Philip M. Gonet, 35, Springfield, moved on November 1 from the Board of Regents to Gov. James R. Thompson's office, where he will serve as deputy chief of staff. Gonet replaced Katherine D. Selcke, who was named by Thompson as assistant director of the Department of Conservation.

Gonet has been director of fiscal affairs for the Board of Regents since November 1983. Before that he spent five years as director of appropriations for the House Republican staff and three as an analyst in the education division of the Bureau of the Budget. He holds a bachelor's degree from Merrimack College in North Andover, Mass., and a master's from Pennsylvania State University. He will be paid $57,750. Selcke was a House Republican staffer who served as assistant to the governor for transportation for a year before becoming deputy chief of staff in August 1984. She will be paid $54,862 in her new position.

Gov. Thompson named Vincent Petrini as his assistant press secretary in Chicago replacing James Prescott, who began work in October with Lesnik & Company, a Northbrook-based communications company. Petrini has worked in Thompson's office since 1985 as a research assistant and assistant press secretary. He was media coordinator for the governor's 1986 reelection campaign.

Gov. Thompson and Chicago Mayor Harold Washington finally reached an agreement in October on appointments for chairmen of the Metropolitan Fair and Exposition Authority Board, which oversees McCormick Place, and the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority, the state authority which will oversee construction of a new White Sox stadium. Under the agreement, the governor's appointment of lawyer Thomas A. Reynolds Jr. of Winnetka as chairman of the sports authority was concurred in by the mayor, and lawyer Charles Tribbett III will hold the chairmanship of the McCormick Place board. At the time of publication, both boards were in the process of conducting nationwide searches for their executive directors to run the day-to-day operations. (For a complete listing of other members of both boards, see Illinois Issues, October 1987, page 33, for the McCormick Place board, and Illinois Issues, November 1987, page 31, for the sports authority.)

The executive commission charged with fostering high technology in Illinois has a new cochairman. Gov. James R. Thompson in September named Donald N. Frey of Chicago, chairman and chief executive officer of Bell & Howell, to cochair the Governor's Commission on Science and Technology. Frey replaces William Ylvisaker. The other cochair is Stanley O. Ikenberry, president of the University of Illinois. The commission is part of the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs' Small Business Bureau.

At the same time Thompson appointed five new members to the commission: Dr. Mary L. Good of Palatine, who directs research efforts at Signal Research Center Inc.; Paul Heath of St. Charles, president of Elgin Community College; Michael E. Lavin of Chicago, partner in charge of the high technology practice in the Chicago accounting firm of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co.; Dr. M. Paul Makowski of Palatine, recently retired from Gould Inc.; and Dr. Alan Schriesheim of Chicago, director of Argonne National Laboratory and a professor in the chemistry department at the University of Chicago.

Veteran Statehouse reporter Mike Lawrence began work in September as press secretary to Secy. of State Jim Edgar. Lawrence will serve as a senior policy adviser to Edgar and will oversee all communications, press and public information operations of the Secretary of State's Office. Lawrence had been Springfield bureau chief for the Chicago Sun-Times for the last year. Prior to that he was Springfield bureau chief for Lee Enterprises.

Chicago attorney Leo Kazaniwskyj, the governor's special assistant for ethnic affairs, was tapped by Thompson in September to chair the state's 20-agency Immigration Reform Task Force. He replaced Paul O'Connor, who assumed duties as deputy director for marketing at the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs. The task force works with federal and state agencies, local governments and ethnic communities to see that the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 is properly administered.

Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals Director Richard R. Shockley reappointed four members to the State Miners Examining Board in September for two-year terms: Byron G. Beard and James R. Stewart, both of Benton; Paul Emery of Harrisburg; and George Gossett of West Frankfort. All have been actively involved in the coal mining industry. The board holds monthly examinations for coal miners.

