Edgar chairs education compact and NGA committee

Gov. Jim Edgar was named chairman-elect of the Education Commission of the States and was also appointed to chair the Committee on Economic Development and Commerce in the National Governors' Association (NGA).

The Education Commission of the States is a nonprofit, nationwide compact created to help state officials develop policies to improve the quality of education. Edgar was elected during the commission's annual August meeting and will serve as chairman until the term expires in August 1993.

The NGA committee on Economic Development and Commerce will focus on state and federal activity in the areas of economic development, transportation, housing, tax policy, international trade, infrastructure finance, science and technology, commercialization of outer space, public-private partnerships, telecommunications and tort reform. Edgar was named chair by NGA chairman, Colorado Gov. Roy Romer, a Democrat. Romer restructurered the NGA to reduce the number of committees from seven to three.

The NGA serves as an instrument which governors can use to influence national policy. It also keeps the federal government updated on states' interests and provides a medium of interstate information. A nine-member executive committee supervises the association, which was founded in 1908 as the Governor's Conference.

Catt new member of State Board of Education

Rick Catt of Oblong, president of 1st Robinson Savings & Loan, was appointed by Gov. Edgar to the Illinois State Board of Education to serve the remainder of the late Tom Burroughs' term, which ends in January. The Senate confirmed Catt's appointment in May, and Catt, 40, is eligible for reappointment. In August the board announced that Coni Batlle resigned as a board member, effective July 31, due to her husband taking a job in New York. Her position had not been filled in mid-September. Board members are paid $50 per day for regular meetings, plus expenses.

Starkman reappointed Racing Board chair

Gary Starkman, 45, of Chicago and Richard H. Balog, 50, of St. Charles were reappointed to the Illinois Racing Board by Gov. Edgar. The appointments were effective August 5,1992, and expire July 1,1998. Starkman, who was again designated by the governor as chairman of the nine-member board, is an attorney with Ross & Hardies of Chicago. Balog is an attorney with the law office of Richard H. Balog in St. Charles.

The board regulates horse racing and parimutuel wagering at state tracks, issues licenses, allocates racing days, sets rules and enforces penalties for violations. Members are paid expenses plus $150 per diem; appointments require Senate confirmation.

Historic Preservation Agency board

Gov. Edgar appointed six members to the seven-member Board of Trustees of the Historic Preservation Agency. Reappointed were Julie Cellini, who will serve as chairperson of the board, Frank J. Mason and Sally Schanbacher, all from Springfield, and Pamela Daniels of Elmhurst. The two new members are Samuel Lilly of Bolingbrook, who replaced Marc Schulman, and Carol Karzman Stein of Glencoe, whose appointment filled a vacancy. Terms of reappointed members expire January 17, 1994. The new members' terms expire January 18, 1993. The position last held by Richard Roddewig remained vacant in mid-September; there has been a vacancy on the board since it was changed from five to seven members effective September 7, 1990.

Cellini, 50, is a homemaker with a commitment to historic preservation and the arts. She is the wife of William F. Cellini, a real estate developer and treasurer of the Sangamon County Republican Central Committee. Mason, 62, owns and operates Frank Mason Real Estate in Springfield. Schanbacher, 67, is vice president of the Abraham Lincoln Association and a member of the New Salem Interpretative Committee of Lincoln Legals. Daniels, 46, is a former teacher and is also the wife of Illinois House Minority Leader Lee A. Daniels (R-46). Lilly, 51, is president of Lilly Associates Inc. and Learning Resources Institute of Downers Grove. Stein, 50, is active in the North Suburban Jewish Community Center and other community service organizations.

The Historic Preservation Agency administers the Illinois Historical Library, has jurisdiction over and provides recreational facilities at state historic sites, memorials and properties; maintains the Illinois Register of Historic Places; and places markers or plaques at sites determined by the agency to have historical interest. The board appoints the agency director, determines policy and sets employee compensation. Board members serve a two-year term and are reimbursed for expenses. All appointments by the governor must be confirmed by the Senate, and no more than four board members can be from the same political party.

