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WISCONSIN BLUE BOOK 1987-1988


23rd SENATE DISTRICT


Marvin J. Roshell (Dem.), 23rd Senate District
   Born Chippewa Falls, Oct. 27, 1932; married. Graduate Cadott High School;
Coyne Electrical College,
 Chicago. Legislator, electrical contractor and registered professional designer
of electrical systems. Korean
 Conflict veteran; served in Air Force 1950-54. Member Lions; Masons; Shriners;
Amer. Legion; VFW; AFL-
 CIO; Indianhead Towns Assn. (past vice pres.); Chippewa Falls Ind. Develop.
Corp.; Natl. Electrical Contrac-
 tors Assn. (past vice pres.); Chippewa Area Fire Protection Dist., Inc.
(past secy.-treas.); Chippewa Falls
 Fiscal Bd. (past chp.); Jt. Apprenticeship Training Com. (past bd. mbr.);
Lafayette Minor League Baseball
 Org. (past bd. mbr.); Wis. Lions Fdn. (past vice pres., treas.). Supervisor
Lafayette Town Bd. 1969-79 (chp.
 1975-79).
 Elected to Senate since 1978. Majority Caucus Chairperson 1987, 1985; Majority
Caucus Secretary 1983.
 Biennial committee assignments: 1987- Labor, Business, Insurance, Veterans'
and Military Affairs (vice
 chp.); Tourism and Conservation; Transportation (also 1985); Jt. Com. on
Finance (vice chp., also 1985, mbr.
 1983, 1981); Jt. Survey Com. on Debt Management; Transportation Projects
Comn.; Select Com. on the
 Regulation of Gambling (co-chp.). 1985 - Labor, Business, Veterans Affairs
and Insurance (vice chp., mbr.
 1983); Legis. Coun. Com. on Municipal Collective Bargaining Law (also 1983).
1983 - Jt. Survey Com. on
 Tax Exemptions (co-chp.); Minn.-Wis. Boundary Area Comn.'s Legis. Adv. Com.
(chp. 1981, 1979); Traffic
 Law Enforcement Council (also 1981, 1979). 1981 - Aging, Business and Financial
Institutions and Trans-
 portation (also 1979). 1979 - Agriculture, Labor and Local Affairs (vice
chp.); Governmental and Veterans
 Affairs (vice chp.); Jt. Com. for Review of Admin. Rules Subcom. on State-Federal
Govt'l Operations (chp.);
Legis. Coun. Coins. on Watershed Management (chp.) and on Highways.
  Telephone: Capitol: (608) 266-7511; District: (715) 723-2081.
  Voting address: Route 6, Box 331A, Chippewa Falls 54729 (Town of Lafayette).
  Mailing address: (office) Room 134 South, State Capitol, P.O. Box 7882,
Madison 53707-7882.