Appointments
M. B. Oglesby, as deputy director of the
State of Illinois Washington, D.C., office by
Gov. James Thompson, in March (see
"Washington" p. 31), Oglesby, an aide to
former Gov. Richard Ogilvie, has worked
for the past four years as an administrative
assistant to Rep. Edward Madigan (R.,
Lincoln).
Ann Lousin, Chicago, as chairperson of the Illinois Civil Service Commission, by the governor, effective July 10, pending Senate confirmation. A faculty member at John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Lousin succeeded Roy Pechous, Berwyn, as head of the commission and replaced John D. Foster, Chicago, as commissioner.
Because of her appointment Lousin also became a member of the Advisory State Impasse Resolution Panel, which went into action in June after talks between the state and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees broke down. The other two members are Labor Director William Bowling and David Loeback, director of the Office of Collective Bargaining. Eric J. Schmertz, former executive director of the New York State Mediation Board, was named "impartial fact finder" by the panel on June 16. He began work on June 20 and was finished by June 22.
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James R. Irving, Aurora, as chairman of
the Parole and Pardon Board, by the
governor, effective May 16, pending Senate
confirmation. Irving, who was appointed
after the death of Acting Chairman Robert
Peel, is the first black to head the board. He
was superintendent of the Illinois Youth
Center, Valley View and has a background
in education. Former Chairman Peter A.
Kostos, Chicago, resigned as chairman in
April but retained his position as board
member.
Deloris Foster, Chicago, as commissioner
of the Metropolitan Sanitary District by the
governor, effective May 26. Foster, who
succeeded Joan Anderson, present director
of the Department of Education and
Registration, was an administrative assistant to former Comptroller George Lindberg.
Robert J. Harmon, Lake Forest, as
director of the Illinois Housing Development Authority by the governor, effective
May 16. Harmon was vice-president and
executive trust officer for the Central
National Bank of Chicago. He replaces
Irving Gerick, who resigned to take a
position with the John Nuveen company.
In a major reorganization of top prison
personnel. Acting Corrections Director Charles Rowe made several appointments
effective June 10. Rowe himself became permanent director of the department on June
21.
Temporary replacements for the two
fallen heads were: Zale Glauberman and
James Helm for Dunn, and David Campbell, for Rosenbloom.
Meanwhile Citizens for Thompson paid
the Illinois Division of Aeronautics a bill of
over $4,000 owed by the governor for
political nights on state aircraft. Thompson
called on former Gov. Dan Walker to pay
$6,000 and former Secy. of State Michael
Hewlett to come up with $13,000 owed for
political plane flights.
Effective in June, a new policy in the
governor's office requires that all political
flights on state aircraft made by the governor
or his staff be billed to Citizens for Thompson and paid within five days.
Ernest E. Morris as warden at Stateville
Penitentiary, Joliet. He replaced former
Stateville Warden David Brierton, who
resigned June 1. Nicholas Mellas, former
assistant warden for operations at Joliet
Correctional Center, took over as Stateville's assistant warden, replacing Robert
Kapture, who also resigned.
Michael Lane as warden at Menard Correctional Center, filling the vacancy left
by Morris. Lane had been regional administrator for the corrections department.
Leo Meyer as warden at the new Logan
Correctional Center, Lincoln. Plans are that
the center will be open by December 1.
John M. Heckel as warden of the Vandalia Correctional Center, filling Meyer's
former post. Heckel had been assistant
warden at the Sheridan Correctional Center.
In addition, two women were named to
major correctional positions for the first
time. Marie E. Hall was appointed assistant
warden for programs services at Stateville,
and Magnolia Liles was named major of the
guards at Dwight, the state women's prison.
Hall was previously a deputy administrator
of medical services for the department. Liles
had trained correctional officers for prison
work at the department's academy in
Chicago.
George Wilkinson, Danbury, Conn. as
warden at the U.S. Penitentiary at Marion,
effective in August. Wilkinson, who joined
the Bureau of Prisons in 1968, was warden at
Danbury since 1976. He succeeds James D.
Riggsby, Marion, who will retire August 13
after 28 years with the bureau. He had been
warden at Marion since April, 1976.
Leonard F. Becker, Cicero, as assistant
director of the Department of Labor by the
governor effective June 1. Former president
of Local 1859 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Chicago,
Becker succeeded William Jones, who
resigned.
