, the justices concurred in Scott's conviction without comment. And on February 5, U.S. District Judge Marvin Aspen set the date for his surrender, having turned down Scott's request that because of his record of public service and his heart condition he be allowed to work off his sentence through community service.

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

Richard J. Carlson, director of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA), has brought in some out-of-state talent to fill key posts. Eugene Seebald, Troy, N.Y., was named manager of IEPA's water pollution control division in December 1981; he had been director of the division of water in the New York Department of Environmental Protection. Robert G. Kuykendall, San Francisco, was named manager of the division of land pollution control in January; he was formerly chief of the USEPA's air and hazardous materials branch, Region 9. In addition, Jeffrey M. Johnston, Springfield, was named manager of IEPA's division of administration in December; Johnston had headed the financial management division of the Department of Administrative Services.

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The Judiciary

Peter J. Paolucci, Lacon, was appointed circuit judge in the 10th Judicial Circuit by the Supreme Court January 13. Paolucci had been an associate judge. He filled the vacancy created by the resignation of Edward Haugens.

Frank W. Barbaro, Maywood, was named presiding judge of the 4th Municipal District of the Circuit Court of Cook County, by Cook County Chief Judge Harry J.Comerford effective February 1. Barbaro has been a judicial officer since 1965.

Darrell H. Reno, Pontiac, associate judge in the 11th Judicial Circuit, will retire May 1. Reno has been a judicial officer for 10 years.

James K. Robinson, Danville, a circuit judge in the 5th Judicial Circuit, has been appointed to the Committee on Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases by the Supreme Court.

Robert Gillespy, Springfield, was named interim clerk of the Supreme Court, by the Supreme Court justices in January. Gillespy, previously director of the court's research department, succeeds Clell Woods, who died December 19. Gillespy had been a legal assistant to Woods.

Other appointments

David E. Connor, Peoria, as chairman of the Illinois Arts Council, by the governor in January. Connor, who was named acting chairman last July, has served two stints on the council, the earlier from 1970 to 1973, the latter since 1979. He is president of the Commercial National Bank of Peoria and serves as a director on the boards of numerous businesses and organizations, including Central Illinois Light Company; the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad; the Peoria Development Corporation, and the Illinois Political Action Committee. He is a trustee of Bradley University, Peoria, and an Illinois Issues board member. Connor succeeds William M. DuVall, Lake Forest, who had been chairman since May 1977.

Robert E. Bergstrom, Champaign, as chief of the Illinois State Geological Survey, by the Board of Natural Resources and Conservation effective January 27. Bergstrom had served as acting chief of the survey since February 1981. Previously, he was principal geologist and head of the survey's geological group. He succeeds Jack A. Simon, Urbana, who was named principal scientist. Simon joined the survey in 1937 and had been survey chief since 1974. In February he received the Percy W. Nicholls Award of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers in recognition of his nearly 40 years of professional activity in coal research.

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Robert K. Hall, Chicago, as deputy director for management evaluation and cost control in the Department of Administrative Services, by the governor effective February 1. On January 29, Hall, a Republican, withdrew as a candidate for state comptroller. Previously, Hall had been director of purchasing and manager of industrial engineering for the Oil-Dri Corporation of Chicago.

Gary Schechter, Springfield, as manager of bingo administration, a new position within the Department of Revenue, by department director Thomas J. Johnson effective in January. Schechter, an attorney, had been rules review manager for the legislative Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and most recently was a private consultant in administrative rulemaking.

John Kunzman, Springfield, as head of the appropriations staff of Senate Minority Leader James "Pate" Philip, effective January 28. Previously, Kunzman was deputy director of the legislative Economic and Fiscal Commission. He succeeds Roger Sweet, who was promoted to director of the Senate Republican staff in October. Philip also named Jim Martin, Springfield, as director of his research staff. Martin, a lawyer, has been a member of the staff since 1978.

Thomas "Woody" Mosgers, Springfield, as assistant press secretary in the governor's office by Gov. Thompson effective February 4. Previously, Mosgers had been radio-television coordinator at the Illinois Information Service, and before that a radio-television producer for the Chicago Board of Education. Mosgers served for a month as assistant press secretary in the governor's office in 1978.

Resignations

William Schilling, Chicago, as commissioner of the State Savings and Loan Commission, effective February 26. Schilling resigned to accept an appointment as special assistant to the director of the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation in Washington, D.C. Schilling, who had been commissioner of the state agency since 1979, was previously assistant director of the Department of Financial Institutions, and before that an assistant U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois.

Deaths

Donald L. Smith, a career public servant and former state treasurer, in Chicago on February 4. Smith served as the chief fiscal officer under four state treasurers: William J. Scott, Adlai E. Stevenson III, Alan J. Dixon and Jerome Cosentino. In 1977, after Dixon's election as secretary of state, Smith was named treasurer by Gov. Thompson and served until Cosentino was elected in 1980. He then resumed the post of chief fiscal officer. Upon learning of Smith's death, Gov. Thompson said: "His death has come as a great shock — a death caused by a senseless violent act. ... His death marks the loss of a public servant in the finest sense of thj word. We also have lost a man who wd kind, gentle and respected."

Merle K. Anderson, a five-term member! of the state House of Representatives, in] Durand on January 18. Anderson, who! served in the House from 1965 until his retirement in 1974, served on a variety oi House committees and as vice chairman of the House Transportation Committee. He J was a member of the Winnebago Count! Board of Supervisors for 20 years xm farmed in Winnebago County.

Honors

Rep. Roger C. Stanley (R., Streamwood)! won the Illinois Education Association's j Legislator of the Year Award in February. Stanley was selected on the basis of voting record and his general support education. Stanley also won the award in 1977 for outstanding representation in hi first year as a state legislator.

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