Fermilab's Lederman wins Nobel Prize

Leon M. Lederman,
director of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Batavia, was one of three recipients of the 1988 Nobel Prize for physics.

The prize-winning work of Lederman and co-recipients Melvin Schwartz and Jack Steinberger at the Brookhaven National Laboratory AGS (alternating gradient synchrotron) accelerator while the three scientists were part of a seven-member team from Columbia University in 1962 resulted in the discovery of a second neutrino, an elementary subatomic particle.

"In the case of this particular discovery, finding the second neutrino was the first step in organizing the fundamental particles into the Standard Model, the grand theory which will ultimately lead us to a unification of all the forces in nature," Lederman said at one of two conferences called at Fermilab on October 19 to announce his Nobel Prize honor. "These new particles became a tool that has, in the ensuing years, been used by other researchers in their quest into the unknown realms of matter."

"But, to me, the most encouraging aspect of an award such as this is that, hopefully, young people will hear about this and be inspired to carry on this most basic type of research,'' Lederman added. After retiring as director of Fermilab next year, a position he has held since 1979, Lederman plans to teach physics at the University of Chicago.

Lederman has received numerous awards including the National Medal of Science in 1965, the Elliot Cresson Medal of the Franklin Institute in 1976 and the Wolf Prize in Physics awarded to him in 1982. He has served as founding member of the High Energy Physics Advisory Panel and the International Committee for Future Accelerators.

Yet another group to study third regional airport for Chicago

A new 11 member Regional Airport Planning committee was appointed by Gov. James R. Thompson in early November. It will oversee the next phase of a comprehensive study for improved air service in northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana. Specifically, the panel will examine the possibilities of building a third airport to assume overflow from Chicago's O'Hare and Midway airports.

The committee picks up the work of the Chicago Airport Capacity Study Policy Group which last August recommended continuing both site selection and environmental impact studies and development of a master plan for a new airport. The policy group estimated that by 2020 the existing airports in the area will be at capacity and unable to meet the travel demands of at least 15 million additional passengers.

Committee members were drawn from Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. The group's chairman is Illinois Department of Transportation Secy. Gregory Baise. Other members include Sen. Aldo A. DeAngelis (R-40, Olympia Fields); Wisconsin Department of Transportation Secy. Ron Fiedler; Indiana Department of Transportation Secy. Roland Mross; Denis Ribordy, chairman of the Northwest Indiana Forum; Stan Rivers, regional administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration; Illinois Lt. Gov. George H. Ryan; and Howard Stanback, Chicago Department of Aviation commissioner. Also serving on the panel will be a representative from Indiana to replace Lt. Gov. John Mutz, who was defeated in his November gubernatorial election bid; the mayor of the city of Gary or a representative of the Gary Airport Authority; and a representative of the Airline Transportation Association as a nonvoting member.

Citing an expected national growth in air travel of 85 percent by the end of this century and O'Hare's current near-capacity operations, Lt. Gov. Ryan pointed out that "For the first time in history, we are faced with the possibility of gridlock in our air transportation system. Unprecedented growth in air travel and not enough places to land are seen by experts as major causes of delays and many of our air travel problems." Ryan believes that "If we do not plan for the future, we will lose out to other areas of the nation. . . [for] an increased share of the hub market."

Pettis permanently appointed executive director of Illinois Humanities Council

Francis J. Pettis was appointed executive director of the Illinois Humanities Council (IHC) by its board of directors on October 7. He had held the post on an acting basis since June.

"The board was very pleased to discover after a nationwide search that the best person for the job is one already well known to us and to many people throughout the state," said Cullom Davis, IHC chairman.

Pettis has been with the IHC since 1976, first as assistant director, supervising the agency's Chicago office and its program in northern Illinois. Most recently he has been the IHC's grants administrator. Several major cooperative program initiatives have benefited from his involvement as planner, producer or director, including a book of scholarly essays and annotated bibliographies entitled A Reader's Guide to Illinois Literature; "Write On, Chicago," a series of programs that consisted of a national conference, a major exhibit with catalogue that explored the city's literary heritage and a radio series with the Chicago Public Library; and initial planning for the major exhibit "William Wordsworth and the Age of English Romanticism."