Alan Woolf of Carbondale, zoology professor and assistant director of Southern Illinois University-Carbondale's Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory, was promoted to director on September 1. He replaced W.D. Klimstra, founder and sole director of the laboratory since its creation in 1951. Woolf, a specialist in wildlife diseases and wildlife biology, had served for 12 years as research director at the Rachelwood Wildlife Research Preserve in New Florence, Pa., before joining the SIU-C laboratory as assistant director in 1979. Klimstra continues to advise graduate students and conduct research as professor emeritus.

Terry Michael left his position as news and information director for the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to join the presidential campaign of U.S. Sen. Paul Simon (D-Makanda). On the DNC staff since 1983, Michael began work as director of communications for the Simon campaign in October. He was Simon's press secretary from 1975-1979 when Simon was serving in the U.S. House. Michael served two years as press secretary for U.S. Rep. Robert Matsui (D-California) and in 1980 was press secretary for Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy's presidential primary campaign. He was press secretary to Illinois House Democrats in 1972, and before that worked as a reporter for the Mount Vernon Register-News and The Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette.

Stevenson      Bakalis

Former Democratic gubernatorial candidates Adlai E. Stevenson III and Michael J. Bakalis announced creation of a "think tank" in October aimed at helping the party's candidates emphasize issues over personalities. According to Bakalis, the new group, the Illinois Council on Democratic Policy, will monitor Republicans on the issues, will host public forums and conduct research on issues, and will provide issue preparation services for Democratic candidates. Bakalis, Democratic candidate for governor in 1978, is the council's chairman and Stevenson, who ran in 1982 and 1986, is chairman of its advisory committee.

At the time of publication, the council had about 100 members from across the state and will draw support from volunteers in government, academia, labor, business and law. Though the council will not be formally tied to the Democratic party, according to Bakalis, it will work closely with its candidates and has the party's backing. Those interested in seeking membership information may write to Peter Dammer, executive director, 300 W. Adams, Suite 610, Chicago 60606, or call (312) 606-0696.

Some familiar faces are gone and new faces have been added in the Statehouse pressroom. Reporters in the pressroom were shocked on August 30 when Steve Hahn, 32, a Statehouse veteran, died of a heart attack. Hahn worked for United Press International and before that had covered the Statehouse for the Springfield State Journal-Register.

Les Blumenthal has left the Associated Press bureau for Washington, where he will cover the northwest congressional delegation for AP out of the nation's capital. He has been succeeded by Bill Stracener who came to Springfield after three years in AP's Columbia, S.C., capital bureau. Stracener worked four years with the Winston-Salem Journal and 11 for UPI in Atlanta, Columbia and Charleston, S.C., before joining AP. Nick Geranios departed the Springfield AP bureau for a post in Yakima, Wash. His place has been taken by Dennis Conrad, a two-year veteran of AP's Cleveland bureau. Conrad worked seven and a half years for the Gainesville (Fla.) Sun before joining AP.

Don Thompson has taken over as Springfield bureau chief for the Bloomington Pantagraph, filling the position left vacant by Mike Matulis' departure. Thompson had spent six and a half years with the Pantagraph, most of it in their Pontiac bureau. He left in July of 1986 and worked as editor of the Aspen (Colo.) Daily News and as a reporter for the Grand Junction (Colo.) Sentinel.

Gov. Thompson made appointments and reappointments to several Illinois boards and commissions in September:

• State Board of Education: Lyle Neumann of Cambridge, controller, Henry Service Company, replacing Fredrick B. Rabenstein. The term expires in January 1989.

• Pollution Control Board: Michael Nardulli, former Chicago alderman and state representative, replacing former state Sen. Edward A. Nedza. The term expires in July 1989; the annual salary is $58,600.

• Capital Development Board: George B. Peters of Aurora, retired chairman of the board, Aurora Industries Inc., reappointed; and Van Price of Olympia Fields, president, Capital Mortgage Funding Company, appointed to replace Daryl Grisham. Their terms expire in January 1991.

