Woolard replaces Rea in Illinois House

Rep. Larry D. Woolard (D-117. Carterville), a small-businessman and chairman of the Williamson County commissioners, was appointed by the Franklin and Williamson county Democratic chairmen to fill the final General Assembly seat opened by the November election. Woolard replaces Rep. Jim Rea, who replaced Sen. Glenn Poshard, who won election to the U.S. Congress.

A Democratic precinct committeeman, Woolard owns the Carterville Lumber Co. He has served as director of both the Carterville and Herrin chambers of commerce and has spent 12 years on the Carterville school board. Woolard, who also chairs a five-county planning commission, sees job creation as the biggest issue facing his district. He says that education is very important and considers himself a friend of labor. Woolard and his wife, Mary Ann, have four children.

Four from Illinois join Bush administration

President-elect George Bush tapped Illinoisans for several posts in his administration. Samuel K. Skinner was nominated to become secretary of transportation. Skinner, a senior partner in the Chicago law firm of Sidley & Austin and chairman of the Regional Transportation Authority board, served as Bush's Illinois campaign director. Skinner was an assistant U.S. attorney under James R. Thompson and succeeded him as U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois.

Also named to the Bush cabinet was Edward J. Derwinski, who represented Chicago's south suburbs in Congress for 24 years before a reapportionment-created primary loss in 1982. Derwinski will head the new Veterans Affairs Department. Following his 1982 primary loss he moved to the state department and was undersecretary for security assistance, science and technology.

Another former Chicago lawyer, William K. Reilly, was chosen as top administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Decatur native heads the Conservation Foundation and the U.S. chapter of the World Wildlife Foundation.

Also moving onto the federal payroll was Ed Murnane, the public affairs director for the Regional Transportation Authority and the executive director of Bush's Illinois campaign. Murnane was named regional director for the Small Business Administration in Chicago. Murnane had been Ronald Reagan's Illinois spokesman during the 1980 and 1984 campaigns.

Simmons to take over helm of the MacArthur Foundation

Chicago native Adele Smith Simmons will take over as president of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in May when current president John E. Corbally retires.

Simmons has been president of Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass., since 1977. Prior to that, she was a dean at Princeton University in New Jersey (1972-77) and at Tufts University in Boston (1970-72). She also taught history at both universities. Her earlier positions include program director of Operations Crossroads in Africa, correspondent for The New York Times and consultant for the Ford Foundation. She chaired the board of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the American Association for Higher Education. A board member of the Union of Concerned Scientists, Synergos and several other nonprofit organizations, Simmons recently was involved in discussions sponsored by the Committee on U.S./Soviet Relations that led to a series of recommendations for limiting the use of military force in the Third World.

The MacArthur Foundation, with assets of approximately $2.5 billion, is one of the nation's largest philanthropic foundations, making annual grants of more than $127 million to organizations in eight fields: health, education, environmental concerns, population, international peace and cooperation, individual creativity, mass communcations, and cultural and community organizations in Chicago and Florida.

Morrow joins Illinois Issues board

Civic leader Janet Malone Morrow of Chicago was appointed to the Illinois Issues board in December by University of Illinois President Stanley O. Ikenberry and Sangamon State University President Durwood Long. Her term expires July 31, 1991. One of the organizers of the ongoing Chicago Metro Ethics Coalition, Morrow served on the committee named by the late Mayor Harold Washington to draft an ethics ordinance for Chicago and is former vice chairman of the city's Ethics Board. She was recently appointed to the board of the City Club of Chicago, and from 1971 until her retirement in 1985 she was executive director of the Chicago Council on Urban Affairs (formerly TRUST, Inc.). The council is a public policy think tank which involves a wide variety of interest groups in the formation of policy recommendations.

Oblinger heads up state steering committee on aging

Josephine Oblinger, director of the Governor's Office of Senior Involvement and a long-time advocate for Illinois' older citizens, will chair the state steering committee for the 1991 White House Conference on Aging. The former Republican state legislator (1979-87) and director of the Illinois Department of Aging currently serves on the Federal Council on Aging, the group responsible for planning and conducting the conference.

The event, which is held every 10 years in Washington D.C., is designed to call attention to the contributions of older people, identify their special needs and develop policy recommendations for maintaining and improving their well-being. Prior to the national conference, the Illinois steering committee will identify relevant state and local issues, prepare planning documents, provide training and hold local forums.