Pettis has served on the boards of several cultural, academic and philanthropic groups, and on governmental committees and subcommittees. He was a founding member of the Illinois Arts Alliance and Illinois Arts Coalition and was appointed to the READ ILLINOIS Advisory Committee by Secy, of State Jim Edgar.

Pettis succeeds Robert J. Klaus, who left the IHC to become director of the American Fund for Dental Health.

The Judiciary

The Illinois Supreme Court recently announced the following appointments, assignments, resignations and retirements:

1st District Appellate Court

• Resigned: John J. Sullivan, effective October 1. Sullivan, of Chicago, had been an appellate judge since 1973. A past president of the Chicago Bar Association, he was also a member of the Supreme Court's "Cribbett Committee" which drafted the high court's original rules governing judicial conduct in 1969 and the appellate court's administrative committee. Sullivan had also served as chairman of the Illinois Appellate Court and of the first district's executive committee.

16th Judicial Circuit

• Appointed as circuit judges: Former associate judges Michael J. Colwell of Geneva and Gene L. Nottolini of South Elgin. Colwell, whose appointment took effect September 21, filled the vacancy created by the appointment of Marvin Dunn to the 2nd District Appellate Court. Nottolini's appointment, which filled the vacancy created by the retirement of Joseph McCarthy, was effective December 5.
• Selected as chief judge by fellow circuit judges: Patrick Dixon of St. Charles, effective December 1. He succeeds the retiring Joseph McCarthy.

20th Judicial Circuit

• Retired: Associate Judge Robert J. Saunders of East St. Louis, effective December 23. He had been a judicial officer since 1972 and was an active member of the Illinois Judicial Conference's Associate Judge Seminar.

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Hogan latest victim of Greylord probe

Former Cook County Circuit Judge Martin F. Hogan has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his involvement in Operation Greylord.

U.S. District Judge James F. Holderman sentenced Hogan on October 18 to serve concurrent sentences of 10 years each on racketeering and racketeering conspiracy charges. Holderman suspended sentence on three counts of filing false income tax statements but ordered Hogan to serve five years concurrent probation on each count consecutive to his 10-year prison term. Hogan had faced a possible 49 years in jail for convictions in the five-count indictment.

Hogan must surrender himself to prison officials on or before January 3, 1989.

Hogan was the 13th current or former judge to be sentenced in the ongoing investigation into Cook County courtroom corruption that became public in 1983. In all, more than 70 lawyers, judges and court personnel have been convicted or have entered guilty pleas in connection with Operation Greylord.

Supreme Court hands out first life disbarment

An Illinois attorney has been disbarred for life, the first time the Illinois Supreme Court has taken such action.

The court ruled on September 28 that Jerome Ruther of Chicago was to be permanently disbarred because of a long history of misconduct, including a scheme to defraud Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company by filing fraudulent and fictitious insurance claims. Ruther pleaded guilty to the charge in 1972 and was voluntarily disbarred on January 10, 1973. The court also cited his unauthorized representation of a criminal defendant in 1987.

The court also ordered that Ruther serve six months in jail, but the jail sentence was to be stayed if Ruther ceased any association with lawyers in two Chicago law firms, refrained practicing law or seeking reinstatement to the bar and if he paid disciplinary commission costs in his case.

Other appointments

Gov. Thompson has appointed Robert King to the State Board of Education, pending confirmation by the Senate. King, a Chicago native, has been a principal in Carroll Properties Inc., a residential properties development and management company in Chicago, since March 1980. Prior to working with his own firm, King was a bond salesman for Saloman Brothers of Chicago.

Alan S. Golboro has been appointed by Gov. Thompson to serve as the newest member of the state's Capital Development Board, pending Senate confirmation. Golboro, who is owner/president/general partner of Tishman Midwest Management Corporation in Chicago, was welcomed to the board at its October 20 meeting. Golboro replaces former board member Perry Snyderman on the seven-member, bipartisan board. He will serve a four-year term.

Patricia Connery is the newest member of the Illinois Department of Public Health's vision and hearing program staff. She is the Region 8 (Cook County) consultant and operates out of her office in Bellwood. A clinical audiologist, she has served as director of audiological services for the Chicago Hearing Society and as direct sales territory manager for a special instrument organization. Connery was treasurer of the Chicago Speech and Hearing Association's board of directors from 1982-86.

