Director of LA’s In-plant Passes Away
Staff at the City of Los Angeles’ Publishing Services operation were shocked to learn of the sudden death on May 7 of their director, Michael Leighton. In charge of the 47-employee in-plant for the past 12 years, he suffered a heart attack in his home. He was only 52.
“He was an innovative, inspiring, superb leader and a dedicated City of Los Angeles employee,” eulogized Prepress Supervisor and friend Richard Malvino. “Mike was 10 years my junior but always I looked up to him for guidance and leadership. There was no one in this city who had a greater impact on me than Michael Leighton.”
Bob has served as editor of In-plant Impressions since October of 1994. Prior to that he served for three years as managing editor of Printing Impressions, a commercial printing publication. Mr. Neubauer is very active in the U.S. in-plant industry. He attends all the major in-plant conferences and has visited more than 180 in-plant operations around the world. He has given presentations to numerous in-plant groups in the U.S., Canada and Australia, including the Association of College and University Printers and the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association. He also coordinates the annual In-Print contest, co-sponsored by IPMA and In-plant Impressions.
