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Dads Association at Illinois elects officers, directors

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Keith Kittell of Lewistown has been elected president of the Dads Association at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Other newly elected members and their offices include (EDITORS: See list).

The Dads Association comprises fathers of Illinois students and promotes parent involvement in university activities and fund raising for student programs. Founded in 1922, the association is believed to be the first organization of its kind in the nation.

DADS ASSOCIATION OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

ANNA – Moury Bass, director

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS – Mike Martinez, vice president/treasurer

BOURBONNAIS – Michael Murthavice president

CAROL STREAM – Thomas Petrich, director

CHICAGO – (19) Ben Duster, director

DARIEN – Frank Massi, director

ELK GROVE VILLAGE – Harold Labinsky, director; Frank Pawlowski, director

KANKAKEE – Joseph Meisenbach, director

LAKE ZURICH – James Elliot, director

LEWISTOWN – Keith Kittell, president

LINCOLN – Robert Kidd, immediate past president

MCHENRY – Dennis Anderson, director

MOLINE – Henry Hicks, vice president

NAPERVILLE – James Weichel, vice president

O’FALLON – Darrell Eickhoff, director

OAKLAWN – Frederic Metz, director

OLYMPIA FIELDS – John Menees, director

PEORIA – Carl Kemner, director

SCHAUMBURG – Yogesh Bhargava, director; Krzysztof Wilk, director

SPRINGFIELD – George Kohut, director

STERLING – Jim Say, director

VERNON HILLS – Jerry Coleman, director

WOOD DALE – John Cieslak, first vice president

OUT-OF-STATE

MISSOURI, Webster Grove – D. Mike Saville, director



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