Serving with Oblinger on the steering committee are Virgil Boucher of the Federal Council on Aging; Donna Cohen, professor of gerontology in the School of Public Health and director of the Gerontolog Center, University of Illinois at Chicago; Secy. of State Jim Edgar; Atty. Gen. Neil F. Hartigan; Helen Heyrman of the Illinois Gerontology Consortium; Renee Lumpkin of the National Caucus and Center on Black Aged; Penny Neale of the Association of Illinois Senior Centers; Janet Otwell, director of the Illinois Department on Aging; Phyllis Pinkerton of the Illinois Association of Area Agencies on Aging; Lt. Gov. George H. Ryan; Ronald Weismeh of the Illinois Council on Aging; and William C. Westberg of the American Association of Retired Persons.

Boards and commissions

The following appointments were made by Gov. James R. Thompson and were effective immediately. Unless otherwise indicated, the appointments do not have to be confirmed by the Senate and appointees will receive expenses only.

• Council on Aging — Newly appointed was Milton Dirst of Springfield, executive secretary of Springfield Scottish Rite. He replaced Lawrence Cadwell. Reappointed were Jean C. Aldag, a faculty member at the University of Illinois at Peoria's College of Medicine; Roger W. Hannan of Olmsted, executive director of the Pulaski-Alexander Mental Health Association; Walter Ousley of Calumet City, a division manager. Catholic Charities, George

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A. Stevenson of Danville, a retired American Association of Retired Persons representative: and James O. Tillman, retired. All terms expire January 1, 1991. The 31-member council advises the director of the Department on Aging on policy and procedures affecting Illinois's senior citizens.
• Illinois Export Development Authority Board — Sheldon Gray of Chicago, president of J.D. Marshall International, was reappointed. Senate confirmation is required. Gray's new term ends January 21, 1991. The authority works to foster expanded export trade activities, is a source of funding for export development and provides financial counseling to exporters.
• Guardianship and Advocacy Commission — Richard L. Blakley of Sherman, executive director of the Springfield Center for Independent Living, replaced Bertram Moss. Reappointed were state Rep. Karen Hasara (R-100. Springfield); James D. Pitts Jr. of Chicago, assistant vice president for customer relations for Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company; and Frank J. Uvena of Flossmoor, senior vice president for R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company. Blakley's term expires June 30, 1989; all others June 30, 1991. The commission, which protects the rights of the disabled, is divided into three divisions — the Legal Advocacy Service, the Human Rights Authority and the Office of the State Guardian.
• Illinois Health Facilities Authority — Alfred J. Kiessel of Decatur, director of laboratories at St. Mary's Hospital, replaced Dr. Warren Turtle. The term expires June 30, 1992, and the appointment requires Senate confirmation. The authority provides alternative methods of financing to participating health institutions to aid them in providing needed health facilities.
• Hospital Licensing Board — New members include Chicago dentist Joseph E. Canzona; Sr. Bonaventure Kusek of Chicago, president of Resurrection Health Care Corporation and Resurrection Hospital, replacing James Malloy; and Sr. Beverly Ann Wilson of Urbana, chairman of the board of directors of Mercy Hospital, replacing Lester Dugas. Reappointed were Marshall A. Falk of Northbrook, dean and executive vice president of the Chicago Medical School; Martha A. Fritz of Morton, vice president of nursing at Methodist Medical Center of Illinois; David M. McConkey of Glen Ellyn. vice president of Good Samaritan Hospital; Edmund A. Siebert Jr. of LaGrange, chairman of Siebert Engineers Inc.; and Dr. Alex J. Spadoni of Oak Brook, a physician with Central Professional Group Inc. McConkey, Siebert, Spadoni and Wilson will serve until June 30, 1989; Falk and Fritz until June 30, 1990; and Canzona and Kusek until June 30, 1991. The board advises the director of the state Department of Public Health in carrying out Illinois' hospital licensing act.
• Nature Preserves Commission — Michael Schneiderman of Chicago, a partner with Hopkins & Sutter, replaced Neal Gaston. Valerie Spale of Westchester. a clerical employee with the Illinois Credit Union League, was reappointed. Both will serve through June 30. 1991. In conjunction with the Department of Conservation, the commission formulates policies concerning development and maintenance of Illinois' nature preserve system; protection of habitats of endangered, threatened or rare species; protection of geological and archaeological sites and artifacts; and keeping inventories of nature preserves and other natural areas in Illinois.
• Surface Mining Advisory Council — Robert J. Blaylock of Sesser, deputy mine inspector for Old Ben Coal Company, replaced William Tedrow. The appointment requires Senate confirmation; the term expires August 10, 1989. The council advises the Department of Mines and Minerals, especially its land reclamation division and reviews proposed changes in rules and regulations governing surface mining in Illinois.

