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Mr. Cline 71 served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Nicor Inc. beginning in 1985 and became Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer in 1986. He retired as Chief Executive Officer in May 1995 and continued to serve as Chairman until his retirement from the company at the end of 1995. Prior to joining Nicor Mr. Cline was an executive of Jewel Companies Inc. for 22 years becoming Chairman President and Chief Executive Officer in 1984. He is also Chairman of Hawthorne Investors Inc. a private management advisory and investment firm he founded in 1996. Additionally he is a director of Ryerson Tull Inc. Chairman of the Boards of Trustees of The Northern Funds and The Northern Institutional Funds and a past chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. From 1998 to 2000 Mr. Cline was Chairman of Hussmann International Inc. Mr. Cline is an honorary life director and past president of the University of Illinois Foundation. | 