Names

Thompson named to Upper Great Lakes Council

Gov. James R. Thompson was named to the Council of Upper Great Lakes Governors during the National Governors' Association summer meeting in Afton, Okla. The council will address major regional issues, such as water resources, shipping on the Great Lakes and attracting developing industries to the upper Midwest. Other members of the council are Govs. Albert Quie of Minnesota, Lee Dreyfus of Wisconsin and William Milliken of Michigan.

Former Gov. Dan Walker, Oak Brook, is teaching two fall semester courses at Loyola University, Chicago: "Illinois Government and Politics," for the political science department, and "State Government," for the law school.

After serving 14 years in the Illinois House, Rep. John Jacob Wolf (R., Chicago) resigned his House seat August 31 to accept an appointment as deputy director of the Department of Conservation (IDOC) by Gov. James R. Thompson. During his career in the General Assembly, Wolf was noted for legislation to protect the environment, save wild life and support hunting and fishing. As deputy director, he will represent IDOC Director David Kenney at public meetings and other functions and will advise the director on legislative matters, though he will not be a legislative liaison. His appointment was effective September 1 and pays an annual salary of $39,500.

Sen. Mark Q. Rhoads (R., Western Springs) was named a fellow of the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, effective in September. Rhoads, who is completing his sixth year in the Illinois Senate and is not running for reelection, is teaching a class on the state legislative process and writing a research paper on the various methods of amending the U.S. Constitution. Six fellowships are awarded by the institute each semester to academicians and persons active in political life. This year, former Illinoisan Betty Friedan of Peoria makes a seventh. The feminist author and founder of the National Organization for Women is staying an extra semester to work on a new book called The Fountain of Age.

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The Judiciary

Juleann Hornyak, Chicago, was named clerk of the Illinois Supreme Court by the court, effective July 19. Hornyak had been clerk of the 4th District Appellate Court since February 1981; previously she was research attorney and law clerk. She succeeds Clell Woods, who died in December 1981. Replacing Hornyak as appellate court clerk is Darryl Pratscher, Chicago, whose appointment by the 4th District appellate judges was effective July 19. Pratscher was research director for the 4th District and had been a member of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission.

The Illinois Supreme Court made the following appointments to the executive committee of the Illinois Judicial Conference, effective in April: Philip Romili, Hillside, of the 1st District Appellate Court, and Charles J. Durham, Chicago, of the Circuit Court of Cook County.

The Illinois Appellate Court recently appointed Allan L. Stouder, Kankakee, as an alternate member of the Illinois Courts Commission. Stouder is an appellate judge of the 3rd Judicial District.

Chief Judge Harry C. Comerford of the Circuit Court of Cook County made the following appointments: Richard H. Jorzak, Chicago, as presiding judge of the domestic relations division of the Circuit Court of Cook County, effective in May, and John P. McGury, Chicago, as presiding judge of the support division, effective in June.

The following attorneys have been selected associate judges by their respective circuit judges: Paul M. Francis, Decatur, 6th Judicial Circuit, effective July 1; Carlton Brett Bode, Pekin, 10th Judicial Circuit, effective April 26; Joe Billy McDade, Peoria, 10th Judicial Circuit, effective July 19; Charles H. Frank, Pontiac, 11th Judicial Circuit, effective May 1; and Dennis A. DePorter, Rock Island, 14th Judicial Circuit, effective July 1.

The following judges have resigned or retired:

Charles J. Fleck, Chicago, as circuit judge and presiding judge of the domestic relations division of the Circuit Court of Cook County, effective June 1. He had been a judge since 1976.

Jay M. Hanson, Geneseo, as circuit judge of the 14th Judicial Circuit, effective July 19. He had been a judicial officer since 1970.

Robert E. Hunt, Peoria, as circuit judge of the 10th Judicial Circuit, effective July 31. He had been a judge since 1961, and was chief judge of the 10th Circuit, a member of the Illinois Courts Commission and of the Illinois Judicial Conference.

Robert W. Schwartz, Carbondale, as associate judge of the 1st Judicial Circuit, effective April 30. He had been a judicial officer since 1959.

Veterans Advisory Council

Governor James R. Thompson named five people to the Veterans Advisory Council, a panel that will counsel the state Department of Veterans Affairs (DAV). In July the governor signed Executive Order No. 3 (1982) creating the advisory council, which had been disbanded in the early 1970s when DAV was given cabinet-level status. Council members will serve staggered terms at the beginning of their appointments and thereafter will serve two-year terms.

Named to the panel were: Edward Brennan, Jacksonville, a member of the National Executive American Legion Committee; George Gorin, Litchfield, adjutant general of the Springfield Chapter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars; Lincoln Tamraz, Chicago, past state and national commander of American Veterans (AMVETS); Dee Ray Wilson, Elgin, past commander of the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) and currently editor of the DAV magazine; Harland Keptel Sr., Brookfield, past commander of the Combined Veterans Association.

Community Colleges Trustees Association

Gary F, Petty, Dover, Dela., was appointed executive director of the Illinois Community College Trustees Association, by the association's board of representatives effective July 31. Petty, an attorney, served as college vice president, president and campus director of a campus of the Delaware Technical and Community College. He replaces David L. Viar who resigned to accept a job in California.

Retirements

Hiram H. Lesar, Carbondale, founding dean of Southern Illinois University-Carbondale's School of Law, retired from the university in August. Lesar, who came to SIU-C in 1972 to head its new law school, twice served as interim president of the university. In November 1980, he was named Distinguished Service Professor, and on September 18 of this year, SIU-C dedicated its new Hiram H. Lesar Law Building. Lesar has accepted a position as

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visiting professor of law at the University of the Pacific, Sacramento, Calif.

Resignations

Philip R. O'Connor, Chicago, as director of the Department of Insurance (DOI), effective July 19, to accept the post of political director of Gov. Thompson's reelection campaign. O'Connor, who says he expects to return to his DOI post after the election, had served as director since 1979. The governor named James W. Schacht, Springfield, as acting director of DOI. Schacht joined the department in 1964 and has served in several capacities, including deputy director of the life/accident and health division and chief deputy director.

Honors

The Illinois Department on Aging received national recognition for its information and referral services from the Federal Administration on Aging at a regional meeting held in Seattle, Wash., August 18. Two other states, Ohio and Maryland, were honored at the same meeting.

The Department of Children and Family Services named Kay Teel, a staff member of its Marion office, and Patty Lynn, of its East St. Louis office, as Adoption Workers of the Year for their outstanding records in placing 22 and 14 children, respectively, in adoptive homes in 1981. Teel and Lynn were honored at a luncheon during a statewide adoption conference held in Chicago in July.

Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, has been named a co-recipient of the 1982 Stephen B. Sweeney Award for its contribution to the education of students pursuing careers in local government management. The award was presented to NIU and to Shirley Chapman of the political science faculty at East Tennessee State University by the International City Management Association (ICMA) at its 68th Annual Conference held in Louisville, Ky., in October. ICMA is the professional and educational association of appointed administrators in cities, counties and councils of government.

Comptroller Roland W. Burris received the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Public Service Award in August at a dinner held in his honor in Alton. This award is presented by the Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies to an individual who has provided exceptional service to the public through personal, professional and civic commitment to the elderly, disadvantage and disabled.

House Speaker George Ryan (R., Kankakee) received a "special commendation" from the Illinois Manufacturers Association in Springfield in April, the first such award given by the group. Ryan was selected on the basis of his "contribution to the competitive enterprise system" and his efforts in the legislature "to improve and enhance the Illinois business climate."