Scheduled to leave Chicago on Thursday, April 25, and return Sunday, May 5, the tour is being coordinated by Carrousel Travel. Pick up a brochure in an ISBA office, or call Becky Newell at (800) 800-6508 for details.
The package price of $2,495 per person, double occupancy, includes round-trip airfare and rail transportation, three nights in each city, baggage transfers, daily buffet breakfasts, city tours, a Danube River cruise, and a professional tour escort. The itinerary follows.
April 25 Fly from Chicago to Budapest, arriving April 26 for transfer to the Mercure Korona Hotel and a welcoming dinner.
April 27 Morning city tour of Budapest's Citadel, Parliament, Matthias Church, Heroes' Square, Fisherman's Bastion and Museum Boulevard. Afternoon boat excursion on the Danube.
April 28 Free time for shopping and further exploration of Budapest.
April 29 Morning train across the border to Vienna and transfer to the Biedermeier Hotel, with a free afternoon.
April 30 Morning sightseeing tour of Vienna's Ringstrasse, the Hofburg, National Museum, State Opera House and Belvedere Palace. Afternoon drive to Schonbrunn Palace.
May 1 A free day to continue enjoying the highlights and treasures of Vienna.
May 2 Morning train ride across the border to Prague and transfer to the Hilton Prague Hotel.
May 3 Morning sightseeing tour includes Charles Bridge spanning Old Town and Lesser Town, Wenceslas Square, Wallenstein Palace, Tyl Theatre and Prague Castle. Free afternoon.
May 4 A free day for cultural activities, strolling through parks, visiting museums and churches, or seeing the Jewish Quarter.
May 5 Return flight to Chicago.
Global Holidays offering four ISBA travel programs
Four ISBA-sponsored travel opportunities are currently offered by Global Holidays. Call (800) 842-9023 for more information, or pick up brochures in state bar association offices.
Departures for all four travel programs are available from Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Louis, DesMoines, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Omaha and Minneapolis-St. Paul.
Summaries of the itineraries for the spring tours follow. Round-trip airfare, all accommodations and ground transportation are included in quoted prices.
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Springtime in Paris April 6-14, April 13-21, April 20-28, April 27-May 5; $1,499 per person. double occupancy, or $1,849 single.
ISBA travelers will spend seven nights at the Sofitel Paris Forum Rive Gauche Hotel and select from a variety of options, including a Eurostar high-speed rail trip to London and back through the chunnel.
Other choices are a Paris city tour, a museum excursion, a River Seine cruise, Champagne country, Chateau country by high-speed train, Versailles, Giverny and Monet's home, and a night at the Moulin Rouge.
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Rhine River Cruise (Holland, Belgium, Germany and France) April 27-May 6, April 29-May 8; $2,299 p.p.d.o on main deck, $2,399 on upper deck, $2,899 single. (The following itinerary for the April 27 departure will be reversed for April 29 departure.)
Participants will fly to Amsterdam for two nights and a city tour before motoring to Brussels for a city tour, continuing to Cologne and boarding the MS Viking Tell for three days and nights of cruising. Stops include Koblenz, Braubach, Rudesheim and Mainz.
The group will leave from Mainz by motorcoach to Strasbourg, the capital of Alsace, for two nights, with a city tour and optional wine route excursion. The last day and night are in Heidelberg before the return flight from Frankfurt.
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Scandinavian Capitals (Denmark, Norway and Sweden) May 4-13, May 9-18, May 13-22, May 17-26, May 21-30; $2,249 p.p.d.o. from Chicago, $2,799 single; $1,349 p.p.d.o. from other cities, $2,869 single. (The following itinerary will be reversed on the May 13 and May 17 departures.)
Travelers will start in Copenhagen with various tours, spending two nights before boarding a DFDS Scandinavian Seaways ship to Oslo through the Oslofjord. Then on through the Sognefjord and Flam Mountain Railway to Myrdal and a night in Geilo.