The Judiciary

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

Illinois Judicial Conference

• Appointed member of executive committee: 2nd District Appellate Court Judge George W. Unverzagt of Wheaton.

1st District Appellate Court

• Appointed judge: Michel A. Coccia of Chicago, effective December 1. Coccia fills the vacancy created by the retirement of John Sullivan.
• Extension of assignment: Cook County Circuit Court Judge James C. Murray of Chicago until further order of the court.

2nd District Appellate Court

• Assigned to duty: Retired circuit Judge William R. Nash of Rockford, effective December 5, 1988, to December 3, 1989. Nash has been a judicial officer for 20 years and has been assigned to the appellate court since 1977.

3rd District Appellate Court

• Assigned to duty: Retired circuit Judge Albert Scott of Canton, effective December 5 until further order of the court. On the bench in 1950-52, Scott returned in 1966. He has served continuously since then and has been assigned to the appellate court since 1976.

5th District Appellate Court

• Assigned to duty: Retired circuit Judge Henry Lewis of Carmi, effective December 5, 1988 to December l, 1989. A judicial officer for 22 years. Lewis has been assigned to the appellate court since 1987.

Cook County Circuit Court

• Elected: Chief Judge Harry G. Comerford of Chicago was recently named president of the National Conference of Metropolitan Courts.
• Appointed circuit judge: Michael J. Gallagher of Western Springs, effective November 1, 1988. He fills the vacancy created by the resignation of Adam Stillo.
• Retired: Robert J. Egan, John A. McElligott, John J. O'Toole, William E. Peterson and Fred Sudak, all effective December 5, 1988. McElligott and Peterson were forced to retire at age 75 under the state's compulsory retirement statute for judges.

1st Judicial Circuit
• Appointed by circuit judges as associate judge: Private attorney William H. Wilson of Marion.

4th Judicial Circuit
• Retired: Robert W. Matoush, effective December 5, 1988.

5th Judicial Circuit
• Retired: Caslon K. Bennett and Jerry A. Davis, both effective December 5, 1988. Bennett stepped down under the compulsory retirement statute.

7th Judicial Circuit
• Resigned: Richard E. Mann of Winchester, effective December 26, 1988. He had been a judicial officer since 1980.

8th Judicial Circuit
• Resigned: Edward B. Dittmeyer of Quincy, effective December 27, 1988. A judicial officer since 1975, Dirtmeyer was the 8th circuit's chief judge.

10th Judicial Circuit
• Retired: Circuit Judges Robert A. Barnes and William J. Voelker, effective December 5, 1988. Also retiring was Associate Judge John A. Whitney of Peoria, effective February 1, 1989. He has been a judicial officer since 1969.

11th Judicial Circuit
• Retired: Ronald C. Dozier, effective December 5, 1988.

13th Judicial Circuit
• Retired: Fred P. Wagner of Ottawa, effective December 5, 1988.

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18th Judicial Circuit
• Appointed circuit judge: John J. Nelligan of Glen Ellyn, effective December 5, 1988. He replaced Robert McLaren who was elected to the 2nd District Appellate Court.

Cook County gets 26 new associate judges

Twenty-six associate judges were elected by the 167 circuit judges of the Cook County Circuit Court on October 28.

New associate judges include six attorneys from the Cook County State's Attorney's Office: Reginald H. Baker of Hazel Crest, who has been with the office since 1982; Dennis A. Dernbach of Chicago, a 14-year veteran of the office; James D. Egan of Evanston, who has been with the office since 1986: Margaret J. Frossard of Golf, who has worked for office since 1976; Gilbert J. Grossi of Westchester, an 11-year veteran of the office; and John A. Wasilewski of Chicago, who has been with the office since 1978.

Also elected were six attorneys with solo practices: George W. Cole, Sandi G. Johnson-Speh, Daniel R. Miranda and Oliver M. Spurlock, all of Chicago; Robert J. Kowalski of Des Plaines; and John J. Scotillo of Hoffman Estates.