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Illinois Council on Vocational Education

Gov. Edgar appointed six new members and reappointed three others to the 13-member Illinois Council on Vocational Education, a council he had proposed be folded into a new comprehensive job education and training council as part of his reorganization of job training and vocational education. That legislation, SB 1908, failed to get out of committee this spring. The governor will continue to push for his reorganization plan in the spring session or as early as the veto session if the veto session proves to be "expansive," said Mike Lawrence, the governor's press secretary.

Edgar's appointments to the council were all effective August 31; terms vary. The governor appoints all members to the council, but representation of business and vocational education interests is mandated by statute. Council members are paid expenses only. The appointments, which do not require Senate confirmation, include:

Fred Montejano, 39, of Chicago, a consultant with Hispanic Futures in Chicago and chair of the West Side Technical Planning Committee for the City Colleges of Chicago, replacing Ybarra Carlos Rivera, for a term ending June 30, 1993.

For terms ending June 30, 1994 — Jack Hill, 54, of Vienna, assistant superintendent of schools for Williamson County, former vice president of John A. Logan College and former president of Shawnee Community College, replacing Joseph Piland: Jerry Janka, 49, of Schaumburg, manager of instructional resources for Motorola University in Schaumburg, replacing Gerald Schmidt; Hugh Muncy, 75, of Des Plaines, president emeritus of the Illinois Retail Merchants Association, replacing James Denny.

For terms ending June 30, 1995 — Charles Gregory, 41, of Collinsville, business representative and vice president of the United Foods and Commercial Workers in Edwardsville, replacing Gerald Sullivan; and Barbara Oilschlager, 44, of Lake Villa, regional vocational system director of the Lake County Vocational Center in Grays-lake, replacing Marie Malinauskas.

Reappointed for terms ending June 30, 1995 — Robert Beckwith, 64, of Lombard, director of small business programs and education policy for the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce; farmer and state Rep. Gordon Ropp, 59 (R-88, Normal); and Mary Beth Stine, 55, of Flora, vocation director for Flora Community Unit 35.

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The council advises the State Board of Education (ISBE) on vocational education, particularly programs for handicapped, and has been active in working with corrections education. The council also analyzes the distribution of financial assistance between secondary and postsecondary vocational education programs, making recommendations on participation by local employers and labor unions. It reports every two years to the governor, ISBE, the State Job Coordinating Council and the U.S. secretaries of education and labor on the coordination between vocational education and the federal Job Partnership Training Act.

(For more on the governor's proposal to overhaul job training oversight by replacing the council and five other entities with a new organization called the Illinois Workforce Preparation Council, see "Community Colleges put center stage in Gov. Edgar's plan to train future workers," Illinois Issues, June 1992, pages 14-16.)

State Universities Retirement System

Stanley Rives, 61, of Charleston and Arthur Aikman, 66, of Carbondale were named to the 11-member State Universities Retirement System Board of Trustees by Gov. Edgar. Their appointments were effective August 31 for terms expiring September 1, 1997. Rives is president emeritus of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston; he replaced William Froom. Aikman is a retired professor from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale; he was reappointed. Members are paid expenses only; appointments do not require Senate confirmation.

The board administers the State Universities Retirement System, the pension system for faculty and nonacademic employees of state universities and colleges; the state's 40 public community colleges; the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy; and related agencies such as boards, alumni associations, athletic associations and foundations. Also in the system are the state's scientific surveys and its Hazardous Waste Research and Information Center. O'Connor new chief, Illinois Water Survey

John T. O'Connor, 59, of Champaign was appointed chief of the Illinois State Water Survey, effective September 15, by the Board of Natural Resources and Conservation, which is appointed by the

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governor and associated with the Department of Energy and Natural Resources. He is the seventh chief in the Water Survey's 98-year history, succeeding former chief Richard G. Semonin. who retired in December 1991, and acting chief Mark E. Peden, who served in the interim. Senate confirmation is not required.

