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House Speaker Michael J. Madigan (D-22, Chicago) formed an 18-member task force on March 9 to analyze gaming issues in the state, including job development, law enforcement, revenue and alternatives to land-based casinos. Task force chair is Rep. Louis I. Lang (D-16, Chicago), who said, "All of our members will start at ground zero. We want to build cases for and against land-based casinos from the bottom up."

Meeting March 9 and 22 in Springfield and scheduled to meet in Chicago April 7, the task force has no deadlines. "We want all of the opinions on land-based casinos backed up with facts," Lang said. "We have no set goals other then to study and determine what all the facts are, and what we should do with them."

This task force is not in any way directly related to Gov. Jim Edgar's opposition to land-based casinos, according to Speaker Madigan's press secretary Steve Brown. "This task force is made up of equal balanced people with equally balanced opinions," he said. "This is not a stacked task force," Lang said. "I want the facts to be the deciding point."

Task force members include the following business and community leaders: Leon Bradley, state government relations coordinator, Chicago Urban League; Terry Brunner, executive director, Better Government Association, Chicago; Thomas Cokins, executive director, Central Area Committee, Chicago; William Cowhey, president, Civic Federation, Chicago; Larry Howe, executive director, Civic Committee of the Commerical Club, Chicago; Sally Jackson, president and chief executive officer, Illinois State Chamber of Commerce; Rich Krieg, executive director, Institute for Metropolitan Affairs, Roosevelt University, Chicago; John O'Connell, lobbyist, Chicago Development Council; Jerry Roper, president and CEO, Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau; Russell Saizman, executive director, Greater North Michigan Avenue Association; William Sampson, president, Chicago United; John Skorburg, director of govern-

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mental affairs and economics, Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce; Danny Soliz, president and executive director, United Neighborhood Organization (UNO); and Robert Wilke, secretary/treasurer, Building Trades Council, Chicago.

Task force members from law enforcement include Terry Gainer, director, Illinois State Police; Matt Rodriguez, superintendent, Chicago Police Department; and Douglas Roller, member, board of directors, Chicago Crime Commission.

Rossi new clerk of the House

Technically elected by a majority of House members, the House clerk oversees the printing and distribution of legislation, setting the chamber's daily calendar and recording the legislator's votes. The clerk's term is two years.

Gov. Edgar named Bernice Bloom, 58, of Lincolnshire, executive director of ED-RED (Education, Research and Development, a consortium of 118 school districts in suburban Cook, Lake and DuPage Counties) as his executive assistant for education, effective March 1. She replaced Mary Ann Louderback (see "Names" item on this page). Bloom is a former member of the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce education committee and the State Advisory Council on Vocational Education. She received a bachelor's degree from the National College of Education. Her annual salary will be $73,500.

Michael T. Aiken, 60, provost of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, was named chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign by University President Stanley O. Ikenberry in February. The University of Illinois Board of Trustees approved the appointment February 12 to be effective July 1, when the current chancellor, Morton W. Weir, will rejoin the psychology faculty.

Aiken is a sociologist specializing in the analysis of organizations and issues of community power and social change. He earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Mississippi and his master's degree and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. At the University of Pennsylvania he served previously as dean, School of Arts and Sciences, and chair, Department of Sociology. Earlier at the University of Wisconsin, he served as associate dean, College of Letters and Sciences, and chair, Department of Sociology. He is a member of the National Council of Social Science Archives, American Sociological Association and the Society for the Study of Social Problems.

Aiken will visit the U of I periodically to ensure a smooth transition in the chancellorship.

Gov. Edgar appointed Gayl Pyatt, 50, of Pinckneyville to the Illinois Gaming Board, effective February 22. Replacing Michael Zaransky, Pyatt is the first woman member of the board which regulates riverboat gambling and licenses operators and gaming equipment suppliers. Her term ends July 1, 1994. A lawyer, she also serves as a regent and the secretary of the Lincoln Academy of Illinois, a member of the Illinois Board of Higher Education and member of the University of Illinois Foundation.