Motor back to Oslo past lakes, mountain valleys and a stop at the Torpo Stave Church, for two nights and a full day of leisure exploration in the Norwegian capital. Motor to Stockholm the next day for two nights and a day of sightseeing.
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China (14 days include Shanghai, a Yangtze River cruise, Xian and Beijing ) May 27-June 9, June 3-16, June 10-23, June 17-30, June 20-July 3, June 24-July 7; $2,649 p.p.d.o., $3,249 single. This includes 33 meals.
Arrive in Shanghai for city highlights and two nights in the Hua Ting Hotel before flying to Wutan to board the Victoria ship for the five-day Yangtze cruise.
Sights along the river include Yueyang, the Three Gorges Dam construction site, the Twelve Peaks of Wushan, the Three Lesser Gorges, Fengdu for a shore tour. The cruise ends in Chongqing with brief sightseeing before a flight to Xian for two nights in the Grand New World Hotel and excursion to the first emperor's tomb.
Then on to Beijing for two days and nights in the Harbour Plaza Hotel before the return flight. The first day, see Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City and summer palace, ending with a boat ride on Lake Kunming. The second day, motor to the Great Wall and Ming Tombs.
Philip Lederer of Chicago was authority on labor law
Retired Chicago labor law attorney Philip C. Lederer, a Highland Park resident, died in February a few days after his 89th birthday.
A 1935 graduate of the University of Chicago Law School, Mr. Lederer was a partner in Lederer, Reich, Sheldon & Connelly for many years, and later was of counsel to McKenna, Storer, Rowe, White & Farrug before he retired in 2000.
The author of several substantive articles in the Labor Law Journal and Employee Relations Law Journal, Mr. Lederer was a member of the Labor Law Advisory Committee, a subsidiary of the National Association of Manufacturers.
He chaired the American Arbitration Association Advisory Committee in 1986-87 and served on the American Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics and Professional Fees.
Homer Britton
Chicago attorney Homer C. Britton died Feb. 3 at age 64. A 1977 graduate of the DePaul University College of Law, he was an assistant Cook County public defender before starting a private practice in criminal defense.
Mr. Britton entered the Air Force after high school and received training as an air traffic controller. He was with the Federal Aviation Administration for 20 years before receiving his undergraduate and law degrees.
Robert Burhans
Additional information has been received about retired Peoria attorney Robert L. Burhans, whose death on Jan. 16 at age 85 was reported in the February 15 issue of the ISBA Bar News.
A 1939 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, Mr. Burhans was a Navy lieutenant junior grade during World War II. He was a sole practitioner until his retirement in 1998.
A member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1948 to 1966, Mr. Burhans was president of the Peoria County Bar Association in 1985-86. He was a past president of the Peoria Library Board, on which he served for more than 20 years.
He also was a member of the Illinois Valley Library System board from 1976 to 1979, and of the Greater Peoria Sanitary District.
Miles Cunat
Retired Chicago attorney Miles E. Cunat Jr., a resident of Riverside Township, died Feb. 4 at age 72 in a LaGrange hospital of kidney failure. He was a 1956 graduate of the University of Chicago Law School.
Mr. Cunat was a staff lawyer for the Pullman Co. and the Belt Railway Co. until he joined the legal department of Chicago Title and Trust in the 1960s. He retired in 1992.
A member of the Riverside Township Planning Commission from 1964 to 1972, and its chair for two years, Mr. Cunat also served on the Brookfield Zoning Board from 1972 to 1977 and on the Riverside-Brookfield High School board from 1965 to 1971.
A Presbyterian Church elder, he was a trustee of the Presbytery of Chicago from 1973 to 1981 and treasurer for three years. He was treasurer of the Riverside Republic Party from 1966 to 1968.
