Names

Gov. James R. Thompson named Starline Carter, Chicago, to the State Board of Education, effective April 8. Carter received a Ph.D. in educational psychology from the University of Chicago in 1980. From 1974-82 she was employed at Trilogy Inc. in Chicago, where she served as clinical director from 1977 until last year. She is currently a clinical psychologist in private practice. Carter replaces Adrienne Bailey, who resigned late in 1981. Carter will serve a term ending in January 1985, with expenses only paid. This appointment requires Senate confirmation.

Governor's cabinet

Gov. Thompson announced April 20 that Ivan Pavkovic, director of the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities (DMHDD), will return to his previous positions as chief of clinicial services and director of Illinois Mental Health Institutes, effective April 25. Serving as acting director of DMHDD is Michael Belletire, assistant to the director of the Department of Central Management Services. Belletire will serve as acting director until a permanent replacement from outside the agency is found. The governor also announced the following reappointments to his cabinet. Terms expire January 21, 1985, and the reappointments require Senate confirmation.

E. Allen Bernardi, director of the Department of Labor (at a salary of $43,000 a year).

Bradley N. Evilsizer, director of the Department of Mines and Minerals ($38,000).

David Kenney, director of the Department of Conservation ($40,000).

Illinois-Chicago transition team

Taylor takes Pouncey's House seat; Braun takes leadership post

James C. Taylor, a former state senator who is also Chicago's 16 Ward Democratic committeeman, has replaced Taylor Pouncey as representative of the 31st District in the House and as chairman of the House Elections Committee. Pouncey, who had been one of three assistant majority leaders in the House, resigned in March.

Rep. Carol Moseley Braun (D-25, Chicago) was chosen by the black caucus April 20 to assume the leadership post left vacant by Pouncey. Taylor had served 12 years in the House before moving to the Senate in 1981, when he filled the seat vacated by Harold Washington who was elected to Congress. Taylor did not seek reelection in 1982; he worked for the Byrne administration.

State jobs for former legislators

The growing list of former state representatives who have been appointed to positions in state government includes:

Glen L. Bower (R., Effingham), as assistant director of the Department of Revenue, by the governor effective in April. Bower, who had served two terms in the Illinois House, ran for reelection last fall and was defeated by Richard H. Brummer (D-107, Effingham). Bower fills a vacancy in the Department of Revenue and will serve a two-year term. This appointment requires Senate confirmation.

Eugenia S. Chapman (D., Arlington Heights), as assistant to Atty. Gen. Neil F. Hartigan, by Hartigan effective in March. Chapman, who was defeated in the 10th District congressional race by Republican John Porter of Evanston, had served nine terms in the Illinois House and was minority whip. In her new post, she works on issues related to crime victims, consumer protection and senior citizens.

John T. Dunn (R., Tinley Park) as supervisor of the Quad County Stores, a storage area for the Department of Public Aid, by the governor effective in March. Dunn, who was elected to the Illinois House in 1980, was defeated in the 1982 primary election by Loleta A. Didrickson (R-37, Flossmoor). In his new post, Dunn replaces the late Alfred Stokes.

Lawrence "Laz" Murphy (D., Aurora), as assistant to the chairman of the legislative Labor Law Revisory Commission, by the commission in January. In addition, the commission approved Ron Stearney (R., Chicago) as its executive director in February. Murphy had served three terms in the General Assembly and Stearney four; neither ran for reelection. The Labor Law Revisory Commission, created late last year, consists of four legislative members and six public members. Its goals are to bring labor and business closer together, especially in such areas as unemployment insurance and worker's compensation; to study the possibility of revising and consolidating UI and WC law; and to coordinate the administrative departments and agencies in this field.

The Judiciary

President Ronald Reagan has nominated Federal District Judge Joel Flaum, Chicago, for a vacancy on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. The appeals court meets in Chicago and its jurisdiction includes Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. Flaum replaces the late Robert Sprecher. The appointment requires Senate confirmation.

The Illinois Supreme Court appointed Supreme Court Judge William G. Clark, Chicago, as chairman of the Illinois Courts Commission, effective in February. Clark succeeds Chief Justice Howard C. Ryan.

The Supreme Court appointed Alfred B. Teton, Glencoe, as circuit judge of Cook County Circuit Court, effective March 18. Teton, who was previously in private practice, fills the vacancy created by the resignation of Joseph Gordon. Resigning as circuit judge of Cook County Circuit Court is Theodore M. Swain, Chicago, effective March 1. Swain had been a judge since 1976. The following associate judges will retire from judicial office, effective July 1: Harold L. Madsen, Quincy, 8th Judicial Circuit. Madsen had been a judicial officer since 1977. Edwin C. Malone, Aledo, 14th Judicial Circuit. He had served as a judicial officer since 1958 when he was elected justice of the peace.

Office of the Governor

Gov. Thompson made the following staff appointments effective in April: Ross Hodel, Springfield, as special assistant to the governor for education. Hodel was previously manager of the finance section at the State Board of Education. He replaces Rich McClure, who will continue on the program staff working in revenue and local government. Brian Regan, Chicago, as assistant to the governor for pensions and retirement systems. Regan, who previously worked on the 1982 Thompson campaign, replaces Ron Lake, who resigned to take a job in another state. Resigning as special assistant to the governor for transportation is Mike Spivey, Chicago, effective in April. There is no replacement as yet.

Other appointments

Elsie Baukol, Springfield, as chief of the division of family health in the Department of Public Health, by department director William Kempiners effective in February. Baukol, a pediatrician, worked for 11 years for the Contra Costa County Health Department in Martinez, Calif. She replaces Dr. Bernard Turnock, who joined the Chicago Health Department.

