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American academic and politician
Michael J. Bakalis
Illinois Comptroller
In office
January 1, 1977 (1977-01-01) – January 8, 1979 (1979-01-08)
GovernorJames R. Thompson
Preceded byGeorge W. Lindberg
Succeeded byRoland Burris
Illinois Superintendent of Public Instruction
In office
January 11, 1971 (1971-01-11) – January 13, 1975 (1975-01-13)
GovernorRichard B. Ogilvie
Dan Walker
Preceded byRay Page
Succeeded byJoesph Cronin (as "Illinois State Superintendent")
Personal details
Born (1938-03-23) March 23, 1938 (age 86)
Berwyn, Illinois
Political partyDemocratic
ResidenceDarien, Illinois
Alma materNorthwestern University
ProfessionEducator

Michael J. Bakalis (born March 23, 1938) is an American academic and politician. He was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Illinois in 1978, losing to incumbent Republican Governor James R. Thompson.

Bakalis received his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees from Northwestern University in 1959, 1962, and 1966, respectively. His academic career includes service as assistant dean at Northern Illinois University, dean of the School of Education at Loyola University Chicago, and as the President of Triton College. He has also been a member of the faculty at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University since 1994, where he teaches public and non-profit management, policy, and strategy.

In government and politics, Bakalis served as the Illinois State Superintendent of Education from 1971 to 1975 and as Illinois Comptroller from 1977 to 1979. Having built a reputation as a staunch advocate of education, in 1978, he won the Democratic nomination for governor. During the election, Bakalis was critical of Thompson's education and tax policies and aggressively courted voters. However, because Thompson was serving an unusual two-year term as governor and so had been in office only nine months when Bakalis began his campaign, Bakalis had difficulty challenging the incumbent's record. Bakalis lost the election with 40% of the vote, as opposed to Thompson's 59%.

After his unsuccessful bid for governorship, Bakalis served as a Deputy Undersecretary in the United States Department of Education of the Jimmy Carter administration from 1980 to 1982, where he administered ten regional offices.

In 1988, he managed the Illinois campaign of Michael Dukakis's bid for the US President. In 2002, Bakalis made another run for governor but had to drop out before the Democratic primary because of a lack of money.

Bakalis is also the founder, President and CEO of American Quality Schools, an education management organization that operates charter schools in the Midwestern United States.

References

  1. Illinois Blue Book, 1977-78 p27
  2. ^ "Charles Deering McCormick Library: Libraries - Northwestern University".
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-12-11. Retrieved 2009-01-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ http://www.chron.org/tools/viewart.php?artid=284
  5. "News and Information, Kellogg School of Management". www.kellogg.northwestern.edu. Archived from the original on 2002-11-10.
Political offices
Preceded byGeorge W. Lindberg Illinois Comptroller
1977 – 1979 		Succeeded byRoland Burris
Party political offices
Preceded byDean Barringer Democratic nominee for Illinois Comptroller
1976 		Succeeded byRoland Burris
Preceded byMichael Howlett Democratic Nominee for Governor of Illinois
1978 		Succeeded byAdlai E. Stevenson III
Illinois Comptrollers and Auditors of Public Accounts
Auditors of Public Accounts
(1818–1973)
Comptrollers
(1973–present)
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