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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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Dura Pharmaceuticals CONV 26632SAA7 889 905000 PRN OTHER 01 905000
AES Corp. CONV 00130HAN5 19550 7585000 PRN OTHER 01 7585000
Automatic Data Processing LYON CONV 053015AC7 9130 5180000 PRN OTHER 01 5180000
Level 3 Comm Cvt CONV 52729NAG5 40 30000 PRN OTHER 01 30000
Motorola LYON CONV 620076AJ8 57 60000 PRN OTHER 01 60000
AES Trust III 6.75% Cvt Pfd PFD 00808N202 2984 28835 SH OTHER 01 28835
CVS TRACES 6% Cvt Pfd PFD 126645209 12227 150485 SH OTHER 01 150485
Cendant Income PRIDES Cvt Pfd PFD 151313301 408 24900 SH OTHER 01 24900
Cox $3.50 Income PRIDES Cvt Pf PFD 224044305 14356 268345 SH OTHER 01 268345
Sealed Air Corp $2 Ser A Cvt P PFD 81211K209 17233 382955 SH OTHER 01 382955
Unocal Corp 6.25% Cvt Pfd PFD 91528T207 241 5000 SH OTHER 01 5000
Vodafone/MediaOne $3.04 PIES PFD 58440J500 9539 256079 SH OTHER 01 256079
Vodafone/MediaOne $3.63 PIES PFD 58440J401 3476 41727 SH OTHER 01 41727
21st Century Insurance Group COM 90130N103 311 18375 SH OTHER 01 18375
AES Corp COM 00130H105 165745 2419629 SH OTHER 01 2419629
AFLAC, Inc. COM 001055102 1510 23574 SH OTHER 01 23574
ARM Fin'l Group COM 001944107 0 10000 SH OTHER 01 10000
AT&T Corp COM 001957109 34785 1184180 SH OTHER 01 1184180
AT&T Liberty Media Group Cl A COM 001957208 91031 5057292 SH OTHER 01 5057292
AT&T Wireless Group COM 001957406 207 10000 SH OTHER 01 10000
Abbott Labs COM 002824100 7053 148290 SH OTHER 01 148290
Allstate Corp. COM 020002101 1933 55616 SH OTHER 01 55616
Alltel Corp COM 020039103 368 7048 SH OTHER 01 7048
America Online Inc COM 02364J104 226 4200 SH OTHER 01 4200
American Express COM 025816109 1407 23154 SH OTHER 01 23154
American Genl Corp COM 026351106 3492 44773 SH OTHER 01 44773
American Home Prod COM 026609107 17127 302792 SH OTHER 01 302792
American Int'l Grp COM 026874107 38265 399901 SH OTHER 01 399901
Amgen, Inc. COM 031162100 293 4200 SH OTHER 01 4200
Anadarko Petroleum COM 032511107 333 5005 SH OTHER 01 5005
Anheuser Busch COM 035229103 298 7044 SH OTHER 01 7044
Automatic Data Processing COM 053015103 321 4800 SH OTHER 01 4800
BP Amoco PLC ADS COM 055622104 3170 59815 SH OTHER 01 59815
BRE Properties Inc COM 05564E106 15372 480378 SH OTHER 01 480378
Bank One Corp COM 06423A103 490 12696 SH OTHER 01 12696
Bank of America Corp. COM 060505104 550 10499 SH OTHER 01 10499
Bank of New York COM 064057102 336 6000 SH OTHER 01 6000
BellSouth COM 079860102 1849 45948 SH OTHER 01 45948
Berkshire Hathaway Cl A COM 084670108 5796 90 SH OTHER 01 90
Boots & Coots Int'l Well Contr COM 099469108 9 10400 SH OTHER 01 10400
Bristol-Myers Squibb COM 110122108 2741 47980 SH OTHER 01 47980
CINergy Corp COM 172474108 307 9300 SH OTHER 01 9300
CVS Corp COM 126650100 12794 276247 SH OTHER 01 276247
Carnival Corp COM 143658102 4735 192272 SH OTHER 01 192272
Cendant Corp COM 151313103 18100 1664365 SH OTHER 01 1664365
Cendant Corp Rts COM 151313111 284 45000 SH OTHER 01 45000
Charles Schwab Corp COM 808513105 365 10281 SH OTHER 01 10281