The Water Survey was founded in 1895 as a unit of the University of Illinois Department of Chemistry. Since 1979 the Water Survey has been a division of the Department of Energy and Natural Resources, employing 235 staff members, including 130 professional scientists and engineers, 75 technical and support staff and 30 students, as well as visiting professional scientists.

O'Connor joins the Water Survey from the University of Missouri at Columbia, where he was on the research and teaching faculty of the Department of Civil Engineering since 1975, serving as professor and department chair. Prior to his teaching at UMC, O'Connor spent almost 15 years on the civil engineering faculty of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Most recently, his publications have focused on the chemistry of drinking water and water treatment.

O'Connor said he is very "optimistic about his new position with the Water Survey, and he was greatly impressed with the contributions that [the Water Survey] has already made to the citizens of Illinois."

Didrickson names Devlin IDES chief information officer

Illinois Department of Employment Security Director (IDES) Loleta A. Didrickson appointed Dennis Devlin of Oak Lawn as chief information officer, effective July 1. Devlin, 39, began work with IDES as a data-processing machine operator in 1970. In 1991 he was appointed manager of IDES's management information systems division. As chief information officer, Devlin is one of three deputies to Didrickson. In his new job he will oversee all computer operations to support the state's unemployment insurance system, its job placement service and its labor market databank. The position was created as part of restructuring instituted by the director and pays an annual salary of $69,288.

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DCFS court-ordered reform panels

Two reform panels, one on the use of restraint, seclusion and behavior-controlling drugs and the other on case record reform, were created by Sue Suter, former director of the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), before she resigned. They are two of nine panels mandated by the B.H. v Suter federal consent decree, which stems from a 1988 lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of wards of DCFS.

Suter named Cook County Circuit Judge Stephen R. Yates of Chicago as chair of the 26-member panel created July 23 to make recommendations regarding the conditions under which restraint, seclusion or behavior-controlling drugs may be used with children who are wards of the state. The consent decree prohibits the use of behavior-controlling drugs for punishment, convenience or as a substitute for programing for children's needs. The panel has no formal deadlines for its report to the DCFS director.

Suter named Thomas W. Ward of Peoria, a regional administrator for DCFS, as chair of the 25-member panel to review the content of case records for children and recommend methods to eliminate redundant forms and unnecessary paperwork in case files, while at the same time ensuring that the records readily disclose the status of the children's cases. Created August 6, the panel has a March 15 deadline for reporting to the DCFS director.

Other reform panels required by the consent decree address permanency goals for the children, licensing requirements, training programs, casework supervision, adoption policies, automation of DCFS's data management system and case management for children with special needs.

The Illinois Judiciary

Chief Justice Benjamin K. Miller of Springfield was elected second vice president of the Conference of Chief Justices at its annual meeting in Hawaii July 23. The conference discusses problems that are common to the state courts.

The Illinois Supreme Court announced the following appointments and retirements.

Cook County Circuit

Circuit Judge Philip J. Carey of Chicago will retire effective December 1. Carey has been a judge since 1976 and is a supervising judge of the circuit court's criminal division.

18th Circuit

Appointed as associate judges by the circuit judges were C. Stanley Austin of Wheaton, effective October 1, and Michael J. Burke of Elmurst, effective September 1. Austin was an attorney in private practice, and Burke was an assistant state's attorney for DuPage County.

Jorns named EIU president

David Jorns, vice president for academic affairs and provost at Northern Kentucky University, was selected president of Eastern Illinois University on September 24 by the Board of Governors, which oversees EIU, Chicago State University, Governors State University, Northeastern Illinois University and Western Illinois University.

