Governor Ted Kulongoski has appointed Rick J. Stone, a partner and senior trial lawyer at Ball Janik LLP, to the Oregon Public Health Advisory Board for a two-year term running through October 31, 2009. Active in public service, Mr. Stone was a top aide at the Pentagon and the Energy Department for President Jimmy Carter, and directed the Police Commission’s study of the City’s emergency response to the 1992 civil disturbance in Los Angeles. Accepting the appointment, Mr. Stone said he is “looking forward to working with the Governor, the other members of the Board, and the department’s professional staff to address the critical issues of public health and emergency preparedness that face our state.”