Chase Manhattan Corp (New) COM 16161A108 405 8771 SH OTHER 01 8771
Chevron COM 166751107 506 5941 SH OTHER 01 5941
Cintas Corp. COM 172908105 33046 758581 SH OTHER 01 758581
Cisco Systems COM 17275R102 940 17005 SH OTHER 01 17005
Citigroup, Inc. COM 172967101 127996 2367559 SH OTHER 01 2367559
Coca-Cola COM 191216100 1348 24449 SH OTHER 01 24449
Comcast Cl A COM 200300101 232 5697 SH OTHER 01 5697
Comcast Cl A-Spec COM 200300200 8450 206403 SH OTHER 01 206403
Commercial Federal COM 201647104 16085 841067 SH OTHER 01 841067
Corning Inc. COM 219350105 110227 371135 SH OTHER 01 371135
Covance, Inc. COM 222816100 900 109901 SH OTHER 01 109901
Cox Communications COM 224044107 5861 153224 SH OTHER 01 153224
DuPont E I COM 263534109 228 5493 SH OTHER 01 5493
EMC Corp COM 268648102 2270 22900 SH OTHER 01 22900
Elan Corp PLC ADR COM 284131208 79068 1444160 SH OTHER 01 1444160
Eli Lilly COM 532457108 1096 13512 SH OTHER 01 13512
Emerson Electric COM 291011104 634 9468 SH OTHER 01 9468
Equity Office Properties Tr COM 294741103 4395 141480 SH OTHER 01 141480
Exxon Mobil Corp COM 30231G102 6253 70165 SH OTHER 01 70165
Fannie Mae COM 313586109 62025 867488 SH OTHER 01 867488
First Data Corp COM 319963104 36536 935326 SH OTHER 01 935326
Fox Entertainment Group COM 35138T107 1310 49440 SH OTHER 01 49440
Freddie Mac COM 313400301 546 10100 SH OTHER 01 10100
Gannett Corp COM 364730101 1071 20200 SH OTHER 01 20200
General Comm Cl A COM 369385109 12046 1683265 SH OTHER 01 1683265
General Electric COM 369604103 37143 643867 SH OTHER 01 643867
Gillette COM 375766102 2072 67106 SH OTHER 01 67106
Home Depot Inc. COM 437076102 28290 533152 SH OTHER 01 533152
Honeywell Int'l COM 438516106 244 6836 SH OTHER 01 6836
Illinois Tool Works COM 452308109 860 15400 SH OTHER 01 15400
Int'l Bus Machines COM 459200101 12126 107790 SH OTHER 01 107790
Intel COM 458140100 318 7660 SH OTHER 01 7660
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 19227 204681 SH OTHER 01 204681
Kimberly Clark COM 494368103 229 4100 SH OTHER 01 4100
Kimco Realty Corp COM 49446R109 1533 36285 SH OTHER 01 36285
L M Ericsson Tel Sp ADR COM 294821400 4871 328840 SH OTHER 01 328840
Level 3 Communications, Inc. COM 52729N100 549 7115 SH OTHER 01 7115
Liberty Satellite & Technology COM 531182103 175 16509 SH OTHER 01 16509
Lucent Technologies COM 549463107 1865 61032 SH OTHER 01 61032
MSC Industrial Direct COM 553530106 7773 509718 SH OTHER 01 509718
Masco Corp COM 574599106 612 32848 SH OTHER 01 32848
McDonalds COM 580135101 1802 59692 SH OTHER 01 59692
Meadowbrook Ins Grp COM 58319P108 588 147104 SH OTHER 01 147104
Merck COM 589331107 12467 167480 SH OTHER 01 167480
Microsoft Corp COM 594918104 281 4656 SH OTHER 01 4656
Minn Mining & Mfg COM 604059105 470 5158 SH OTHER 01 5158
Molex Inc. COM 608554101 5727 105207 SH OTHER 01 105207
Molex Inc. Cl A COM 608554200 65074 1570408 SH OTHER 01 1570408
Montana Power COM 612085100 317 9500 SH OTHER 01 9500
Morgan J P COM 616880100 320 1956 SH OTHER 01 1956
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & C COM 617446448 5824 63692 SH OTHER 01 63692