As president of EIU, Jorns will oversee an operating budget of more the $52 million and a campus serving 11,300 students. He will take office no later than January 1 and succeeds Stanley Rives, who resigned earlier this year

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Jorns, 48, received a bachelor of science degree in radio and a master of arts degree in speech and drama from Oklahoma State University. He has a doctorate in theatre history and criticism from the University of California at Los Angeles. Prior to serving at Northern Kentucky University, he was dean of the College of Fine Arts and Humanities at West Texas University, chair of the Department of Theatre Arts at Mankato State University in Minnesota and was director of theatre in the Department of Speech and Dramatic Art at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Michelle Brazell, EIU assistant vice chancellor for communications, said, "Dr. Jorns has tremendous leadership experience, and many new ideas on how to run a university."

Economic Development Council elects officers and board members

The Economic Development Council elected new members and new officers to its board of directors, effective May 1, for one year terms. The new board members are Edmund B. Galvin of Frankfort, a partner with Coopers and Lybrand of Chicago, and David O. Livingston of Chicago, president of the Chicago Technology Park.

The new officers are Lewis F. Matuszewich of Chicago, chair; Edward D. Mays of Hinsdale, vice chair; and Toya Horn of Chicago, treasurer. Matuszewich is an attorney with Matuszewich, Foley and Monks, Chicago; Mays is executive consultant with Merrill Corporation, Chicago; and Horn is lending manager with Neighborhood Housing Services, Chicago.

The 12-year-old council provides a forum for business, economic and community development issues. According to Matuszewich, the main item on the agenda for the coming year is state legislative cutbacks in government programs that help business and economic development. "A principal example would be the staffing and program cutbacks at the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs," he said. "Over the last 10 years government funding has been available for economic development projects. Now it's not." As a result, Matuszewich said, businesses must restructure their projects.

Winnett new lobbyist for management association

Gina Winnett of Springfield was named manager of legislative relations for the Management Association of Illinois (MAI) by its chief operating officer. Jay Shattuck, effective September 8. She replaced Mike Sullivan, who became government affairs representative for Illinois Power Company in Decatur. MAI is a not-for-profit association that serves nearly 2,000 member companies in Illinois with training, human resource consulting and employment law lobbying.

Winnett is the owner of The Crown Jewels, a small business dealing in designer costume jewelry. For the past two legislative sessions, she was the Illinois Senate liaison for the Department of Public Aid. She worked with lawmakers, staff and lobbyists on the department's Medicaid funding proposal, which Edgar signed into law in July.

Winnett, the first woman to hold the MAI post, says she hopes to "tap into the female business owners and make them more aware of MAI and how it can help them." Another long-range goal is to get the members "more involved in the front-end legislative process, to see how the process actually works."

Halperin Illinois Issues Statehouse bureau chief;
Hawthorne heads new News-Gazette bureau

Illinois Issues new Statehouse bureau chief is Jennifer Halperin, most recently editorial page writer for the Daytona Beach (Florida) News Journal. A 1988 journalism graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a 1989 Public Affairs Reporting (PAR) program graduate of Sangamon State University, Halperin's appointment was effective October 19. As a PAR intern, she worked in the Chicago Tribune Statehouse bureau during the 1989 legislative session. Previously she was a reporter/intern for the Champaign-Urbana News Gazette and Newsday. At the Daytona Beach newspaper since August 1989, Halperin moved from reporter to copy editor to editorial writer and was named Daytona Beach News-Journal editorial employee of the year in 1991.

Halperin was married on September 20 to Mike Hawthorne, who is also a 1989 graduate of the PAR program at Sangamon State and most recently a reporter at the same Daytona Beach newspaper. Hawthorne also started working in the Statehouse press room, effective October 19, as the chief of the newly established Springfield bureau for the Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette. While a PAR intern, Hawthorne worked in the Chicago Sun-Times Springfield bureau.

Staff contributors include Margaret S. Knoepfle, Charles Swearingen and James Pollock.

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