Wendell Sebastian, Chicago, as technical
advisor to the Department of Financial
Institutions by Director Edgar F. Callahan
effective May 1. Sebastian was executive
assistant to former Secy. of State Michael
Hewlett.
J. Thomas Johnson, Springfield, as
special assistant to the director. Department
of Local Government Affairs by Director
John Castle, effective March 7. Johnson
previously worked for DeKalb County, first
as county auditor and then as administrative assistant. He says the governor, follow
Director Castle's recommendation will
appoint a deputy director for DLGA in
near future because the department doe-
need one.
Daniel P. Isacksen, Arlington Heights, as
deputy commissioner of Banks and Trust
Companies by the governor, effective June 6. President of Suburban Computer Services
in Palatine since 1972, Isacksen succeeds James T. Herbstritt, pending Senate confirmation.
Wayne R. Golumb, Springfield, as deputy
director of Illinois Department of Revenue's
Internal Affairs Bureau by state revenue
director Robert M. Whitler effective June 1.
He was one of the prosecutors in the case
involving former state Rep. Webber
Borchers (R., Decatur).
A. M. Monahan, Kankakee, as chief of
operations. Department of Corrections by
Acting Director Charles Rowe, effective
June 1. Monahan was formerly educational
director at Dwight Correctional Center. He
replaces Joseph A. Feconda, who resigned.
Mary Jane Jones, Mason City, as
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Fear of flying
The first scandal of the Thompson
administration— over misuse of state planes
— saw the ouster of two top executives in
June. Michael Dunn, the governor's young
patronage chief, was forced to resign June9,
following charges that he failed to report
flights for political purposes on state
aircraft. The director of aeronautics Melvin
Rosenbloom was next, fired 11 days later,
when his asked-for resignation was not
delivered. Rosenbloom said he was fired for
reporting Dunn.
Delayed but not done in
Democrat John D. Kramer, Springfield, as secretary of the Department of
Transportation by the governor — almost but not quite on June 8, and finally,
despite flak from some Republicans on
July 6. Post needs Senate confirmation.
Task Force on Child Abuse
Gov. James Thompson named 18 members to his Task Force on Child Abuse, effective
May 24. They are: Don Moss, Evanston,
chairman (appointed a week earlier), who is
executive director of the Illinois Association
for Retarded Citizens; George Allen, Chicago
partner, Arthur Andersen Co.; Cleo Anderson, Springfield, inter-agency liaison an
coordinator. Department of Children an
Family Services; Carl Barnes, Chicago
manager. Price Waterhouse and Co.; Dr. Ronald G. Bittle, Anna, psychologist, Ann
Mental Health Center; Dr. Richard Blanton,
Springfield, deputy director, Department of
Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities; Dr. Israil Goldiamond, Chicago, professor of psychology, University of Chicago Thomas Hanrahan, Chicago, executive director of the Juvenile Protective Association;
William Johnson, Chicago, chairman, Residential Services Committee for the Illinois Association for Retarded Citizens; Dr.
William L. Mermis, Godfrey, member, Commission on Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities; Charles J. Meyer, Aurora
member, Governor's Advisory Council on
Developmental Disabilities; Dr. Harold
Phelps, Normal, former president, Illinois
Commission on Children; John Shullenberger, Chicago, supervisor. Juvenile Litigation Office, Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago; Donna J. Stone, Chicago, president, National Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse; William J. Sunderman, Charleston, judge of the 5th Circuit Court; Dr.
William P. Weber, Park Ridge, member, Parents of Windgate; and Yvette Zelles,
Chicago, Chicago Board of Education (See
"Child Abuse" p. 7).
technical advisor for the Department of Transportation by the director on the governor's recommendation effective April 1. She is chairperson of the Mason County Republican Central Committee.
Peter Dunne, Springfield, as administrative assistant in the office of personnel and administrative services, Department of Public Aid, effective June 16. Dunne, a top aide to former Transportation Secretary William Cellini, most recently worked as an assistant to John P. Clarke, publisher of the State-Journal Register.
Bill Toal, Monmouth, as senior economist, Office of the Comptroller by Vito C.