Motorola Inc. COM 620076109 67029 2372691 SH OTHER 01 2372691
Mount Burgess Gold Mining ORD COM mtbau 1 22000 SH OTHER 01 22000
NICOR COM 654086107 261 7200 SH OTHER 01 7200
NiSource Inc. COM 65473P105 12478 511913 SH OTHER 01 511913
Nike Cl B COM 654106103 312 7800 SH OTHER 01 7800
Northeast Utilities COM 664397106 209 9625 SH OTHER 01 9625
Oracle Corporation COM 68389X105 1227 15576 SH OTHER 01 15576
PNC Fin'l Services Grp COM 693475105 12254 188525 SH OTHER 01 188525
Pentair Inc COM 709631105 267 10000 SH OTHER 01 10000
Pepsico COM 713448108 2567 55804 SH OTHER 01 55804
Pfizer COM 717081103 2879 64062 SH OTHER 01 64062
Philip Morris COM 718154107 3700 125704 SH OTHER 01 125704
Procter & Gamble COM 742718109 233 3476 SH OTHER 01 3476
Royal Dutch Pet 1.25 Gldrs COM 780257804 2383 39756 SH OTHER 01 39756
SBC Comm COM 78387G103 1570 31409 SH OTHER 01 31409
Schering-Plough COM 806605101 5580 120008 SH OTHER 01 120008
Schlumberger Ltd COM 806857108 2177 26442 SH OTHER 01 26442
Sealed Air Corp COM 81211K100 12279 271359 SH OTHER 01 271359
Sears Roebuck COM 812387108 1350 41654 SH OTHER 01 41654
Sequoia Fd COM 817418106 567 4039 SH OTHER 01 4039
Simon Property Group, Inc. COM 828806109 10904 465220 SH OTHER 01 465220
Sitel Corp. COM 82980K107 134 45500 SH OTHER 01 45500
Snap-On Inc. COM 833034101 417 17700 SH OTHER 01 17700
Sola Int'l COM 834092108 709 110200 SH OTHER 01 110200
Southwest Airlines COM 844741108 2312 95350 SH OTHER 01 95350
Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. COM 845905108 104 11200 SH OTHER 01 11200
Sprint Corp COM 852061100 2207 75288 SH OTHER 01 75288
Sprint PCS Group COM 852061506 735 20976 SH OTHER 01 20976
State Street Corp. COM 857477102 1144 8800 SH OTHER 01 8800
Summit Bancorp COM 866005101 215 6242 SH OTHER 01 6242
Sun Microsystems COM 866810104 1121 9600 SH OTHER 01 9600
Telular Corp (New) COM 87970T208 179 13925 SH OTHER 01 13925
The Walt Disney Co. (New) COM 254687106 1117 29190 SH OTHER 01 29190
Time Warner COM 887315109 6790 86778 SH OTHER 01 86778
Torchmark COM 891027104 278 10000 SH OTHER 01 10000
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. COM G90078109 300 5118 SH OTHER 01 5118
Tribune COM 896047107 4321 99045 SH OTHER 01 99045
US Bancorp COM 902973106 289 12708 SH OTHER 01 12708
USA Education Corp COM 90390U102 424 8800 SH OTHER 01 8800
Union Pacific COM 907818108 218 5619 SH OTHER 01 5619
Univ Hlth Rlty Tr COM 91359E105 737 41655 SH OTHER 01 41655
Valmont Industries COM 920253101 413 20800 SH OTHER 01 20800
VelocityHSI, Inc. COM 92257K102 240 96066 SH OTHER 01 96066
Verizon Communications COM 92343V104 576 11897 SH OTHER 01 11897
Vodafone Group PLC Spons ADR COM 92857W100 50928 1376436 SH OTHER 01 1376436
Wal Mart Stores COM 931142103 475 9860 SH OTHER 01 9860
Walgreen Company COM 931422109 3043 80200 SH OTHER 01 80200
Wells Fargo & Co. COM 949746101 6878 149721 SH OTHER 01 149721
Wintrust Fin'l Corp COM 97650W108 204 12000 SH OTHER 01 12000
Worldcom Inc. COM 98157D106 751 24726 SH OTHER 01 24726
Vanguard Index Tr 500 Port 922908108 782 5897.058 SH OTHER 01 5897.058
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