• Board of Trustees of the Teachers' Retirement System: Decatur Mayor Gary K. Anderson and Robert R. Daniels of Springfield, executive director, Illinois Education Association. The terms expire in July 1990.

• Local Records Commission: Sangamon County State's Atty. Don Cadigan replacing the former county state's attorney, J. William Roberts. The appointment is for an indefinite term.

• State Banking Board of Illinois: Eyvonne Moore of Chicago, vice president, Highland Community Bank, appointed to fill an existing vacancy with the term ending in January 1991.

All appointments were effective immediately and, with the exception of the Pollution Control Board, pay expenses only. Also, appointments to the Board of Trustees of the Teachers' Retirement System and the Local Records Commission do not require Senate confirmation.

Alice E. Phillips of Wheaton, second vice president of the public finance group at Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago, was appointed last summer to the seven-member Prairie State 2000 Authority board of directors, replacing Jack Watts. The authority, created in 1983 by the General Assembly, awards worker retraining grants and loans to Illinois businesses and individuals.

A seven-member blue-ribbon committee will study the operations of the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) and consider whether nonlawyers should be appointed to serve on ARDC hearing and review boards. The committee, appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court effective September 1, is chaired by Dr. Eugene Hotchkiss III, president of Lake Forest College since 1970.

Lawyers on the committee include Vincent J. Connelly of Mayer, Brown & Piatt in Chicago; George L. Herbolsheimer of Herbolsheimer, Lannon, Henson, Duncan & Reagan in LaSalle; Sandor Korein of Carr, Korein, Kunin, Schlichter, Montroy & Brennan in East St. Louis; and Wayne W. Whalen of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in Chicago. Other members are Willard Bunn Jr., chairman of the board of Marine Corporation in Springfield, and Dr. Max Samter, senior consultant to the Institute of Allergy and Clinical Immunology at Grant Hospital of Chicago.

The high court expanded the ARDC board from five to seven members on August 31. Three current members of the board are not lawyers.

3rd District Appellate Court

• Retired: Joseph Fennessey of Ottawa, clerk of the court, effective October 15.

Cook County Circuit Court

• Appointed as circuit judges: Assistant Illinois Atty. Gen. Thomas J. Heneghan of Chicago, effective September 15, to fill the vacancy in the judicial office of Raymond Sodini: Fred Sudak of Chicago, in private practice, effective September 1, to fill the vacancy created by the election of Charles Freeman to the 1st District Appellate Court; and Mary Maxwell Thomas of Evanston, in private practice, effective August 21, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Joseph Salerno.

• Appointed as acting presiding judge of the court's Sixth Municipal District: Circuit Judge Ronald J. Crane of Flossmoor by Chief Judge Harry G. Comerford.

3rd Judicial Circuit

• Appointed as associate judge: Ellar Duff-Williams of Alton, in private practice.

4th Judicial Circuit

• Appointed as circuit judge: Marion County State's Atty. Robert W. Matoush of Salem, effective September 8, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Ronald Niemann.

5th Judicial Circuit

• Appointed as circuit judges: Jerry Allen Davis of Danville, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of James Robinson, and John P. O'Rourke of Danville, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Paul Wright; both appointments were effective September 21. Both were in private practice.

6th Judicial Circuit

• Assigned to duty: Retired Circuit Judge Joseph C. Munch of Sullivan, effective October 5, 1987, to December 5, 1988.

10th Judicial Circuit

• Appointed as circuit judge: Robert A. Barnes Jr. of Lacon, in private practice, effective September 15, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Peter Paolucci.

14th Judicial Circuit

• Appointed as associate judge: John R. McClean Jr. of Moline, in private practice.

18th Judicial Circuit

• Resigned: Circuit Judge Helen C. Kinney of Glen Ellyn, effective December 5, 1987. Kinney has been a judicial officer since 1972 and has been an active member of the Illinois Judicial Conference.