Bianco, deputy comptroller for planning
and policy, effective May 2. Toal previously
worked for the Federal Reserve Bank,
Atlanta, Ga.
Other appointments by Comptroller
Michael J. Bakalis include: Larry Roth,
Springfield, as director of personal services
operations division, effective in March and
Elbert "Bert" Beasley, Springfield, as
director of information processing, in May.
Roth was previously a computer specialist in
the secretary of state's office. Beasley had
worked in the Department of Finance since
1972.
Jack Gorges, Belleville, as director of purchasing. Office of the Secretary of State, by Secy. of State Alan Dixon, effective July 1. Gorges, former deputy treasurer for St. Clair County, replaces Robert McKeating, who will be assigned to another department.
Two Illinois newsmen and one from
Arizona were hired recently to help legislators with radio and TV news releases:
Richard West, as assistant press secretary to the House majority staff by Speaker of the House William Redmond, effective June 1. West had worked for the Illinois Information Service and Radio WFMB, Springfield.
Ray James, as media assistant to the Senate minority staff by Senate Minority Leader David Shapiro, effective May 9. James was a media specialist for the Arizona legislature.
James Goff, as deputy press secretary, House minority staff, by House Minority Leader George Ryan, effective March 11. Goff formerly worked for WSIL-TV, Harrisburg.
Carol Dewing, Springfield, as an administrative clerk, energy division, Department of Business and Economic Development, effective May 2.
Dr. Betsy Ancker-Johnson, Northbrook, as associate laboratory director for physical research at Argonne National Laboratory effective May 4. She was assistant secretary for science and technology, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington D.C.
Michael J. Mahoney, Western Springs, as executive director of the John Howard Association, a prison watchdog group, which does state and national work. Mahoney, who served three years as assistant executive director, succeeds Ira Schwartz. Schwartz resigned to accept a position as executive director of the Citizen's Council on Crime and Delinquency in Seattle, Wash.
Fred Bird, Springfield, as public relations director for the Association for Modern Banking in Illinois, effective May 9. Bird, a former Chicago newspaperman, was former Gov. Richard Ogilvie's press secretary and a speech writer for former President Ford.
Douglas L. Whitley, Springfield, as executive vice president for the Taxpayers Federation of Illinois, effective July 1. Whitley, who had been working with the federation since March succeeded Maurice Scott who retired.
Resignations
Ward Johnson, Springfield, as director of
the Legislative Liaison Division, Secretary
of State's Office, effective at the end of the
current legislative session. Johnson, who
was appointed to this post in 1975 by former
Secy. of State Michael Hewlett, was staff
director for former Speaker of the House
Clyde Choate. He will take a post as lobbyist
for Associated General Contractors, Springfield.
Delmar Ward, Murphysboro, as director of elections for the State Board of Elections in April to take a position with Illinois Office Supply. Chief Clerk Daniel Hagen is also holding down the job of acting director.
Retirements
Maj. Gen. Harold R. Patton, Springfield,
as adjutant general, chief of staff, Illinois
National Guard, effective June 15. Winner
of the Bronze Star, Patton rose from private
to major general during his 34-year career,
27 of which were spent in the Illinois
National Guard. He became adjutant
general in 1969. The governor appointed
Brig. Gen. John Phipps, Springfield, as
acting adjutant general.
Deaths
Former Rep. G. R. "Bob" Beckmeyer (R., Nashville) on June 7 in St. Louis. A World War II veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps,
Beckmeyer served in the Illinois House,
1955-1957, and was mayor of Nashville,
1970-1974.
Robert E. Peel, Hillsboro, on May 3 in Joliet. Peel had been named acting chairman of the Illinois Parole and Pardon Board in April and had been a board member since 1972.
William H. "Bill" Barnett, Springfield, on May 30 in St. John's Hospital. He began his career with the Department of Corrections in 1955 and served as deputy administrator, Interstate Compact on Juveniles. In 1975 he received the William L. Frederick Award for service in his field.
Alexis R. Shuman, a retired executive of the Wall Street Journal, on June 8 in Summit, N.J. He was production and circulation manager of the predecessor of its Midwest edition. The Chicago Journal of Commerce, and was national production coordinator of the Wall Street Journal until his retirement in 1975.
Can there not be a government in which majorities do not virtually decide right and wrong, but conscience?
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