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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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AES Corp. CONV 00130HAN5 15339 7335000 PRN OTHER 01 7335000
Automatic Data Processing LYON CONV 053015AC7 7803 4740000 PRN OTHER 01 4740000
Corning Inc. Cvt CONV 219350AJ4 503 710000 PRN OTHER 01 710000
Level 3 Comm Cvt CONV 52729NAG5 21 30000 PRN OTHER 01 30000
Motorola LYON CONV 620076AJ8 44 60000 PRN OTHER 01 60000
AES Trust III 6.75% Cvt Pfd PFD 00808N202 2527 29385 SH OTHER 01 29385
CVS TRACES 6% Cvt Pfd PFD 126645209 15080 151085 SH OTHER 01 151085
Cendant Income PRIDES Cvt Pfd PFD 151313301 229 16800 SH OTHER 01 16800
Cox $3.50 Income PRIDES Cvt Pf PFD 224044305 19725 318145 SH OTHER 01 318145
Sealed Air Corp $2 Ser A Cvt P PFD 81211K209 13734 425855 SH OTHER 01 425855
Unocal Corp 6.25% Cvt Pfd PFD 91528T207 252 5000 SH OTHER 01 5000
Vodafone/MediaOne $3.04 PIES PFD 58440J500 9558 268294 SH OTHER 01 268294
Vodafone/MediaOne $3.63 PIES PFD 58440J401 3390 41727 SH OTHER 01 41727
AES Corp COM 00130H105 128675 2323695 SH OTHER 01 2323695
AFLAC, Inc. COM 001055102 1702 23574 SH OTHER 01 23574
ARM Fin'l Group COM 001944107 0 10000 SH OTHER 01 10000
AT&T Corp COM 001957109 19076 1105875 SH OTHER 01 1105875
AT&T Liberty Media Group Cl A COM 001957208 69158 5099187 SH OTHER 01 5099187
AT&T Wireless Group COM 001957406 2735 158000 SH OTHER 01 158000
Abbott Labs COM 002824100 7270 150090 SH OTHER 01 150090
Aegon NV COM 007924103 203 4894 SH OTHER 01 4894
Allstate Corp. COM 020002101 2392 54916 SH OTHER 01 54916
Alltel Corp COM 020039103 434 6957 SH OTHER 01 6957
American Express COM 025816109 1272 23154 SH OTHER 01 23154
American Genl Corp COM 026351106 3649 44773 SH OTHER 01 44773
American Home Prod COM 026609107 23871 375622 SH OTHER 01 375622
American Int'l Grp COM 026874107 38534 390964 SH OTHER 01 390964
Amgen, Inc. COM 031162100 269 4200 SH OTHER 01 4200
Anadarko Petroleum COM 032511107 356 5005 SH OTHER 01 5005
Anheuser Busch COM 035229103 321 7044 SH OTHER 01 7044
Automatic Data Processing COM 053015103 313 4950 SH OTHER 01 4950
BP Amoco PLC ADS COM 055622104 2862 59777 SH OTHER 01 59777
BRE Properties Inc COM 05564E106 15525 489928 SH OTHER 01 489928
BancWest Corp COM 059790105 209 8000 SH OTHER 01 8000
Bank One Corp COM 06423A103 492 13446 SH OTHER 01 13446
Bank of America Corp. COM 060505104 498 10858 SH OTHER 01 10858
Bank of New York COM 064057102 331 6000 SH OTHER 01 6000
Baxter Int'l Inc COM 071813109 295 3340 SH OTHER 01 3340
BellSouth COM 079860102 1875 45798 SH OTHER 01 45798
Berkshire Hathaway Cl A COM 084670108 5467 77 SH OTHER 01 77
Black Hills COM 092113109 211 4725 SH OTHER 01 4725
Boots & Coots Int'l Well Contr COM 099469108 5 10400 SH OTHER 01 10400
Bristol-Myers Squibb COM 110122108 3596 48630 SH OTHER 01 48630
CINergy Corp COM 172474108 327 9300 SH OTHER 01 9300
CVS Corp COM 126650100 16486 275047 SH OTHER 01 275047
Carnival Corp COM 143658102 6221 201913 SH OTHER 01 201913
Cendant Corp COM 151313103 16439 1707933 SH OTHER 01 1707933
Charles Schwab Corp COM 808513105 292 10281 SH OTHER 01 10281
Chase Manhattan Corp (New) COM 16161A108 411 9056 SH OTHER 01 9056