20th Judicial Circuit

• Named acting chief judge by fellow circuit judges: Circuit Judge Richard A. Hudlin IV of Fairview Heights to fill the vacancy created by the appointment of Joseph F. Cunningham Jr. to the Illinois Supreme Court.

• Appointed circuit judge: Associate Judge Roger M. Scrivner of Belleville, effective September 10, to fill the vacancy created by the death of John Hoban.

John Hall of Jacksonville was appointed director of personnel for the Illinois Commerce Commission effective July 6. He had been director of personnel at the Department of Rehabilitation Services since August 1985 and before that served in personnel-related posts with the Department of Personnel (now Central Management Services), the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Transportation. Also, he was a member of U.S. Secretary of Agriculture John Block's transition team in Washington. D.C.

Harry Hendrickson of Rochester was named groundwater education coordinator for the Department of Energy and Natural Resources in July. Hendrickson had been water quality coordinator for the Association of Illinois Soil and Water Conservation Districts in Springfield since 1982. He is based in Springfield.

Todd R. Glenn of Glen Ellyn, assistant vice president-regulatory, Illinois Bell Telephone, was elected president of the United Way of Illinois (UWI) at its board of directors meeting in September. He fills the unexpired term of John F. Coy, who recently relocated to Washington, D.C. Glenn has been a member of the 40-member UWI board since 1985, serving on its finance, bylaws and executive planning committees and as chair of the nominating/volunteer development committee. United Way of Illinois includes the 200 local United Ways which provide funding for more than 1,100 human service agencies statewide.

Sally A. (Whalen) Stiles of Chicago was elected vice president-membership services for the Illinois Manufacturers' Association (IMA) by the board of directors in August. She succeeds Hugh Engelman, who retired. Stiles joined the IMA in 1981 as assistant director-government affairs, and was named assistant vice president-government affairs in February 1985. Prior to that she served as a program director with the Republican National Committee, and as a legislative aide for former Illinois Sen. W. Timothy Simms and for former House Speaker (now lieutenant governor) George H. Ryan. The IMA has as members more than 5,000 companies and plants in Illinois employing around 750,000 people.

Michael J. Donahue, director of the U.S. office and head of research at the Center for the Great Lakes, has been appointed executive director of the Great Lakes Commission in Ann Arbor, Mich. The commission takes a regional approach to environmental quality, economic development and resource management. It was established in 1955 by the legislatures of the eight states and is comprised of governors' appointees, state officials and legislators.

Edward J. Filiatrault, executive vice president of Northern Illinois Gas Company, Aurora, was reelected chairman of the board of the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce for the coming year. Six vice chairmen, each representing a different section of the state, were elected or reelected for one-year terms. Newly elected were John R. Conrad, president, S & C Electric Company, Chicago; David L. Musgrave, president, The First National Bank in Robinson, Robinson; Harry J. Seigle, president, Seigle's Home and Building Centers, Elgin; and Gilbert H. Todd, president and chief executive officer, Elliott State Bank, Jacksonville. Reelected were William A. Strong, Ottawa Strong & Strong Inc., Ottawa; and Charles W. Wells, executive vice president, Illinois Power Company, Decatur. Reelected treasurer and assistant treasurer, respectively, were Charles H. Cory II, vice president and government affairs officer, The Northern Trust Company, Chicago, and John H. Beirise, senior vice president, Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago.