Reappointed to the five-member board by the governor, effective February 16, were J. Thomas Johnson, 46, of Chicago, a partner and national director of state and local taxes for Grant Thornton, and Robert Vickrey, 48, of Peru, vice president of the News- Tribune in LaSalle. Their terms end July 1, 1995.

The appointments require Senate confirmation. Members receive $300 per diem plus expenses. The board also supervises Las Vegas nights, bingo and pulltabs.

Mary Ann Louderback, 40, of Springfield, was appointed by Gov. Edgar to the three-member Educational Labor Relations Board, effective March 16. She has been the governor's executive assistant for education since February 1991, and during the four prior years was on Gov. James R. Thompson's policy staff. A former teacher, she holds a doctorate degree in educational administration from Illinois State University, where she also earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in education.

Louderback was appointed to fill a vacancy on the board for a six-year term. Senate confirmation is required; her term will end February 1998; her board member annual salary is $53,302.

The state board administers the Educational Labor Relations Act that gives educational employees the right to organize and bargain collectively. It also promulgates rules for bargaining units and representation elections; it may invoke mediation in unresolved labor disputes; and it investigates charges of unfair labor practices. The board's jurisdiction extends from secondary and elementary education to community colleges and universities.

Whitley leaves Department of Revenue for Illinois Bell

Doug Whitley, 43, of Springfield resigned, effective March 1, as Department of Revenue director to accept the position of vice president for governmental relations with Illinois Bell, an Ameritech Company. He replaces Bob Dixson, who is retiring. At Illinois Bell, Whitley will concentrate on lobbying on policy issues.

Whitley, former head of the Taxpayers' Federation of Illinois before Gov. Edgar appointed him two years ago as director of revenue, was the former director of the National Student Lobby in Washington, D.C. He was also former executive director of Illinois Student Government. He earned his bachelor's degree from Southern Illinois Univeristy in Carbondale.

Samuel E. McGaw, 46, of Springfield, deputy director of the Department of Revenue since February 1991, was named acting director of the department by the governor, effective March 1.

Robert J. Piel resigned his post as commissioner of banks and trust companies, effective March 15. He will rejoin the private sector. He is the former chief executive officer and director of the First State Bank of Harvey. He served 14 years in the Illinois

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House, serving as the ranking Republican on the House Financial Institutions Committee. A search for his replacement is under way.

Roger A. Sommer, 49, an attorney with his own law firm in Morton, was named chief justice of the Illinois Court of Claims by Gov. Edgar, effective January 15, 1993. Sommer was reappointed to the court by Edgar for a six-year term. Senate confirmation is required. As chief justice, Sommer's annual salary is $36,838.

Also appointed by the governor to the Court of Claims was Richard T. Mitchell, 44, an attorney with Thomson, Mann, Mann, Mitchell & McNeely P.C., Jacksonville. His appointment was effective January 16, subject to Senate confirmation. Mitchell replaces James Montana, who resigned to become chief counsel to Gov. Edgar. As a judge, Mitchell's annual salary is $34,004; his term ends in January 1994.

The Illinois Court of Claims functions within the executive branch, ruling on claims against the state for payments (exceptions include claims under Workers' Compensation and Workers' Occupational Diseases acts and claims for expenses in civil litigation). Claims can not exceed $100,000 for the benefit of any one claimant.

Kettelkamp first woman deputy director for State Police

Teresa M. Kettelkamp, 40, of Springfield was promoted from assistant deputy director of the Illinois State Police's division of administration to deputy director of its division of internal investigation. State Police director Terrance W. Gainer made the appointment, effective February 15, noting that Kettelkamp now holds the highest position a woman has ever held in the agency. Her rank with the State Police is captain.

Kettelkamp had previously served as assistant deputy director for the internal investigation division, which probes charges of wrongdoing by State Police employees as well as by administrators and employees of the executive branch of state government. She earned her bachelor's degree from Quincy College. She has attended both the FBI National Academy

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and the Drug Enforcement Advanced Agency School. She is a member of the FBI National Academy Associates and the International Association of Women Police.