Chevron COM 166751107 502 5941 SH OTHER 01 5941
Cintas Corp. COM 172908105 40143 754741 SH OTHER 01 754741
Cisco Systems COM 17275R102 735 19205 SH OTHER 01 19205
Citigroup, Inc. COM 172967101 117504 2301186 SH OTHER 01 2301186
Coca-Cola COM 191216100 1417 23249 SH OTHER 01 23249
Comcast Cl A COM 200300101 235 5697 SH OTHER 01 5697
Comcast Cl A-Spec COM 200300200 8617 206403 SH OTHER 01 206403
Commercial Federal COM 201647104 15541 799537 SH OTHER 01 799537
Corning Inc. COM 219350105 57308 1085123 SH OTHER 01 1085123
Covance, Inc. COM 222816100 409 38092 SH OTHER 01 38092
Cox Communications COM 224044107 8320 178674 SH OTHER 01 178674
DuPont E I COM 263534109 299 6193 SH OTHER 01 6193
EMC Corp COM 268648102 1529 23000 SH OTHER 01 23000
Elan Corp PLC ADR COM 284131208 67633 1444768 SH OTHER 01 1444768
Eli Lilly COM 532457108 1059 11376 SH OTHER 01 11376
Emerson Electric COM 291011104 746 9468 SH OTHER 01 9468
Enron COM 293561106 332 4000 SH OTHER 01 4000
Equity Office Properties Tr COM 294741103 4635 142080 SH OTHER 01 142080
Estee Lauder Cl A COM 518439104 205 4680 SH OTHER 01 4680
Exxon Mobil Corp COM 30231G102 6180 71081 SH OTHER 01 71081
Fannie Mae COM 313586109 73736 849981 SH OTHER 01 849981
First Data Corp COM 319963104 49923 947526 SH OTHER 01 947526
Fox Entertainment Group COM 35138T107 1006 56290 SH OTHER 01 56290
Freddie Mac COM 313400301 696 10100 SH OTHER 01 10100
Gannett Corp COM 364730101 1274 20200 SH OTHER 01 20200
General Comm Cl A COM 369385109 11338 1619765 SH OTHER 01 1619765
General Electric COM 369604103 30255 631135 SH OTHER 01 631135
Gillette COM 375766102 2269 62798 SH OTHER 01 62798
Healthcomp Evaluation Services COM 42220R106 2 12000 SH OTHER 01 12000
Home Depot Inc. COM 437076102 26638 583052 SH OTHER 01 583052
Honeywell Int'l COM 438516106 323 6836 SH OTHER 01 6836
Illinois Tool Works COM 452308109 917 15400 SH OTHER 01 15400
Int'l Bus Machines COM 459200101 8287 97494 SH OTHER 01 97494
Intel COM 458140100 363 12080 SH OTHER 01 12080
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 15421 146782 SH OTHER 01 146782
Kimberly Clark COM 494368103 290 4100 SH OTHER 01 4100
Kimco Realty Corp COM 49446R109 1603 36285 SH OTHER 01 36285
L M Ericsson Tel Sp ADR COM 294821400 3710 331640 SH OTHER 01 331640
Level 3 Communications, Inc. COM 52729N100 288 8765 SH OTHER 01 8765
Liberty Satellite & Technology COM 531182103 52 16509 SH OTHER 01 16509
Lucent Technologies COM 549463107 353 26116 SH OTHER 01 26116
MSC Industrial Direct COM 553530106 9195 509067 SH OTHER 01 509067
Masco Corp COM 574599106 559 21754 SH OTHER 01 21754
McDonalds COM 580135101 1724 50692 SH OTHER 01 50692
Meadowbrook Ins Grp COM 58319P108 1309 161104 SH OTHER 01 161104
Merck COM 589331107 16390 175056 SH OTHER 01 175056
Minn Mining & Mfg COM 604059105 622 5158 SH OTHER 01 5158
Molex Inc. COM 608554101 3735 105207 SH OTHER 01 105207
Molex Inc. Cl A COM 608554200 40590 1595695 SH OTHER 01 1595695
Morgan J P COM 616880100 324 1956 SH OTHER 01 1956
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & C COM 617446448 5048 63692 SH OTHER 01 63692
Motorola Inc. COM 620076109 48174 2378982 SH OTHER 01 2378982
