Strategic Communications and Marketing News Bureau

Jacksonville father elected president of Dads Association

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Francis B. Nelson Jr. of Jacksonville has been elected president of the Dads Association at the University of Illinois.

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

The Dads Association comprises fathers of UI 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

BELLEVILLE Milt Davis, 1000 Carlyle Ave., director

BOURBONNAIS Michael Murtha, 428 Braemar Way, director

CHICAGO (19) Ben Duster, 7459 S. Cottage Grove Ave., director

(46) Richard Ciesla, 7008 N. McAlpin Ave., director

COLUMBIA Dewan Prashad, 9 Hickory Lane, director

DOWNERS GROVE William Gray, 4609 Seeley Ave., assistant treasurer; Ted Rock, 4016 Belle Aire Lane, vice president

ELK GROVE VILLAGE Harold Labinsky, 455 Lakeview Circle, director

FAIRFIELD Hank Hanneken, 1 Jill Road, director

HOFFMAN ESTATES Roy Kawell, 345 Nogales, director

JACKSONVILLE Francis B. Nelson Jr., 295 Sandusky St., president

LEWISTOWN Keith Kittell, R.R. 4, 164 Cherokee, director

LINCOLN Robert Kidd, 163 Ninth St., vice president

MCHENRY Thomas Farrell, 514 Sunrise Drive, first vice president

MOLINE Henry Hicks, 2708 14th Ave., vice president

NAPERVILLE James Weichel, 1112 Nashville Court, director

OAKLAWN Frederic Metz, 10125 S. Mansfield, director

OLYMPIA FIELDS John R. Menees, 3617 Ionia Drive, director

PEORIA Jack Teplitz, 240 NE Randolph Ave., director

PONTIAC Rod Patterson, 1128 N. Walnut, director

SCHAUMBURG Mark Hird, 631 Sandpebble Drive, director

VERNON HILLS Jerry Coleman, 126 Brookwood Court, director

WHEELING David Goode, 710 Briarwood Drive, director

WOOD DALE John Cieslak, 225 E. Windsor Ave., director



This article was imported from a previous version of the News Bureau website. Please email news@illinois.edu to report missing photos and/or photo credits.

Read Next

Health and Medicine

RNA barcodes enable high-speed mapping of connections in the brain

Researchers mapped connections among thousands of neurons in the mouse brain with unprecedented speed and resolution thanks to RNA “barcodes.”

Announcements

Illinois named a top producer of Gilman Scholars

Champaign, Ill. ― The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is among the top producers of recipients for the Gilman International Scholarship Program, which provides merit-based scholarships to outstanding American undergraduate students with high financial need to pursue credit-bearing academic studies and career-oriented internships abroad. The scholarship opportunities equip Gilman Scholars with international experience, global networks and foreign language […]

Announcements

‘Hot Ones’ host and Illinois alumnus Sean Evans named 2026 Commencement speaker

Daytime Emmy® Award-nominated talk show host and Illinois alumnus Sean Evans will serve as the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s Commencement speaker on Saturday, May 16, in Gies Memorial Stadium. Evans graduated from Illinois with a degree in broadcast journalism in 2008.

Strategic Communications and Marketing News Bureau

507 E. Green St
MC-426
Champaign, IL 61820

Email: stratcom@illinois.edu

Phone (217) 333-5010