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FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Dura Pharmaceuticals CONV 26632SAA7 780 935000 PRN OTHER 01 935000
AES Corp. CONV 00130HAN5 15315 8770000 PRN OTHER 01 8770000
Automatic Data Processing LYON CONV 053015AC7 7505 5290000 PRN OTHER 01 5290000
Level 3 Comm Cvt CONV 52729NAG5 45 30000 PRN OTHER 01 30000
Motorola LYON CONV 620076AJ8 59 60000 PRN OTHER 01 60000
AES Trust III 6.75% Cvt Pfd PFD 00808N202 2085 28860 SH OTHER 01 28860
CVS TRACES 6% Cvt Pfd PFD 126645209 9386 132550 SH OTHER 01 132550
Cendant Income PRIDES Cvt Pfd PFD 151313301 691 31750 SH OTHER 01 31750
Cox $3.50 Income PRIDES Cvt Pf PFD 224044305 13498 219695 SH OTHER 01 219695
MediaOne Group 'ATI' $3.63 PIE PFD 58440J401 3784 42077 SH OTHER 01 42077
MediaOne Group (T) $3.04 PIES PFD 58440J500 9830 242725 SH OTHER 01 242725
Sealed Air Corp $2 Ser A Cvt P PFD 81211K209 17395 343605 SH OTHER 01 343605
Time Warner/Houston Ind ACES C PFD 442161204 8971 72125 SH OTHER 01 72125
Unocal Corp 6.25% Cvt Pfd PFD 91528T207 233 5000 SH OTHER 01 5000
AES Corp COM 00130H105 113513 2487950 SH OTHER 01 2487950
AFLAC, Inc. COM 001055102 1083 23574 SH OTHER 01 23574
AT&T Corp COM 001957109 29368 928626 SH OTHER 01 928626
AT&T Liberty Media Group Cl A COM 001957208 121754 5020767 SH OTHER 01 5020767
Abbott Labs COM 002824100 6154 138090 SH OTHER 01 138090
Advanta Corp Cl B COM 007942204 97 11364 SH OTHER 01 11364
Allstate Corp. COM 020002101 1068 48014 SH OTHER 01 48014
Alltel Corp COM 020039103 437 7048 SH OTHER 01 7048
America Online Inc COM 02364J104 221 4200 SH OTHER 01 4200
American Express COM 025816109 1129 21654 SH OTHER 01 21654
American Genl Corp COM 026351106 2719 44573 SH OTHER 01 44573
American Home Prod COM 026609107 6249 106362 SH OTHER 01 106362
American Int'l Grp COM 026874107 31372 266994 SH OTHER 01 266994
Amgen, Inc. COM 031162100 295 4200 SH OTHER 01 4200
Automatic Data Processing COM 053015103 257 4800 SH OTHER 01 4800
BP Amoco PLC ADS COM 055622104 2868 50713 SH OTHER 01 50713
BRE Properties Inc COM 05564E106 14090 487969 SH OTHER 01 487969
Bank One Corp COM 06423A103 338 12725 SH OTHER 01 12725
Bank of America Corp. COM 060505104 438 10186 SH OTHER 01 10186
Bank of New York COM 064057102 279 6000 SH OTHER 01 6000
BellSouth COM 079860102 1837 43098 SH OTHER 01 43098
Berkshire Hathaway Cl A COM 084670108 4573 85 SH OTHER 01 85
Bristol-Myers Squibb COM 110122108 2846 48860 SH OTHER 01 48860
CINergy Corp COM 172474108 237 9300 SH OTHER 01 9300
CVS Corp COM 126650100 8205 205115 SH OTHER 01 205115
Carnival Corp COM 143658102 1328 68100 SH OTHER 01 68100
Cendant Corp COM 151313103 18999 1357083 SH OTHER 01 1357083
Cendant Corp Rts COM 151313111 392 46500 SH OTHER 01 46500
Charles Schwab Corp COM 808513105 346 10281 SH OTHER 01 10281
Chase Manhattan Corp (New) COM 16161A108 429 9321 SH OTHER 01 9321
Chevron COM 166751107 521 6141 SH OTHER 01 6141
Cintas Corp. COM 172908105 27433 747756 SH OTHER 01 747756
Cisco Systems COM 17275R102 1119 17605 SH OTHER 01 17605
Citigroup, Inc. COM 172967101 108993 1809015 SH OTHER 01 1809015
Coca-Cola COM 191216100 1391 24209 SH OTHER 01 24209
Comcast Cl A COM 200300101 221 5697 SH OTHER 01 5697
Comcast Cl A-Spec COM 200300200 8524 210457 SH OTHER 01 210457
Commercial Federal COM 201647104 14738 946994 SH OTHER 01 946994
Corning Inc. COM 219350105 112554 417061 SH OTHER 01 417061
Covance, Inc. COM 222816100 2043 231861 SH OTHER 01 231861
Cox Communications COM 224044107 3698 81159 SH OTHER 01 81159
DuPont E I COM 263534109 240 5493 SH OTHER 01 5493
EMC Corp COM 268648102 1916 24900 SH OTHER 01 24900
Elan Corp PLC ADR COM 284131208 70687 1459352 SH OTHER 01 1459352
Eli Lilly COM 532457108 1350 13512 SH OTHER 01 13512
Equity Office Properties Tr COM 294741103 3579 129855 SH OTHER 01 129855
Estee Lauder Cl A COM 518439104 231 4680 SH OTHER 01 4680
Exxon Mobil Corp COM 30231G102 5484 69858 SH OTHER 01 69858
Fannie Mae COM 313586109 46140 884115 SH OTHER 01 884115
First Data Corp COM 319963104 43497 876507 SH OTHER 01 876507
Firstar Corporation COM 33763V109 284 13502 SH OTHER 01 13502