Dozen distinguished educators honored

The first Illinois Distinguished Educator Awards were given to nine teachers and three principals on October 19 in Rosemont. Four of the recipients are recent winners of the Illinois State Board of Education's (ISBE) Teacher of the Year awards. Each distinguished educator received a commemorative plaque and a $25,000 cash award.

The honored recipients included Peggy Allan, seventh grade language arts and social studies teacher and instructor for gifted students at Greenville Junior High School (1988-89 Teacher of the Year); Charles Bowen, fifth grade teacher at Morton's Jefferson Elementary School (1986-87 Teacher of the Year); Richard DuFour, principal of Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Prairie View; Gaylon Louise Garner, kindergarten teacher at Ralph H. Metcalfe Magnet School in Chicago; Lynne Haeffele, science teacher at Bloomington High School; Edward Hightower, principal at Alton's Eunice Smith Elementary School; Tom Koenigsberger, physical/biological sciences instructor at Rockford's Jefferson High School; Linda Murray, social studies teacher at Hyde Park Career Academy in Chicago; Edward Schroeder, English and gifted student instructor at Coolidge Junior High School in Granite City; Randy Steinheimer, fourth grade teacher at Aurora's J. H. Freeman Elementary School (1985-86 Teacher of the Year); Jean Tello, American government and history instructor at A. A. Stagg High School in Palos HUls (1987-88 Teacher of the Year); and Jane Thompson, principal at Palisades School in Burr Ridge. More than 300 teachers and principals who had been recognized by their peers, colleagues and communities comprised the pool of candidates; a screening committee of local administrators,

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parents, school board members and the dean of a college of education recommended winners to state school Supt. Ted Sanders. Entrants were judged on their demonstrated instructional and leadership skills and educational and professional development accomplishments.

"Our goal with this program is to publicly and financially reward educators for their extraordinary efforts and personal commitment to education in this state's public and private elementary and secondary schools," Sanders said.

The IDEA program is sponsored by the ISBE and the Milken Family Foundation, a private organization from Beverly Hills, Calif.

Former Supreme Court justices Goldenhersh and Simon honored

Two former Illinois Supreme Court justices were honored for their judicial service last fall. Former Justice Joseph H. Goldenhersh of Belleville received the Decalogue Society of Lawyers' Award of Merit in September, and former Justice Seymour Simon of Chicago was named Illinoisan of the Year by the Illinois News Broadcasters Association in October.

Goldenhersh, who retired from the state's high court in September 1987, was honored for his lifetime achievements and contributions to the betterment of mankind. Previous winners have included President Harry S. Truman, Albert Einstein, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas and former Illinois Supreme Court Justice Simon. Goldenhersh, who spent 17 years on the high court's bench, served as chief justice from 1979 through 1981.

Simon's award from broadcasters recognized his support for bringing cameras and microphones into courtrooms. Simon, who practiced law for nearly 30 years in Chicago, was elected to the Illinois State Supreme Court in 1980 following a six-year tenure on the Illinois Appellate Court. Prior to his judicial service, he was Chicago's 40th Ward alderman for 14 years. Simon also served as president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners and as a commissioner on Chicago's Public Building Commission. He retired from the Illinois Supreme Court in February 1988.

Senior physical fitness leaders honored by governor

Five winners of the Illinois Governor's Senior Leadership Awards for Health and Physical Fitness received plaques and praise at a luncheon held October 24 in Chicago during the annual Governor's Conference for the Aging Network.

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This year, one award was given in the "disability" category; one in the "humanitarian service" category, and the rest were awarded in an "open" category. Honored at the event, which was sponsored by Illinois Bell, were:

• Maurice Annes, 73, of Harwood Heights, who has been overcoming adversity since World War II when he escaped German captivity by disguising himself as a woman and swimming the Moselle River. A retired barber, Annes enjoys water skiing, and his passion for fishing has taken him to the Arctic Circle and the Caribbean.
• Sr. Rosemond Belongeay, 79, of Springfield, winner in the humanitarian service category, has volunteered more than 4,000 hours at St. John's Adult Day Care and Hospice and leads an exercise group as part of her contribution to the residents. A medalist for Illinois at the first U.S. National Senior Olympic games last year in St. Louis, Belongeay helped organize the Illinois Senior Olympics in 1977. She has won more than 32 medals in bicycling, swimming and free throw events during her 10 years of participation in those games.
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hours organizing archery competitions, track meets and interscholastic sports. She has won several medals in many different sports at both the regional Illinois Senior Olympics and at the national games. Berry enjoys flying airplanes, water skiing and parachuting.
• Alfred Kamm, 85, of Springfield, has actively been promoting health, nutrition and physical activity to the central Illinois senior population for over 25 years. He is probably best known as the founder of the Illinois Senior Olympics, which draws several hundred participants every year. Kamm has been instrumental in developing several programs for seniors, including Cultural Enrichment for Older Adults, Springfield Community Health Survey and the Mayor's Senior Citizens Commission. He also organized the Sangamon County chapter of the American Association of Retired Persons and served as its first chairman.
• Doe Peters Simerson, 69, of Hinsdale, winner in the disability category, was diagnosed with terminal cancer 18 years ago and has undergone 6 1/2 years of chemotherapy, three surgeries and radiation treatment. She bowls twice a week, swims one-half mile per day, works out at a health club and plays three or four rounds of golf each week. Simerson has developed a television talk show and writes a column called "Living with Cancer."

Naperville's Nalco wins national private sector initiative award

Nalco Chemical Co. of Naperville was one of 30 businesses and private organizations nationwide to receive the Presidential Award for Private Sector Initiatives during ceremonies in Washington, D.C. on September 28.

The Chicago-area company and the Quad County Urban League were recognized for a joint project which offers minority students after-school tutoring in mathematics, science and English and also provides them with counseling and scholarships.

Several Illinois businesses and groups were among the 70 recipients honored with presidential citations under the three-year-old Private Sector Initiatives program, including the Illinois State Medical Society Auxiliary's suicide intervention program and Northern Illinois Gas Company's program on preventing hypothermia.

The ISMSA's suicide intervention program was established in Quincy in 1985. It seeks to prevent teen suicides by teaching students, families, school personnel and community members about suicide warning signs and intervention techniques. The program includes a Student Assistance Team that is made up of teens who have been trained in crisis intervention. A similar program has since been instituted in Belleville.

NIG's hypothermia program targeted senior citizens but also sought to educate the entire community on the signs, prevention and treatment of the condition. The utility, in cooperation with the Center for Environmental Physiology and local agencies in Will and Grundy counties, sponsored the "Reaching Out to Seniors" program that included seminars, brochures, posters, training manuals, technical papers, slide shows and videotapes. More than 26,000 brochures were distributed and 1,800 people attended the audio/visual presentations. The program will be expanded this winter to include all 544 communities served by NIG in the northern half of the state.

Other Illinois citation winners included Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park; Allstate Insurance Co., Northbrook; American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Park Ridge; Chicago Careers for Youth Foundation and Chicago Board of Education, Chicago; Claussen Pickle Co., Woodstock; Sara Lee Foundation and Sara Lee Corp., WLS Televesion and Chicago Sun-Times, and Chicago WYTZ-FM, all of Chicago.

The President's Program for Private Sector Initiatives recognizes community outreach and volunteer service programs sponsored by various businesses, trade associations, professional societies and other private organizations.

Lattimer leaves Illinois for Oregon

John N. Lattimer has resigned as executive director of the General Assembly's Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation to become legislative fiscal officer with the Oregon State Legislature. Lattimer's resignation was official October 15.

When Lattimer took over as director of the commission in 1971 he supervised a small staff which was primarily responsible for monitoring federal aid. During the course of his tenure the commission became a multi-function agency involved in diverse policy areas such as employment insurance, economic development, the school aid formula, child support enforcement, education for employment and the review of the Illinois Constitution. In addition, Lattimer directed a Washington office of the Illinios General Assembly that was established in 1980 to serve as liaison for the state legislature and the Illinois congressional delegation.

In his new post Lattimer supervises a non-partisan staff of about 25 employees who review programs, conduct special reserach projects and budget and staff major program developments for both houses of the Oregon legislature.

David Griffith, associate director of the agency, will serve as acting director. Kevin Noone, head of the Washington office, will share administrative duties with Griffith until Lattimer's permanent replacement is named.

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