Terry Mutchler, 27, has been named chief of the Associated Press Statehouse bureau. She was scheduled to take over the position March 22. Mutchler, a 1987 graduate of Penn State University, previously was the AP correspondent in Atlantic City, NJ. She joined the wire service in 1989 after spending nearly two years at The Morning Call newspaper of Allentown, Pa. She replaces Tom Strong, who was named AP's Illinois regional reporter in Washington, D.C.

Rusty Ayers, Statehouse bureau chief for the United Press International wire service, has accepted a job as regional communications director for the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). He will be handling public relations and working with AARP volunteer lobbyists in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin. Ayers' replacement as bureau chief in Springfield had not been named by mid-March.

State finance authority names Howe general counsel

The Illinois Development Finance Authority (IDFA) named Philip S. Howe, 46, of Springfield, as general counsel, effective January 1. Before joining the IDFA in 1991, Howe was general counsel to then Secy. of State Jim Edgar.

Besides directing legal work for IDFA in his new position, Howe will also monitor proposed state and federal legislation. A former vice president of the Government Bar Association, Howe earned his J.D. from Georgetown University. He is also a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserves.

The IDFA, created by statute in 1983, claims its $3.8 billion in financial assistance to Illinois business over the years has resulted in the creation of more than 30,000 full-time jobs. The IDFA specializes in financing infrastructure projects for special purposes districts and municipalities.

Michael A. Finch of Woodstock was named executive director of the Heartland Institute of Chicago, effective October 12. He replaced Alejandro Bertuol who left to join an international investment firm. Finch is a former legislative analyst for the Industry Council for Tangible Assets and was a speechwriter and fundraiser for various political campaigns.

The Heartland Institute is an independent not-for-profit, nonpartisan center for public policy research. It solicits research from academics and public policy experts and edits their work for a popular audience. According to Finch, the mission of the Institute is to "apply cutting-edge research to state and local issues." Heartland was started in Chicago eight years ago by a group of small-business people. It now has offices in Cleveland, Detroit, Kansas City, Milwaukee and St. Louis. Finch will oversee 75 academic and professional ecomomists within the institute.

Phil Rock joins Illinois Issues board

Former Illinois Senate President Philip J. Rock, 55, has joined the Illinois Issues board. "I'm a big fan of the magazine and consider it a very good source of information about what's happening in state government," Rock said. The Oak Park Democrat retired from the Illinois Senate in January after serving a recordbreaking 14 years as its president. Rock was appointed jointly to the Illinois Issues board by the presidents of the magazine's two sponsoring universities: Sangamon State University President Naomi B. Lynn and University of Illinois President Stanley O. Ikenberry. Board members serve three-year terms and receive no compensation. Members represent government, corporate, educational, labor and community interests across the state.

Rock, who is now in private law practice with the Chicago firm of Rock, Pusco, Reynolds and Garvey Ltd., was first elected to the Senate in 1970. Achievements during his legislative career include passage of the original Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act, mandatory insurance coverage for newborn children, the state's I-SEARCH program for finding missing children, Tax Increment Financing (TIP) program for local governments and the original Illinois Tax Amnesty program. In 1988, the State Board of Education honored Rock's commitment to Illinois' children by renaming the state's center and school for the deaf and

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blind in Glen Ellyn as the Philip J. Rock School and Center.

Rock is a graduate of St. Mary of the Lake Seminary in Mundelein and Loyola University School of Law, Chicago.

The Chicago Academy of Sciences announced three new board of trustee members: Daggett Harvey of Winnetka, vice president of Kidder Peabody and a member of the board of directors for Amtac Inc., Chicago Maternity Center and the Chicago Model City Council; Richard G. Maier of Chicago, senior vice president and chief financial officer for LaSalle National Bank; Walter R. Quanstrom of Glen Ellyn, vice president of the Environmental Health and Safety Department and executive officer of Amoco Corporation.

The Chicago Academy of Sciences, founded in 1857, is dedicated to promoting scientific literacy for all citizens and the advancement of scientific knowledge. In 1992, its programs served more than 1.2 million children and adults. Board terms are three years, with members limited to nine years' service.

James Pollock

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