Robert Shonk, city finance director for close to 30 years, dies at 94

Robert Shonk, city finance director for close to 30 years, dies at 94

Robert (Bob) A. Shonk, the former finance director for the city of Evanston for nearly 30 years, died in his sleep Jan. 15 after a long illness. He was 94. Colleagues remember him fondly Judy Witt, former human resources director for the city, worked with Shonk for more than two decades. She described him as “the ultimate financial expert in municipal government. He was unflappable; he never panicked. He taught us, the other directors, what we …