Publisher: J. Michael Lennon. Editor: Caroline Gherardini. Circulation and advertising manager: Elizabeth A. Curl. Editor emeritus: William L. Day. Associate editors: Margaret S. Knoepfle, Richard J. Shereikis, Larry Smith, Patricia Burtle-McCredie, F. Mark Siebert. Legislative correspondent: Diane Ross. Contributing editors: Tom Littlewood, Ed McManus, Anna J. Merritt, Leroy S. Wehrle, Joan A. Parker, Charles J. Abbott, Charles N. Wheeler III. Business staff: Bonnie S. Roberts. Student assistants: Kristal Brazaitis, Jan R. Martz.

THE BOARD

Chairman: Samuel K. Gove, director, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois, Urbana. Vice Chairman: Michael H. Hudson, vice president, public affairs, Illinois Tool Works Inc., Chicago. Members: Louis Ancel, attorney, Chicago. Michael J. Bakalis, professor of education and management, Northwestern University, Evanston. Clark Burrus, senior vice president, First National Bank of Chicago. Norman Carlson, Arthur Andersen & Co., Chicago. David E. Connor, Commercial National Bank of Peoria. William L. Day, editor emeritus, Springfield. Robert P. Ewing, chairman of the board and president, Bankers Life & Casualty Co., Chicago. James L. Fletcher, attorney, Chicago. James M. Furman, executive vice president, MacArthur Foundation, Chicago. Doris B. Holleb, director, Metropolitan Institute, University of Chicago. Michael J. Howlett, partner, Howlett & Perkins Associates, Chicago. David Kenney, director, Illinois Department of Conservation, Springfield. Louis H. Masolti, professor of management and urban affairs, Northwestern University. Odas Nicholson, judge, Cook County Circuit Court. James D. Nowlan, director, Public Administration Program, University of Illinois, Urbana. Philip R. O'Connor, chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission, Chicago. James T. Otis, attorney, Chicago. Carolyn Oxtoby, owner, Maldaner's Restaurant, Springfield. Theodore Peterson, professor of journalism, University of Illinois, Urbana. Betsy Plank, assistant vice president, Illinois Bell Telephone Co., Chicago. Carl Shier, international representative, Region 4, United Auto Workers, retired. Honorable William G. Stratton, vice president, Canteen Corporation, Chicago. Samuel W. Witwer, attorney, Chicago. James C. Worthy, professor of management, Northwestern University. J. Michael Lennon, ex officio member.

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