Other new associate judges include Park Ridge attorney Sam L. Amirante of Amirante & Etchingham: Preston L. Bowie Jr. of Chicago, an attorney with the Cook County public defender's office since 1979; Maureen E. Connors of Chicago, an attorney for the Chicago Park District since 1979; Jacqueline P. Cox of Chicago, an attorney for the city of Chicago; Grace D. Dickler of Northbrook, an immigration judge for the U.S. Department of Justice's Immigration Court since 1986; R. Morgan Hamilton of Chicago, who has worked for the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago since 1982; Chicago attorney James F. Henry of Gould & Ratner; Carol A. Kipperman of Chicago, labor relations counsel for the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts; Stanley J. Sacks of Chicago, a member of Chicago's corporation counsel's office since 1985; Park Ridge attorney Michael F. Sheehan of Deming & Sheehan; Paul M. Sheridan of Chicago, an assistant corporation counsel for the city of Chicago; Leslie E. South of Chicago, an attorney for the Chicago Transit Authority since 1984; John A. Ward of LaGrange Park, who has been a member of the Illinois Attorney General's Office since 1983; and Willie B. Wright of Chicago, an assistant corporation cousel for the city of Chicago since 1987.

The election of this group of new associate judges drew more attention than usual due to pressure by some groups to increase the number of minorities in the Cook County judiciary. Of the 26 new judges, eight are women, nine are black and two are Hispanic.

Other appointments

State Supt. of Education Ted Sanders moved into the top leadership spot with the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) at the council's annual conference November 14. Sanders, who will serve a one-year term as president, had been president-elect and chairman of the CCSSO's Policy and Priorities Committee for the past year. Sanders' action plan for the council calls for addressing family education and support for children at risk, teacher qualities and qualifications, and structural changes in schools aimed at more effective learning. The CCSSO, a nonprofit group based in Washington, D.C., conducts special projects and seminars that address education problems at the state level for superintendents, commissioners and other state education officials.

Gov. Thompson's new special assistant for minority affairs is Patrick Barclay. He was appointed in November to replace Syd Finley, who is now executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Chicago. Prior to joining the governor's staff. Barclay was assistant staff manager of AT&T Communications where he developed minority recruitment strategy for the company's 10-state Midwest region. He was an associate consultant at the Minority Business Training and Resource Center in Boston, Mass., from 1984-86, and from 1982-84, he worked as a consultant to the Illinois Department of Public Aid.

Nancy Ryan Macklin of Belleville, an associate professor of nursing at St. Louis' Maryville College, was appointed and Janet Wilson of Granite City was reappointed to the Region 4 (Alton area) Human Rights Authority (HRA) by the Guardianship and Advocacy Commission in October. This is Wilson's second term with the HRA. a division of the commission that investigates complaints of disability rights violations of people in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. Region 3B (Champaign area) HRA members Paul J. Baker of Normal and Paula A. Finn of Decatur resigned from the authority in October.

Gov. Thompson appointed new public administrators, guardians and conservators in several Illinois counties. Bernard Bahling of Belvidere, owner and operator of Bahling Mens Wear, replaced Roger Russell in Boone County: attorney William K. Thomas of Robinson filled an existing vacancy in Crawford County, and retiree Louise Quick of Polo replaced Homer Snyder in Ogle County. Bahling and Quick will serve through December 4. 1989; Thomas's term is through December 4,1992. These appointment require confirmation by the Senate.

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Davis honored by the American Academy of Environmental Medicine

The American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) in Denver has bestowed its Carlton H. Lee Award on Earon Davis of Wilmette. The award was established to formally acknowledge the contributions of individuals who, while not medically trained, generously donate considerable time and energy to the advancement of clinical ecology. Davis is the second recipient of the award which he accepted at AAEM's 1988 annual meeting on October 24 at Lake Tahoe, Nev.

An attorney with a master's degree in public health, Davis is the sole writer and publisher of Ecological Illness Law Report, a quarterly newsletter that provides legal information for people with severe chemical allergies. Published out of his home, the independent journal first went to print in November 1982 and currently reaches about 800 subscribers in the United States, Canada and overseas. Davis currently is seeking nonprofit status in order to broaden the organization's base and to raise the necessary funds for expanding the newsletter's format.

