Officers of the Illinois Municipal League PRESIDENT JAMES T. RYAN, Mayor,    Arlington Heights FIRST VICE PRESIDENT JEFFREY T. MARKLAND, Mayor,    Urbana SERGEANT-AT-ARMS JAMES M.THOMAS, Mayor, Ottawa EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR STEVEN SARGENT VICE PRESIDENTS Belleville—Mayor Richard Brauer Bellwood—Mayor Sigel C. Davis Bradley—Village President Kenneth P. Hayes Bridgeview—Village President John A. Oremus Buffalo Grove—Village President Verna L. Clayton Carbondale—Mayor Helen Westberg Centralia—Mayor Jack Sligar Chicago—Mayor Harold Washington Decatur—Mayor Gary K. Anderson DeKalb—Mayor Greg Sparrow East Alton—Mayor Frank Keasler East Chicago Heights—Mayor Saul Beck Elgin—Mayor Richard L. Verbic Evergreen Park—Village President Anthony Vacco Gurnee—Village President Richard A. Welton Joliet—Mayor John Bourg, Jr. Loves Park—Mayor Joseph F. Sinkiawic Macomb—Mayor Robert Anstine Niles—Village President Nicholas B. Blase Northlake—Mayor Eugene Doyle Oak Lawn—Mayor Ernest F. Kolb Park Forest—Village President Ronald L. Bean Park Ridge—Mayor Martin J. Butler Paxton— Mayor James E. Kingston Pekin—Mayor Willard E. Birkmeier Peoria—Mayor James Maloof Pontiac—Mayor Dale O. Campbell Quincy—Mayor Verne W. Hagstrom Riverdale—Village President Frank J. Heenan Rockford—Mayor John McNamara Salem—Mayor Leonard E. Ferguson Schiller Park—Village President Edward E. Bluthardt Skokie—Mayor Albert J. Smith Waukegan—Mayor Robert Sabonjian West Chicago—Mayor A. Eugene Rennels Woodridge—Mayor William F. Murphy PAST PRESIDENTS HAROLD J GOUWENS. Village President, South Holland ROGER W. DETTRO, Mayor, Mattoon MARK B. McLeRoy, Mayor, Freeport JACK B. WILLIAMS. Village President, Franklin Park J. MICHAEL HOUSTON, Mayor, Springfield

 

FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE AND MAYOR OF MUNDELEIN JOHN J. NOEL, SR. who governed the Village from 1953-1965 died January 15 in Tampa, Florida following a heart attack.

Ms. Ellen R. Mooney, CMC, Village Clerk of Hinsdale, Illinois, has been accepted into the Academy for Advanced Education of the International Institute of Municipal Clerks. The Academy is a professional body of municipal clerks who have continued their high level of educational achievement beyond the attainment of the prestigious Certified Municipal Clerk (CMC) Award.

On Sunday, May 11, 1986 there will be a fundraiser held with all proceeds being donated to the Illinois Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund. (I.V.V.M.F.) This fundraiser is being organized by Richard A. Hasse, Ottawa, Illinois and Roma L. Walker, Streator, Illinois. All proceeds donated to the I.V.V.M.F". committee will be used for the construction of a memorial dedicated to all Illinois Vietnam Veterans. This memorial will be constructed at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois.

LEE F. CODDINGTON, who served as Executive Secretary of The Illinois Municipal Problems Commission for many years passed away in January after a long illness. Lee will be remembered by many for her years of service to local government.

The ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL REVIEW continues to be an open forum of expression for municipalities. Articles appearing in the Review do not necessarily express the views of the League or its staff but those of the various authors.