Mount Burgess Gold Mining ORD COM mtbau 1 22000 SH OTHER 01 22000
NICOR COM 654086107 311 7200 SH OTHER 01 7200
NiSource Inc. COM 65473P105 17794 578663 SH OTHER 01 578663
Nike Cl B COM 654106103 435 7800 SH OTHER 01 7800
Nokia Corp Spon ADR COM 654902204 304 6980 SH OTHER 01 6980
Northeast Utilities COM 664397106 233 9625 SH OTHER 01 9625
Oracle Corporation COM 68389X105 1045 35952 SH OTHER 01 35952
PNC Fin'l Services Grp COM 693475105 13677 187191 SH OTHER 01 187191
Pentair Inc COM 709631105 242 10000 SH OTHER 01 10000
Pepsico COM 713448108 2890 58304 SH OTHER 01 58304
Pfizer COM 717081103 3112 67662 SH OTHER 01 67662
Philip Morris COM 718154107 5489 124739 SH OTHER 01 124739
Procter & Gamble COM 742718109 273 3476 SH OTHER 01 3476
Royal Dutch Pet 1.25 Gldrs COM 780257804 2125 35088 SH OTHER 01 35088
SBC Comm COM 78387G103 1386 29019 SH OTHER 01 29019
Schering-Plough COM 806605101 6008 105872 SH OTHER 01 105872
Schlumberger Ltd COM 806857108 2114 26442 SH OTHER 01 26442
Sealed Air Corp COM 81211K100 6411 210209 SH OTHER 01 210209
Sears Roebuck COM 812387108 1447 41654 SH OTHER 01 41654
Sequoia Fd COM 817418106 615 5037 SH OTHER 01 5037
Simon Property Group, Inc. COM 828806109 12676 528160 SH OTHER 01 528160
Sitel Corp. COM 82980K107 131 45500 SH OTHER 01 45500
Snap-On Inc. COM 833034101 493 17700 SH OTHER 01 17700
Sola Int'l COM 834092108 327 79300 SH OTHER 01 79300
Solectron Corp COM 834182107 264 7800 SH OTHER 01 7800
Southwest Airlines COM 844741108 3197 95350 SH OTHER 01 95350
Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. COM 845905108 91 11200 SH OTHER 01 11200
Sprint Corp COM 852061100 1492 73430 SH OTHER 01 73430
Sprint PCS Group COM 852061506 433 21176 SH OTHER 01 21176
State Street Corp. COM 857477102 1093 8800 SH OTHER 01 8800
Sun Microsystems COM 866810104 535 19200 SH OTHER 01 19200
Telular Corp (New) COM 87970T208 70 13925 SH OTHER 01 13925
The Walt Disney Co. (New) COM 254687106 975 33690 SH OTHER 01 33690
Time Warner COM 887315109 4171 79838 SH OTHER 01 79838
Torchmark COM 891027104 384 10000 SH OTHER 01 10000
Transcrypt Int'l COM 89363A101 3 10500 SH OTHER 01 10500
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. COM G90078109 235 5118 SH OTHER 01 5118
Tribune COM 896047107 4185 99045 SH OTHER 01 99045
US Bancorp COM 902973106 371 12708 SH OTHER 01 12708
USA Education Corp COM 90390U102 670 9850 SH OTHER 01 9850
Univ Hlth Rlty Tr COM 91359E105 828 41655 SH OTHER 01 41655
Valmont Industries COM 920253101 382 20800 SH OTHER 01 20800
VelocityHSI, Inc. COM 92257K102 2 86985 SH OTHER 01 86985
Verizon Communications COM 92343V104 444 8864 SH OTHER 01 8864
Vodafone Group PLC Spons ADR COM 92857W100 49565 1384026 SH OTHER 01 1384026
Wal Mart Stores COM 931142103 524 9860 SH OTHER 01 9860
Walgreen Company COM 931422109 2684 64200 SH OTHER 01 64200
Wells Fargo & Co. COM 949746101 8649 155321 SH OTHER 01 155321
Wintrust Fin'l Corp COM 97650W108 191 12000 SH OTHER 01 12000
Worldcom Inc. COM 98157D106 356 25314 SH OTHER 01 25314
One Gruop Tax-Free Bond Fd 68231N651 167 13101.190SH OTHER 01 13101.190
Vanguard Index Tr 500 Port 922908108 721 5914.175 SH OTHER 01 5914.175
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