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Bowman named director
of Mines and Minerals

Fred K. Bowman, 47, of Springfield was appointed director of the Department of Mines and Minerals in late February by the governor. He had been acting director since November 1993 when he replaced Ronald Morse (see Illinois Issues, December 1993, page 27). Bowman joined the department in 1988 as a state mine inspector and was named assistant director for underground mines in 1989. He was supervisor of the land reclamation division and director of administrative services before being named acting director. Prior to his service at the department, Bowman worked for Freeman United Coal Mining Company for 11 years and was an Illinois State Police trooper for nine years.

Bowman's appointment must be confirmed by the Senate. He will be paid a salary of $54,581 per year.

State financial institutions
director Ruiz resigns

Gilbert G. Ruiz, director of the Illinois Department of Financial Institutions, resigned on March 4 for "personal reasons." Ruiz had been charged with drunken driving while in a state-owned vehicle a few days before his resignation.

Gov. Jim Edgar, known as a champion of clamping down hard on those who drink and drive, replaced Ruiz, naming Michael Goldman of Lincolnshire as acting director. Prior to his appointment, Goldman, a 14-year employee of the department, was supervisor of the currency exchange division.

Adams appointed to the Illinois
Liquor Control Commission

Gov. Edgar appointed Don W. Adams, 58, owner of the Lincoln Center in Springfield, to the five-member Illinois Liquor Control Commission. A Republican, Adams replaces Virgil Wikoff, another Republican. The partisan board can have no more than three members of the same party serving at one time. Appointed February 3, Adams' term runs to February 1, 2000.

The Illinois Liquor Control Commission licenses and regulates the liquor industry in Illinois, including manufacturers, distributors and retailers. The commissioners hear appeals from local liquor commissioners outside the city of Chicago, consider revocation requests for nonpayment of taxes and hear more serious cases of offenses brought to them by the commission's investigative unit. The commissioners also guide policy for 48 employees, 21 of whom are special agents in the investigative unit who are stationed throughout the state.

Members of the Illinois Liquor Control Commission are paid a salary of $14,554 per year plus expenses. Appointments to the commission require Senate confirmation.

Reappointment at Illinois Health
Facilities Planning Board

Gov. Edgar reappointed three members to the 16-member Health Facilities Planning Board effective January 14.

Administered by the Illinois Department of Public Health, the board is charged with finding ways to contain health care costs. One of its functions is to control the approval of applications for construction and/or expansion of health care facilities to avoid unnecessary and expensive duplication. The board is looking at current issues affecting costs such as economic credentialling for physicians (which deals with the length of time a physician may designate for a patient's stay in the hospital in comparison to other physicians) and provisions restricting physicians from owning a major portion of a facility to which they refer patients. Along with other state agencies, the board is developing a comprehensive health-care plan for the state as requested by the legislature.

Reappointed to the board were: Joyce Washington, 43, of Chicago, administrator and CEO of Hospital Corporation of America-Riveredge Hospital; Richard Wright, 49, of Metamora, manager of employee benefits at Caterpillar Inc. in Peoria; and Pam Taylor, 67, of Danville, licensed registered nurse.

The three-year terms, all ending June 30, 1996, require Senate confirmation. Members are paid expenses plus $150 per diem, not to exceed $7,500 per year, plus expenses.

Three new members
to CHIP board

Three new members joined the 17-member Comprehensive Health Insurance Planning Board while six members were reappointed effective January 24. The board oversees the Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan (CHIP), a state-run insurance program with limited enrollment that provides access to persons deemed "high risk," those who can afford high insurance premiums but who are refused coverage by regular insurance providers.

New appointments with terms expiring July 1 are Robert E. Schaaf, 58, of Springfield, president of Insurance/Management Ser-

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vices Inc., and Sharon K. Heaton, 42, of Graymont, owner of Heaton Agency Inc. in Pontiac. Schaaf replaces Raymond McCaskey and Heaton replaces Russell Alberding.

With a term expiring July 2, 1995, Betsy D. Mitchell, 39, of Savoy, director of public affairs at Devonshire Realty Ltd. and a mother of a special needs child, replaces Deborah Oughton.

