The Illinois State Bar Association honored members who have been admitted to practice for 50 years at a luncheon on Wednesday at the Westing Michigan Avenue in Chicago. ISBA Past President Herbert H. Franks spoke on behalf of the 2011 Class of Distinguished Counsellors.

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Here is the Bar Class of 1961 honored as Distinguished Counsellors:

• Allan A. Ackerman, Chicago
• Sam Adam, Chicago
• John G. Ames, Orion
• James L. Anderson, Bloomington
• Hugh Arnold, Chicago
• Wallace Askins, Naples, FL
• Seymour C. Axelrood, Oak Park
• Earl J. Barnes, Chicago
• Richard I. Bass, Chicago
• Richard S. Beske, Belleville
• Robert A. Bransley, Northbrook
• Clarold L. Britton, Pinckney, MI
• Martin M. Brozosky, Northbrook
• Marvin A. Brustin, Chicago
• William J. Bunch, Aurora
• James C. Byrne, Joliet
• Craig E. Castle, Princeton, WI
• J. Edward Clair, Delavan, WI
• Henry J. Close, Rockford
• John E. Cochrane, Elmwood Park
• John J. Coffey, III, Chicago
• Joe Conforti, Itasca
• Charles A. Crampton, Port Byron
• George T. Cummings, Glenview
• Avrum H. Dannen, Chicago
• Edward L. Daugherty, Chicago
• Edward R. Davis, Skokie
• Vito D. DeCarlo, Chicago
• Joseph M. DeLaVan, Hinsdale
• Ralph DeRango, Belleville
• James N. Dewulf, Silvis
• Eugene A. Dimonte, Park Ridge
• Kenneth K. Ditkowsky, Niles
• Stephen V. Dubin, Villanova, PA
• Nelson I. Dunitz, Northbrook
• John F. Dunn, Decatur
• Roberta G. Evans, Chicago
• John A. Farrell, Godfrey
• Frank L. Flanigan, Edwardsville
• Edward L. Fleming, Downers Grove
• Herbert H. Franks, Marengo
• George R. Friese, New Castle, NH
• Nello P. Gamberdino, Northbrook
• Stanford E. Gass, Chicago
• Stanford L. Glass, Chicago
• Martin J. Gleason, Washington DC
• Alpheus J. Goddard, III, Loves Park
• Melvin R. Goldman, Hillsborough, CA
• Calvert J. Gordon, Delray Beach, FL
• Hugh Graham, III, Springfield
• David H. Greenstein, Chicago
• Ronald E. Griesheimer, Waukegan
• Jerome N. Groark, Marana, AZ
• W.B. Martin Gross, Oak Brook
• Linscott R. Hanson, Park Ridge
• Whitney D. Hardy, Shelbyville
• Ralph H. Heninger, Davenport, IA
• James J. Hermann, Jr., Brevard, NC
• Jay H. Janssen, Peoria
• John A. Jeffries, Chicago
• John B. Jenkins, Danville
• John G. Karones, Glen Ellyn
• M. Leslie Kite, Chicago
• George C. Lackey, Salem
• Seymour I. Levin, Northbrook
• William M. Madden, Punta Gorda, FL
• Patrick E. Mahoney, Chicago
• Anthony F. Mannina, Bloomingdale
• James K. Maremont, Chicago
• Robert E. Martensen, Paxton
• Donald Martin, Chicago
• John W. McFadden, Jr., Hudson, FL
• John J. McHugh, Chicago
• Benjamin K. Miller, Chicago
• Howard S. Miller, Chicago
• Christopher M. Mould, Scarborough, ME
• Arthur R. Musschoot, Wheaton
• William J. Nellis, Chicago
• John L. Nickels, Maple Park
• John D. Norcross, Chicago
• Philip H. Nye, Rochelle
• George L. O’Connell, Orland Park
• James S. O’Connor, Palos Verdes Estates, CA
• Michael D. O’Keefe, St. Louis, MO
• John P. O’Rourke, Danville
• William G. O’Toole, Chicago
• George M. Petrich, Burnham
• John F. Pittas, Arlington Heights
• Milton Rabyne, Skokie
• Donald P. Reynolds, Chicago
• Bernard B. Rinella, Chicago
• Jerome Schachter, Skokie
• Roy W. Sears, Elgin
• Lawrence Smith, Jr., Champaign
• Michael Spak, Chicago
• N. Richard Stelter, Chicago Heights
• Kenneth E. Streckert, Chicago
• W. Gerald Thursby, Northbrook
• James M. Trapp, Chicago
• Paul B. Uhlenhop, Chicago
• Robert C. Walbaum, Springfield
• Donald J. Weaver, Elgin
• Robert Weber, Highland Park
• Donald E. Weihl, Swansea
• Ernest J. Weiner, Boca Raton, FL
• C. Don Weston, Macomb
• Leon C. Wexler, Chicago
• James P. Williams, Hinsdale
• Lloyd E. Williams, Jr., Chicago
• James J. Wimbiscus, Naples, FL
• Richard S. Wood, Arlington Heights
• Curtis D. Worden, Rockford
• Craig T. Wright, Plainfield