PEOPLE.

APPOINTMENTS

Diane Dillow has been named executive director of the Warrenville (Ill.) Park District. Dillow will be responsible for the overall management and direction of parks, recreation programs, leisure services, and facilities provided and operated by the district. A graduate of Illinois State University, Dillow spent 17 years as director of leisure services for the Batavia Park District, and has worked with Arlington Heights Park District, Fox Valley Park District, Carol Stream Park District, and Sand Springs Recreation Department, in Oklahoma. She is a member of the National Recreation and Park Association, Illinois Parks and Recreation Association, and Wisconsin Parks and Recreation Association.

Youngkhill Lee, Ph.D., has assumed the position of associate professor in the department of recreation and park administration at Indiana University. He will teach primarily in the area of therapeutic recreation. While specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation, he has published numerous papers that have examined the role of leisure in the process of adjustment to spinal cord injuries. He serves as an associate editor for the Therapeutic Recreation Journal and the Annual in Therapeutic Recreation.

James E. Niskanen has recently been appointed director of the community services and neighborhood connections department for the city of Modesto, Calif. In his new role, Niskanen will oversee a department with 237 full-time and part-time employees and a budget of $7.3 million. The department oversees administration, recreation services, the Modesto Centre Plaza convention center, and John Thurman Field, a Class-A professional baseball stadium. It also manages the city's three municipal golf courses, the Tuolumne River Regional Park, and more than 65 neighborhood and community parks, and implements hundreds of recreational community programs throughout the year.

Jacklyn Ohlinger has joined the staff of the Flagg-Rochelle Community Park District in Rochelle, Ill., as the superintendent of recreation. Ohlinger will organize and supervise the district's recreation programs. She is a graduate of Northern Illinois University, with a degree in sports business, and is presently pursuing a master's degree at NIU in athletic administration.

Laura T. Wetherald, CLP, has been named chief, Bureau of Recreation, Howard County (Md.) Department of Recreation and Parks. Wetherald has been with the department for 12 years as a therapeutic recreation coordinator and recreation division manager. She was recognized as the Howard County employee of the year in 1998 and has received numerous Maryland Recreation and Parks Association awards, including professional of the year, member of the year, and distinguished fellow.

Gail R. Levine, Ph.D., CTRS, was recently promoted to the rank of associate professor at Kingsborough Community College (CUNY-Brooklyn), where she is director of the sports, fitness, therapeutic recreation and physical education program. Levine is also the recent recipient of a presidential citation from the New York State Therapeutic Recreation Association.

Sandra Klitzing has joined the recreation and park administration program in the health, physical education, and recreation program at Illinois State University, where she will be teaching in the therapeutic recreation sequence.

AWARDS

The Alaska Recreation and Park Association recently recognized the following award recipients at its annual awards banquet:

Professional Award

Jeff Hawley, City of Cordova Parks and Recreation

Young Professional Award

Lisa Deane, City of Unalaska Parks and Recreation

Presidents Award

John McCleery, City of Anchorage Recreation and Sports

Distinguished Service Award

Robert Pressley, Chairman of the Unalaska Parks and Recreation Board

Bob Robertson Service Award

Janie West, Fairbanks Parks and Recreation

OBITUARIES

Professor Thomas Ira Hines, who established what is now known as the department of parks, recreation and tourism at North Carolina State, died on August 23. He was 86. Hines served as department head for 31 years and was regarded as a pre-eminent expert in park and recreation finance, both nationally and internationally. During his career, he received numerous state and national awards, served on countless professional boards and commissions, and was founding chairman of the Wake County Recreation Commission.