Reappointed CHIP members with terms expiring July 1 are: Saul J. Morse, 45, of Springfield, vice president and general counsel of the Illinois State Medical Society; Richard F. Kotz, 53, of Glencoe, associate corporate general counsel and assistant secretary of Sears Roebuck and Co. in Chicago; and Robert L. Adler, 75, of Chicago, a self-employed insurance consultant. Raymond J. DeFilippo, 68, of Bloomington, former director of group and health insurance at Country Life Insurance Company, will serve until July 1, 1995. Bryan W. Swank, 44, of Libertyville, senior vice president of Swank Insurance Agency Inc. in Waukegan, and Howard J. Bolnick, 48, of Chicago, president of Celtic Life Insurance Company, will serve until July 1,1996.

Members are paid expenses only, and appointments require Senate confirmation.

Nancy Popel Elson named to
Illinois Humanities Council board

Appointed by Gov. Edgar, Nancy Popel Elson of Canton joined the board of directors of the Illinois Humanities Council for a term expiring in September 1996. Previously appointed by former Gov. James R. Thompson, she served the council from 1985 to 1991. The Illinois Humanities Council is a nonprofit educational foundation established in 1973 as a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

A retired teacher, Elson received the State Board of Education's highest award for excellence in 1989. She has served as president of the Illinois Association of School Boards and as a U.S. delegate to the International Conference on Schooling. She has taught at Spoon River College and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where she earned both a bachelor's and master's degree in music. Active in the humanities, she is a founding member of the Fulton County Arts Council and is a past president of her local Concert Association.

Seven new members and
three reappointments to job
training council

With federal money coming to Illinois for the retraining of workers losing jobs due to NAFTA and defense conversions, Gov. Edgar continues to fill openings for the 50-member Illinois Job Training Coordinating Council, the state agency that will guide policy for distributing the funds (see Illinois Issues, February 1994, page 35). Funded through the federal Job Training Partnership Act and administered by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, the council promotes programs that meet both the needs of employers for a well-trained workforce and the needs of workers for quality jobs.

Two new members appointed on January 14 with terms expiring July 1, 1995, are Bruce C. Braker, 46, of Elk Grove Village and Robert J. English, 50, of Aurora. Braker, executive vice president of the Tooling and Manufacturing Association in Park Ridge, replaces Cleveland Walker. English is president of PMA Securities Inc. and PMA Financial Network Inc. He replaces June Conner.

Appointed in February with terms expiring July 1 are Robert K. Luther, 53, of Charleston and Jeffrey Isaacson, 41, of Hoff-man Estates. Luther, president of Lake Land College in Mattoon, replaces Kristine Coryell. Isaacson, director of Chicago and Northeast Illinois District Council of Carpenters Apprentice and Trainee Program in Elk Grove Village, replaces Wesley Isaacson.

Four new members serving until July 1,1995, are Sally A. Jackson, 42, of Chicago, Valee L. Salone, 46, of Chicago, William F. Heinhorst, 61, of Manito and Joseph A. Cona, 62, of Springfield. Jackson, president and CEO of the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce, replaces Robert Beckwith. Salone, executive director of Nia-Comprehensive Center for Developmental Disabilities Inc., replaces Mervyn Pilotte. Heinhorst, president of Peoples State Bank in Manito, replaces Barbara File. Cona, who replaces Royce Carter, is executive recruiter of Cona Personnel in Springfield.

Reappointed effective February 3 with terms expiring July 1, 1995, are Bashir Ali, 42, of Peoria, Helen Bibbs, 59, of Calumet City and Regner E. Suarez, 47, of Chicago. Ali is the Private Industry Council/Job Training Partnership Act administrator for Peoria, Bibbs is chairman and general manager of C.W. Limousine Service Inc. in Chicago and Suarez is the 31st Ward alderman for Chicago.

Members are paid expenses only, and appointments require Senate confirmation.

Lederman and McEachern
reappointed to Math and
Science Academy board

Reappointed to the 17-member Illinois Math and Science Academy board of trustees effective January 14 were Leon M. Lederman, 71, of Batavia and John H. McEachern Jr., 55, of Oswego.

Nobel Prize winner (physics, 1988) Lederman is director emeritus of Fermilab and professor of science at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. McEachern is president of Wayne Circuits Inc. in Yorkville. They will serve on the board until October 1, 1999.

In governing the academy, which offers both high school and college levels of instruction for gifted students that have completed the ninth grade, the board establishes criteria for enrollment, approves subjects of study and extracurricular activities, and awards certificates and diplomas. The areas of academic interest offered by the academy include engineering, research, teaching and computer technology.

Members are paid expenses only, and appointments do not require Senate confirmation.

Illinois Mathematics and Science
Academy Fund elects new board members

The Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA) Fund for Advancement of Education elected three new board members with terms expiring December 15, 1996.

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