A biography of and interview with Daniel Skelton

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dc.contributor.authorSmith, Donald F.
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-29T09:38:15Z
dc.date.available2010-04-29T09:38:15Z
dc.date.issued2010-04-29T09:38:15Z
dc.descriptionPerson interviewed: Daniel Skelton. Interviewer: Smith, Donald F. Interview date: January 7, 2008. Interview location: Wichita, Kansas (telephone). Date biography was written: April 2010.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe only African-American in his class and one of the few minority veterinary students in the 1930s, Daniel Skelton joined the Class of 1939 during the depths of the Depression. Born in Tennessee, he had obtained an undergraduate degree from LeMoyne College before moving to New York City to establish State residency that would qualify him for free tuition in Cornell’s land grant system. His fifty-year professional career was with the Bureau of Animal Industry (later APHIS) in meat inspection. Most of this time was in Wichita, Kansas, where he rose to the level of central Kansas circuit supervisor. He has two children and four grandchildren, one of whom is Dr. Debi Thomas, 1980s world champion figure skater and physician. Dr. Skelton turned 97 in September 2009.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/14963
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectDaniel Skeltonen_US
dc.subjectCornell DVM 1939en_US
dc.subjectCornell Universityen_US
dc.subjectVeterinary Medicineen_US
dc.subjectHistory of Veterinary Medicineen_US
dc.subjectGreat Depressionen_US
dc.subjectUDSA-APHISen_US
dc.subjectBureau of Animal Industryen_US
dc.subjectKansasen_US
dc.subjectLeMoyne Collegeen_US
dc.subjectMinorities in Veterinary Medicineen_US
dc.subjectAfrican-Americanen_US
dc.subjectBlacken_US
dc.subjectDebi Thomasen_US
dc.titleA biography of and interview with Daniel Skeltonen_US
dc.typebiographyen_US
dc.typeinterviewen_US
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