John Fox
Retired corporate attorney John P. Fox Jr. of Wilmette died Jan. 5 at age 83 in an Evanston retirement home. A 1949 graduate of the Loyola University School of Law who was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1948, he was a Navy lieutenant in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
Mr. Fox joined the law department at Beatrice Foods in 1948 and was named general attorney and chief legal officer in 1965 and general counsel in 1969. He was elected senior vice president in 1975.
Mr. Fox was past president of the Evanston Golf Club in Skokie and the Alpha Delta Gamma national fraternity.
E. John Kavanaugh
E. John Kavanaugh, a graduate of the DePaul University College of Law and retired Chicago firefighter, died Feb. 13 at age 90 of heart failure.
Leaving high school to work after his father died, Mr. Kavanaugh was accepted by the Chicago Fire Department at age 22. He completed his education and received a law degree while he worked his way up from engineer to acting division marshal.
Mr. Kavanaugh was a founding member of the Chicago Firemen's Association, the Chicago Fire Officers Association and the Retired Chicago Fire Officers Association. He was founder and only president of the VIP Club.
John Milnamow
Chicago patent attorney John P. Milnamow, a resident of Barrington, died Jan. 22 at age 65 inSt. George, Utah. He was a partner in Rockey, Milnamow & Katz, and formerly with Dressler, Goldsmith, Milnamow & Katz.
A 1964 graduate of The John Marshall Law School, Mr. Milnamow had studied law at Georgetown University and worked as a patent examiner with the U.S. Patents and Trademark office. He was a past president of the Biltmore Country Club.
Edmund O'Brien
Retired corporate attorney Edmund J. O'Brien, formerly of Arlington Heights, died Jan. 25 at age 87 in his South Dennis, Mass., home after a stroke.
A 1941 graduate of the Northeastern University School of Law, Mr. O'Brien was a Marine Corps first lieutenant in the Pacific Theater during World War II. He served on the legal staff of the Commanding General Fleet Marine Force in Hawaii, Japan and China.
Moving to Illinois in 1949, Mr. O'Brien joined the legal department of Kemper Insurance Co. and became general counsel in 1964. He was elected vice president in 1976, retired in 1979, moved to Massachusetts and became of counsel to a Boston law firm.
A founding member of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, which promoted safe driving, Mr. O'Brien chaired its board of governors in 1962-63.
In Arlington Heights, he chaired the planning committee of the Board of Local Improvements and served on the Government Management Committee, the Citizens Building Committee and the Northwest Suburban Planning Board.
Ernest Utter
Retired judge Ernest Harper Utter of Rushville died Jan. 17 at age 76. A 1950 graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law, he had served in the Army during World War II.
Mr. Utter was a Schuyler County judge and 8th Circuit Court judge for more than 25 years before retiring in 1980 to return to private practice. He was a life member of the Rushville Chamber of Commerce and a volunteer fireman.
John Whitney
More information has been received about retired 10th Circuit judge John Ash Whitney, whose death on Jan. 17 at age 80 was reported in the February 15 issue of the ISBA Bar News.
A veteran of service as a Navy lieutenant junior grade during World War II, Mr. Whitney graduated in 1948 from the University of Michigan Law School. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Mr. Whitney practiced in Peoria until he became an associate judge. He retired in 1989.
Ferdinand Zeni
Chicago attorney Ferdinand J. "Fred" Zeni Jr., an administrative law judge in the Illinois Department of Public Aid Bureau of Administrative Hearings for the past eight years, died Feb. 9 at age 77 of cancer.
A 1950 graduate of the Northwestern University School of Law, Mr. Zeni joined the legal department of Montgomery Ward and Co. in 1958 and became general counsel, vice president and secretary during his 30 years with the firm. He was legal counsel for the Illinois Department of Financial Institutions from 1987 to 1994.
In 1969, Mr. Zeni was appointed to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws that drafted the Uniform Consumer Credit Code and the Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act. He was Illinois chairman of President Richard Nixon's re-election campaign in 1972.
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