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Walter N. "Wally " Sheil (April 15, 1929 – June 23, 2002) was an American academic administrator and politician from Jersey City, New Jersey , who served in the New Jersey Senate as a Democrat from 1978 to 1982, and ran as Republican candidate for Sarasota County Commission in 1996.[1]
Education
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Sheil attended Saint Peter's College in Jersey City, where he played basketball with Thomas F. X. Smith . He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in 1950. Sheil went on to play for the Carbondale Aces of the American Basketball League . Sheil received an Master of Arts from Seton Hall University in 1952.[2]
Career
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Sheil worked as the director of admissions at Saint Peter's from 1957 to 1962 and director of continuing education at Jersey City State College (now New Jersey City University ) from 1967 to 1977. Sheil was president of Hudson County Community College from 1977 to 1981 and from 1987 to 1989.[3] Sheil also served in the United States Army as personnel psychologist.[4]
While in the State Senate, Sheil was stripped of his assignments on the Judiciary Committee for supporting Republican Thomas Kean in the 1981 New Jersey gubernatorial election .[5] He filed a lawsuit against Senate President Joseph P. Merlino for the removal.[6]
Sheil served as the Hudson County Democratic Party chairman from 1977 to 1981.[3] [7] Smith attempted to remove Sheil as chairman in 1980.[8] A split among county democrats saw Sheil lose the 1981 primary election to Edward T. O'Connor Jr. [9]
Sheil retired to Sarasota, Florida , in 1991, where he changed his political affiliation to Republican.[10] Sheil ran in the Republican primary for a seat on the Sarasota County commission in 1996.[11] He lost the primary to Ray Pilon , and later helped file an ethics complaint against Pilon for using a non-public mailing list to solicit campaign support.[12] Pilon was the subject of a suggested fine of $100.00 by the Florida Commission on Ethics .[13]
Personal life
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Sheil died on June 23, 2002, in Cuddebackville, New York , and was interred at Holy Name Catholic Cemetery in Otisville .[4]
References
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^ Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey . Vol. 198. J.A. Fitzgerald. 1979.
^ a b "Walter Sheil, 73; powerful Dem leader and HCCC chief". The Jersey Journal . June 25, 2002.
^ a b "Obituaries". The Record . June 25, 2002.
^ "Jersey State Senator Removed From Panel" . The New York Times . November 23, 1981. Retrieved January 18, 2011 .
^ "THE CITY; Senator Removed From Post Sues" . The New York Times . December 2, 1981. Retrieved January 18, 2011 .
^ "Candidates slug it out" . The Day . June 15, 1981. Retrieved January 18, 2011 .
^ "Mayor of Jersey City Fails to Unseat Sheil As Leader in Hudson". The New York Times . June 10, 1980. p. B10.
^ "Campaign '81: In N.J. county it wasn't quite politics as usual". The Philadelphia Inquirer . June 4, 1981. p. B04.
^ "Sarasota GOP Hopeful was Democratic 'Boss' ". Sarasota Herald-Tribune . May 22, 1996.
^ "Candidates are Scheduled to Debate at Sarasota Center" . Sarasota Herald-Tribune . August 21, 1996.
^ Thompson, Rod (January 31, 1997). "Commissioner may face hearing" . Sarasota Herald-Tribune .
^ "96-125 Final Order and Public Report, In re Ray Pilon" . State of Florida. April 17, 1997.
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