Davis served as assistant to the chairman and as a state hearing officer for the Illinois Pollution Control Board from November 1975 to April 1977. He spent from 1980-82 in Washington, D.C., where he worked for an environmental consulting firm and for a public interest group, the Migrant Legal Action Program. He started the newsletter in 1982. Currently Davis is on the board of directors of the Illinois Association of Environmental Professionals and is a legal adviser to Chicago's Human Ecology Action League.

The American Academy of Environmental Medicine, founded in 1965, is an international group dedicated to promoting the study and treatment of environmentally induced illness. The Carlton H. Lee Award is named for the physician who pioneered the development of basic environmental medicine testing procedures.

Northpoint wins kudos from Urban Land Institute

Northpoint, a housing rehabilitation project on Chicago's north side, received the Urban Land Institute's (ULI) prestigious Award for Excellence in November, becoming the first moderate- and low-income housing development ever to win this award.

ULI, known as the premiere land use planning and development association in the country, selected Northpoint as its rehabilitation winner. More than 200 entries from the U.S. and Canada were considered this year for awards in seven categories.

The Northpoint project involved the major rehabilitation of 12 apartment buildings containing 304 units in a seven-square block area of Rogers Park. The project's development team — Amoco Neighborhood Development Corporation, a subsidiary of Amoco Corporation, and RESCORP Development Inc., a subsidiary of The Savings & Loan Network Inc. —took great care in relocating residents who lived in the buildings prior to the renovation. "Our goal was to return these apartments to people already in the neighborhood," said Savings & Loan Network president Saul H. Klibanow. "After rehabbing, all qualified former residents were offered apartments, and roughly one-third of the original residents came back." The Chicago Department of Housing covered relocation expenses for those residents who chose not to remain at Northpoint.

Amoco contributed $1 million to the project, and the Illinois Housing Development Authority wrote a $13.8 million loan at tax-exempt rates. A Chicago Community Development Block Grant provided an additional low-interest loan of $3.4 million to assist in funding the housing rehabilitation project, which was completed in 1983.

By 1984-85, Amoco had realized a profit of more than $750,000 on the project and reinvested it in Rogers Park. "Northpoint is not simply a rehabilitation effort," according to Amoco Neighborhood Development Corporation vice president Martin Stern. "The idea behind Northpoint was to help transform the area north of Howard Street into a working, viable community." The profits funded improvements at the Howard Area Community Center's day care facility and medical clinic and provided two play areas — a tot lot and the 1.5 acre Triangle Park. Since Northpoint was developed, more than 25 other area buildings containing 240 apartments have been renovated.

O'Hare Transit Line wins Presidential Award for Design Excellence

The O'Hare Transit Line, a 7.6 mile addition to Chicago's rapid transit system that connects an existing inner-city line to O'Hare International Airport, was one of 10 winners of the Presidential Awards for Design Excellence.

The awards program, which is administered by the National Endowment for the Arts, honors exemplary federal design achievement in the fields of architecture, engineering, graphics, interior design, landscape architecture, product design, urban design, historic preservation and planning. The 1988 winners were selected from among more than 500 projects undertaken by 64 federal agencies in 49 states, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia and nine foreign countries.

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Managed by Chicago's Department of Public Works, construction of the O'Hare Transit Line took almost eight years — from 1977 until 1984. Since then, ridership in the area has doubled and development has accelerated. Major entertainment, commercial and office buildings, including the Horizon Sports Complex, O'Hare Center, a Westin Hotel and the Sperry Univac Plaza, have sprung up along the corridor.

The project was recognized by the American Institute of Architects for the transit line's airport station. The station, which won the institute's prestigious National Design Award in 1987, was honored as an outstanding gateway for visitors from around the world.

HUD awards to two DCCA projects

Two programs administered by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (DCCA) have been named as Region 5 award winners under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) National Recognition Program for Urban Development Excellence. Region 5 covers Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

The awards were presented November 15 in Springfield to the Western Illinois Area Enterprise Project, recipient of a National Merit Award, and the Small Business Financing Fund, winner of a National Recognition Award.

The Western Illinois Area Enterprise Project was a pilot effort focused on the economic needs of a nine-county area in western Illinois. Over $2 million in HUD funding and $1.8 million in private and local funds were used to renovate vacant facilities into small business incubators in Galesburg, Macomb, Monmouth and Quincy. The project, which has been copied in North Carolina, provided places of business for 35 firms and created 83 jobs.

The Small Business Financing Fund uses Community Development Block Grant funds in conjunction with private financing to provide affordable financing to small businesses. Since 1983 the program has loaned more than $5.7 million to 79 businesses, creating or retaining 1,000 jobs.

