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Selby Millmore SKINNER

Male 1905 - 2002  (96 years)


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  1. 1.  Selby Millmore SKINNER was born on 19 Jul 1905 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 29 Apr 2002 in Kirtland, Lake, Ohio; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Painesville, Lake, Ohio.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1910, Mayfield, Santa Clara, California
    • Census: 1920, Seattle, King, Washington
    • Census: 12 Apr 1930, Seattle, King, Washington
    • Census: 1940, Chicago, Cook, Illinois
    • Census: 1950, Downers Grove, DuPage, Illinois

    Notes:

    Selby went to China where his father (Macy) was an economic advisor to Sun Yat-sen, during the time of the Boxer Rebellion. Apparently Selby was quite bright as a teenager, and the story goes that he was teaching Trigonometry to Chinese in Chinese at the age of sixteen or seventeen. He studied in Cal’Tech and became a Physicist. He resided in Tempe, AZ about 1935. Selby Skinner served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Barrage Balloon, Anti-aircraft Division during World War II (317th Coast Artillery Barrage Balloon Battalion. Source The U.S. Army Barrage Balloon Program, by James R. Schock).

    From Who’s who in the Midwest, 1958:
    SKINNER, Selby M(illmore), educator, b. Boston, July 19, 1905; p. Macy Millmore and Marian (Junkins) S.; B.S., U. Wash., 1929; Ph.D., Cal. Inst. Tech., 1933; m. Charlotte L. Miller, Aug. 10, 1932; children – Dunston, Reid. Instr. Ariz. State Tchrs. Coll., 1932-33, asst. prof., 1933-35; research asso. physics Columbia, 1935-37; asst. prof. U. Chgo., 1937-46; research analyst U.S. Govt., 1947-48; dir. research services to dir. research and development AEC, Chgo., 1948-50; chief scientist Office Deputy for Research and Office Sci. Research, USAF, 1950-52; sr. research asso., prof. lectr, chemistry and chem. engring. Cast Inst. Tech., 1952-54, asso [...]

    Obituary from the News-Herald (Ohio), 8 May 2002:
    Private services were held for Dr. Selby M. Skinner, 96, of Kirtland.
    Dr. Skinner died April 29, 2002, in Kirtland.
     Born July 19, 1905, in Boston, Mass., he lived in Baltimore, Md. before moving to Kirtland 30 years ago. He was a member of American Physics Society, American Chemical Society, American Instructors Aerospace and Astronautics, and also a member of Sigma XI, Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Chi Sigma. Mr. Skinner served six years active duty in World War II and 21 years in the reserves. He served as the Battalion Commander of Anti-Aircraft Artillery and was a member of Barrage Balloons Board. He was also on the Atomic Energy Commission and was Director of Research and Development – Chicago Operations, and Air Research and Development Command, United States Air Force. He directed programs in solid-state electronics, electro­mechanical effects of polymers, application of solid-state electronics, lubrication and adhesion, and thermodynamics of charge carrier flow. He consulted and researched properties of polymers and elastomers, electrostatic printing, instrumentation and printed circuits. He was manager of the Corporate Molecular Electronics Program at Westinghouse Defense and Space Center, also working on the Agena Docking Project, and helped develop night vision flying for aircraft during the Vietnam War, and was Senior Advisor in the Studies of Failure Mechanism and Energy Conversion in electronic materials and insulators, and was a research analyst to the United States Government. Dr. Skinner also had various professorships with several different universities. He had 38 patent disclosures, 40 publications in the fields of failure mechanisms, solid-state electronics of insulators, thermodynamics of electrical phenomena, polymer technology and energy conversion.
     Survivors are his sons, Dunston Skinner and Reid Skinner; grandchildren, Jeffrey (Monica) Skinner and Catherine Skinner; and brother, Carlton (Solange) Skinner.
     His wife, Charlotte Lahring Miller Skinner; parents, Macy M. and Marion (Junkins) Skinner; and sister, Barbara Skinner, are deceased.
     Arrangements are being handled by Blessing Cremation Center in Mentor.

    Source: New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 Name: Selby Skinner; Arrival Date: 15 Sep 1923; Port of Departure: Havre; Ship Name: France.

    Selby married Charlotte Lahring MILLER on 10 Aug 1932 in Los Angeles, California. Charlotte (daughter of Stephen Ivan MILLER, Jr. and Florence I. DUNSTON) was born on 5 Aug 1911 in California; died on 21 Mar 1997 in Willoughby Hills, Lake, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Dunston Macy SKINNER  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Mar 1942 in Dover, Delaware; died on 13 Feb 2011 in Brook Park, Cuyahoga, Ohio; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Painesville, Lake, Ohio.
    2. 3. Reid Van SKINNER  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 May 1946 in Washington, District of Columbia.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Dunston Macy SKINNER Descendancy chart to this point (1.Selby1) was born on 1 Mar 1942 in Dover, Delaware; died on 13 Feb 2011 in Brook Park, Cuyahoga, Ohio; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Painesville, Lake, Ohio.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1950, Downers Grove, DuPage, Illinois

    Dunston married Mary Catherine DANKO about 1965, and was divorced on 10 Feb 1978 in Lake, Ohio. Mary (daughter of Charles DANKO and Catherine Josephine SPADAFORA) was born on 13 May 1943 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; died on 2 Sep 2012 in Painesville, Lake, Ohio; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Painesville, Lake, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Jeffrey Scott SKINNER  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Feb 1966 in Ohio.
    2. 5. Catherine Anne SKINNER  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Jul 1972 in Ohio.

    Dunston married Beverly A. CORENO on 18 May 1989 in Lake, Ohio, and was divorced on 23 Oct 1989 in Cuyahoga, Ohio. Beverly was born about 1947. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Reid Van SKINNER Descendancy chart to this point (1.Selby1) was born on 10 May 1946 in Washington, District of Columbia.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1950, Downers Grove, DuPage, Illinois
    • Residence: 2001, Fairport Harbor, Lake, Ohio
    • Residence: 2007, Painesville, Lake, Ohio
    • Residence: From 2009 to 2020, Henderson, Nevada
    • Residence: From 2014 to 2017, Las Vegas, Nevada



Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Jeffrey Scott SKINNER Descendancy chart to this point (2.Dunston2, 1.Selby1) was born on 12 Feb 1966 in Ohio.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 2011, Woodland, Yolo, California

    Notes:

    Jeff holds a PhD in Molecular Plant Biology from University of Virginia. He is currently (2011) Scientist, Crop Genomics at Nunhems USA – Bayer CropScience in Sacramento, California (source: Linkedin).

    Family/Spouse: Monica Marie McCLELLAN. Monica was born on 6 Mar 1966. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Sydney SKINNER  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 2002.

  2. 5.  Catherine Anne SKINNER Descendancy chart to this point (2.Dunston2, 1.Selby1) was born on 11 Jul 1972 in Ohio.

    Family/Spouse: David John SILVESTRO. David was born in Jul 1958. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. John David SILVESTRO  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Mar 2008 in Ohio.


Generation: 4

  1. 6.  Sydney SKINNER Descendancy chart to this point (4.Jeffrey3, 2.Dunston2, 1.Selby1) was born about 2002.

  2. 7.  John David SILVESTRO Descendancy chart to this point (5.Catherine3, 2.Dunston2, 1.Selby1) was born on 21 Mar 2008 in Ohio.