GTE COM 362320103 301 4830 SH OTHER 01 4830
Gannett Corp COM 364730101 1208 20200 SH OTHER 01 20200
General Comm Cl A COM 369385109 8857 1728265 SH OTHER 01 1728265
General Electric COM 369604103 34125 643867 SH OTHER 01 643867
Gillette COM 375766102 2518 72064 SH OTHER 01 72064
Home Depot Inc. COM 437076102 25839 517430 SH OTHER 01 517430
Illinois Tool Works COM 452308109 878 15400 SH OTHER 01 15400
Int'l Bus Machines COM 459200101 11996 109490 SH OTHER 01 109490
Intel COM 458140100 472 3530 SH OTHER 01 3530
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 29476 289333 SH OTHER 01 289333
Kimco Realty Corp COM 49446R109 1505 36710 SH OTHER 01 36710
L M Ericsson Tel Sp ADR COM 294821400 6646 332290 SH OTHER 01 332290
Level 3 Communications, Inc. COM 52729N100 617 7015 SH OTHER 01 7015
Lucent Technologies COM 549463107 3496 59004 SH OTHER 01 59004
MSC Industrial Direct COM 553530106 10193 486818 SH OTHER 01 486818
Masco Corp COM 574599106 659 36494 SH OTHER 01 36494
McDonalds COM 580135101 1736 52692 SH OTHER 01 52692
Meadowbrook Ins Grp COM 58319P108 961 187454 SH OTHER 01 187454
Mediaone Group Inc. COM 58440J104 10972 164679 SH OTHER 01 164679
Merck COM 589331107 12580 164180 SH OTHER 01 164180
Microsoft Corp COM 594918104 452 5656 SH OTHER 01 5656
Minn Mining & Mfg COM 604059105 426 5158 SH OTHER 01 5158
Molex Inc. COM 608554101 5019 104294 SH OTHER 01 104294
Molex Inc. Cl A COM 608554200 52707 1505902 SH OTHER 01 1505902
Morgan J P COM 616880100 215 1956 SH OTHER 01 1956
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & C COM 617446448 5302 63692 SH OTHER 01 63692
Motorola Inc. COM 620076109 65961 2269636 SH OTHER 01 2269636
NICOR COM 654086107 300 9200 SH OTHER 01 9200
NiSource Inc. COM 65473P105 7034 377673 SH OTHER 01 377673
Northeast Utilities COM 664397106 209 9625 SH OTHER 01 9625
Oracle Corporation COM 68389X105 1309 15576 SH OTHER 01 15576
PNC Fin'l Services Grp COM 693475105 8954 191025 SH OTHER 01 191025
Pepsico COM 713448108 1697 38199 SH OTHER 01 38199
Pfizer COM 717081103 3097 64525 SH OTHER 01 64525
Philip Morris COM 718154107 3371 126904 SH OTHER 01 126904
Procter & Gamble COM 742718109 268 4676 SH OTHER 01 4676
Royal Dutch Pet 1.25 Gldrs COM 780257804 2435 39556 SH OTHER 01 39556
SBC Comm COM 78387G103 1058 24467 SH OTHER 01 24467
Schering-Plough COM 806605101 6060 120008 SH OTHER 01 120008
Schlumberger Ltd COM 806857108 1973 26442 SH OTHER 01 26442
Sealed Air Corp COM 81211K100 11537 220275 SH OTHER 01 220275
Sears Roebuck COM 812387108 1379 42274 SH OTHER 01 42274
Simon Property Group, Inc. COM 828806109 9922 447170 SH OTHER 01 447170
Sola Int'l COM 834092108 643 131900 SH OTHER 01 131900
Southwest Airlines COM 844741108 1806 95350 SH OTHER 01 95350
Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. COM 845905108 79 11200 SH OTHER 01 11200
Sprint Corp COM 852061100 3773 73988 SH OTHER 01 73988
Sprint PCS Group COM 852061506 1248 20976 SH OTHER 01 20976
State Street Corp. COM 857477102 933 8800 SH OTHER 01 8800
Sun Microsystems COM 866810104 891 9800 SH OTHER 01 9800
TCI Satellite Ser A COM 872298104 148 17039 SH OTHER 01 17039
Telular Corp (New) COM 87970T208 167 13925 SH OTHER 01 13925
The Walt Disney Co. (New) COM 254687106 1098 28290 SH OTHER 01 28290
Torchmark COM 891027104 358 14500 SH OTHER 01 14500
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. COM G90078109 273 5118 SH OTHER 01 5118
Tribune COM 896047107 3596 102752 SH OTHER 01 102752
US Bancorp COM 902973106 315 16358 SH OTHER 01 16358
Univ Hlth Rlty Tr COM 91359E105 794 41928 SH OTHER 01 41928
Valmont Industries COM 920253101 459 23100 SH OTHER 01 23100
Vodafone Airtouch PLC ADR COM 92857T107 55711 1344460 SH OTHER 01 1344460
Wal Mart Stores COM 931142103 522 9060 SH OTHER 01 9060
Walgreen Company COM 931422109 2581 80200 SH OTHER 01 80200
Wells Fargo & Co. COM 949746101 5205 134316 SH OTHER 01 134316
Westvaco Corp Com COM 961548104 290 11672 SH OTHER 01 11672
Worldcom Inc. COM 98157D106 1220 26595 SH OTHER 01 26595
Vanguard Index Tr 500 Port 922908108 827 6165.378 SH OTHER 01 6165.378
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