The National Recognition Program for Urban Development Excellence was instituted by HUD in 1982 to recognize the importance of private and public sector partnerships in revitalizing communities.

Green honored by SON/SOC

Political scientist and Illinois Issues columnist Paul M. Green was among those honored by the Save Our Neighborhoods/Save Our City (SON/SOC) coalition at its "One Person Does Make A Difference" award reception at the Bismarck Hotel in Chicago December 5. Green received a community recognition award for his article "SON/SOC: organizing in white ethnic neighborhoods." It appeared in Illinois Issues May 1988 magazine and is part of an ongoing series on community organizing. Green heads the Institute for Public Policy and Administration at Governors State University; his most recent book is Paul Green's Chicago, a collection of columns and articles written for Illinois Issues.

Other honors

•   Tom Hecht, manager of the Illinois Department of Energy and Natural Resources' (DENR) audio-visual unit, won a Gold Award in the 1988 Association of Visual Communicators Department of the Year Awards. Hecht's entry, in the category of departments with in-house production units with very limited hardware, featured two videotapes that were used in the state's efforts to win the superconducting super collider: "Illinois. . .The Best Site" and "Exploring the Universe in Illinois." Hecht, who has been with the agency for three years, also submitted a videotape version of DENR's Annual Report, a format which generated statewide attention for its innovative approach to highlighting the agency's diverse activities. The national competition is held annually to determine the best audio-visual production unit in a company or government agency based on program quality and budget resources and facilities.

•   Thomas Fleming, editor of Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture published by the Rockford Institute, received the fifth American Values Award from the U.S. Industrial Council Educational Foundation in Washington, D.C. Fleming was honored November 15 for his "work as a classicist and historian, his career as a college professor stressing the fundamental ideas and traditions of Western civilzation, and his informed writing for scholarly and general audiences." He is the author of The Politics of Human Nature and The Conservative Movement and the secretary of the Ingersoll Prizes for outstanding achievement in scholarship and literature.

Civil rights leader Al Raby dies

Al Raby, 55, died November 23 at Chicago's Northwestern Memorial Hospital after suffering a heart attack at the downtown offices of the Haymarket Group, a public interest organization that he founded.

Raby's career in civil rights and politics spanned a quarter of a century and included some historical firsts. In 1965-66 as gonvenor of Chicago's Council of Community Organizations he brought Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to Chicago to lead marches and negotiate with Mayor Richard J. Daley on open housing. In 1983 he was Harold Washington's campaign manager in the race for mayor. His last campaign was former state Rep. Carol Mosely Braun's successful run in November for Cook County recorder of deeds.

Raby grew up in poverty on Chicago's south side. An elementary school dropout, he taught himself to read when he was 23. He continued his education, became a teacher at the Hess Upper Grade Center and entered the fight against segegrated schools and inadequate education for black children. He became a leader in the civil rights movement and served as convenor of the Coordinating Council of Community Organizations and co-chair of the Chicago Freedom Movement.

He was also a delegate to the 1970 Illinois Constitutional Convention; director of the Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference from 1970-71; unsuccessful candidate in 1975 for alderman of the 5th Ward; intergovernmental liaison for the Carter administration with ACTION from 1977-79; and a Peace Corps director in Accra, Ghana, from 1979-82. In 1983, after Washington was elected mayor, Raby lost a bid for Washington's 1st Congressional District seat. In 1985 he was appointed director of the Chicago Human Relations Commission by Mayor Washington and served in that post until 1987.

Moss to step down as ARC/I's executive after 26 years

Don Moss, executive director of the Association for Retarded Citizens of Illinois (ARC/I) for the last 26 years, announced his intention to resign at the association's September 17 meeting. ARC/I's board of directors approved a plan whereby Moss will remain in his post until a successor is on board and then continue under a contractual arrangement through December 31. In 1990 Moss plans to begin a consulting business, specializing in human services.

During Moss' tenure as ARC/I's executive director, the association was instrumental in passing legislation that resulted in mandatory immunization of all school children against potentially disabling diseases and mandatory screening of newborns for metabolic problems such as PKU, as well as legislation that lowered the lead content of interior paints. ARC/I also sought and won passage of the first madatory special education bill in Illinois, established grant programs to develop a full array of day and residential services for the developmentally disabled and initiated reform at state institutions for the mentally retarded.

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