In addition, 15 business leaders representing a cross-section of the state's commerce and industry were elected to a first term on the board of directors: from Chicago, Joseph A. McCullough, vice president and general manager of Turner Construction Company; Robert D. McKeehan assistant vice president-general manager, marketing, Amoco Oil Company; D.P. Payne, vice president-area manager of International Business Machines Corporation; and John Sloane, vice president-director of employee relations for the Chicago Tribune. Others from around the state include: W. Stephen Burgess, publisher, Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale; John F. Carpenter, vice president and general manager of Norge, Herrin; Jay Fernandes, vice president, aviation operations, Sundstrand Corporation. Rockford; Malcolm E. Lambing Jr., president and chief executive officer, First Illini Bancorp Inc., Galesburg; Bernice E. Lavin, vice president and secretary-treasurer, Alberto-Culver Company, Melrose Park; Frank B. Moore, vice president for government affairs, Waste Management Inc., Oak Brook; George C. Nebel, president, Roadmaster Corporation, Olney; Barbara M. Sellstrom, president, Sellstrom Manufacturing Co., Palatine; Charles H. Smith, president, Kankakee Water Company; Samuel D. Stotlar, president. Bob Stotlar Building Centers, Marion; and Arthur Stuenkel, president, Pekin Energy Company.

Senior U.S. District Judge Bernard M. Decker, who has served as a federal judge for 25 years, has announced that he will retire at the end of the year for health reasons. Decker was appointed to the District Court in 1962 by President John F. Kennedy after an 11-year stint as a Lake County circuit judge. He has been on senior status since April 1981. Among his significant federal decisions was one in 1981 upholding the constitutionality of the village of Morton Grove's handgun ban.

Illinois' Parents Too Soon program won $100,000 in the Innovations in State and Local Government Awards Program sponsored by the Ford Foundation and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. The Illinois program was one of 10 winners selected from more than 1,000 entries from states, counties and municipalities.

Parents Too Soon is a statewide program that seeks to reduce teen pregnancy, provide medical care for young mothers and babies and to mothers in school and employable. Parents Too Soon is run by the state departments of Public Health, Public Aid and Children and Family Services in conjunction with 125 community organizations. The Ford Foundation credited the program with an 18 percent drop in teen birth rates over the last five years.

The award will be used to extend pregnancy prevention efforts to adolescent males and to publish information on the state's new child support enforcement and paternity laws. Last year Illinois was the awards program's only double winner for its One Church, One Child and its Quality Incentive programs.

Illinois produced 500 million gallons of hazardous waste in 1985, about 43 gallons for every resident. On October 1 five firms were recognized for programs they instituted to reduce the amount of waste. Winning the Illinois Hazardous Waste Research and Information Center's innovative waste reduction awards were: Automotive Wholesalers of Illinois, Springfield; Borg-Warner Chemical Inc., Ottawa; Illinois Benedictine College, Lisle; MPI Label Systems of Illinois Inc., University Park; and Omni Circuits Inc., Glenview.

Five winners were presented the 1987 Governor's Awards for the Arts in Illinois in November at Milliken University. Receiving awards were: individual artist — Sir Georg Solti, music director and conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; arts organization — Urban Gateways, which serves more than 750 schools in the Chicago metropolitan area and collar counties; community — Decatur, one of seven national sites recognized by the Getty Foundation for excellence in arts education; corporation — John Nuveen and Company Inc., investment bankers who made it possible for the Lyric Opera of Chicago's 1986-87 season to be broadcast when its former sponsor had to withdraw support; and special recognition — Samuel Koffler of Chicago, founder of the Koffler Foundation and a major proponent of Illinois artists. Winners received a sculpture commissioned by the Illinois Arts Council and executed by Illinois artist Richard Hunt, a former member of the Illinois Arts Council and the National Council for the Arts.

Former state Sen. Edward A. Nedza (D-Chicago) was sentenced to eight years in prison in October on extortion and tax fraud charges stemming from the federal Operation Phocus investigation of city licensing and zoning change procedures. In addition, he was fined $10,000, ordered to serve 1,000 hours of community service and placed on five years probation. Nedza was convicted in August of one count each of conspiracy and racketeering, six counts of extortion and four counts of tax fraud. He and two other elected officials were accused of using political influence to obtain an illegal interest in a flea market in the 31st Ward where Nedza was committeeman at the time.