Mary Frances Squires, Springfield, as administrative assistant for the Illinois Commerce Commission, by the commission effective in March. She will be working in budget and legislative matters. Squires was previously administrative assistant to former Rep. Arthur Telscer (R., Chicago).

Gary Strell, Spring Valley, as administrative assistant to Atty. Gen. Hartigan, by Hartigan effective March 15. Part of Strell's job is to work on Hartigan's senior citizens' program. When Hartigan was lieutenant governor, Strell helped set up the senior citizens' program in that office. He has also worked for Secys. of State Michael J. Howlett and Alan J. Dixon. Most recently Strell headed a consulting firm.

Thomas B. Kirkpatrick Jr., Oak Park, as presiding officer of the Washington-based National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse by the U. S. secretary of health and human services (HHS) effective in February. The advisory council, which was created by President Carter, makes recommendations on drug abuse issues, policies and funding to the HHS secretary and to the president. Kirkpatrick is executive director of the Illinois Dangerous Drugs Commission, a post he has held since 1975.

Robert Healey, Homewood, was re-elected to an unprecedented seventh term as president of the Illinois Federation of Teachers (IFT) by delegates to IFT's 45th annual convention on March 19. Healey was first elected president of IFT in 1971. In addition Margaret Blackshere, Springfield, IFT's political action head, was endorsed by the teacher's union delegates in her bid to become secretary-treasurer of the Illinois State Federation of Labor. If Blackshere is successful at the election, which will be held in December, she will be the first woman ever elected to the state AFL-CIO post.

Farley Peters, Springfield, as a lobbyist for the Illinois Legislative Project, by the Chicago Council of Lawyers effective January 1. She was previously lobbyist for the Illinois State

Illinois Women's Lobby

A new not-for-profit corporation was established in March to lobby the General Assembly on women's equality issues. The Illinois Women's Lobby, which will work with the Illinois Women's Agenda, will initially focus on health and reproductive rights and the appointment of women to state boards and commissions. Board members of the Women's Lobby are:

Patricia Bergman, president, is chair of the Women's Rights Committee of the League of Women Voters of Illinois and member of the executive board of ERA Illinois; Sally Wildman, vice president, is an attorney and member of the State Public Affairs Committee, National Council of Jewish Women-Central District; Beatrice Rieckhoff, secretary-treasurer, is on the faculty of Thornton Community College, a member of the Illinois Commission on the Status of Women and on the state board of the Illinois Women's Political Caucus; Patricia Smith-Pierce, member, is on the faculty of Harper Community College, chair-elect of the Illinois Women's Agenda and on the state board of the American Association of University Women-Illinois State Division; Prue Beidler, member, is president of the board of directors of the Hull House Association; Ann Seng, ex officio member, is chair of the Illinois Women's Agenda, public member of the Advisory Committee on Block Grants to the Illinois Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation and director of research and advocacy, Hull House Association.

Resignations

Jeff Idleman, Cantrall, as superintendent of the division of marketing in the Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDA) effective April 1. Idleman accepted a position with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He had been with IDA since 1976 and was superintendent of marketing since 1981. Acting as superintendent until a permanent replacement can be found is Mike Williams, who is currently assistant to the director.

Deaths

Irwin Goodman, Oak Brook, on April 13, Goodman, 50, was a member of the Pollution Control Board since 1975. Gov. Thompson said, "His extensive knowledge of environmental issues and thorough understanding of air quality standards will be difficult to replace. He was a strong and respected gentleman who approached his duties with the best interests of the people of Illinois in mind."

Luke Lavin, Springfield, on April 5, Lavin, 60, had headed the banking division of the State Treasurer's Office since 1967. Before that, Lavin served as comptroller for the city of Springfield from 1946 through 1967.

Honors

John H. Johnson, president and publisher of the Chicago-based Johnson Publishing Company Inc., was named 1983 Illinois Journalist of the Year by Northern Illinois University's School of Journalism at its annual banquet in April. Johnson's company publishes Ebony, Jet and Ebony Jr.', produces a weekly TV show and operates two radio stations and a book publishing affiliate.

Johnson has received numerous award in the past and is an advisory council member for the Harvard Graduate School of Business and a director of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

U.S. Sens. Alan J. Dixon and Charles H. Percy announced the 1983 recipients of the Japan-U.S. Senate Scholarship Program in March. Colleen McFee, Robinson, Audrey Chung, Freeport, will spend two months this summer with a family in Japan. The program is an intercultural exchange funded by the government of Japan adminstered by Youth for Understanding, a nonprofit international student exchange organization. Under the program, high schools submit nominees, and each U.S. senator names an outstanding high school junior from his or her state to participate

Indicted

Two Illinois state legislators have been indicated by a federal grand jury on unrelated charges. Sen. William A. Marovitz (D-3, Chicago) was indicted in March on charges that he attempted to extort $12,000 from a Skokie wrecking company in 1981. He allegedly told the owner of the company that he could "fix" the outcome of lawsuits pending against the firm in Cook County Circuit Court. Marovitz served three terms in the Illinois House before his election to the state Senate in 1980. He entered a plea of not guilty in federal court in April.

Freshman Rep. Ozie Hutchins (D-17 Chicago) also faces charges of extortion along with Chicago alderman William B. Carothers. A federal grand jury charge, issued in April, said that the pair extorted office remodeling work from a hospital contractor in 1981. The indictment alleges that Carothers and Hutchins, who was the alderman's administrative aide, threatened to hold up necessary permits and waivers for construction of a hospital in their ward unless the contractor agreed to remodel Carother's ward office.

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