Samuel K. Skinner
| Samuel Knox Skinner | |
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| 10th United States Secretary of Transportation | |
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In office February 6, 1989 – December 15, 1991 |
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| President | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | James H. Burnley IV |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Card |
| 15th White House Chief of Staff | |
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In office December 16, 1991 – August 23, 1992 |
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| President | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | John H. Sununu |
| Succeeded by | James Baker |
| United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois | |
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In office 1975–1977 |
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| President | Gerald Ford |
| Preceded by | James R. Thompson |
| Succeeded by | Thomas P. Sullivan |
| Personal details | |
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June 10, 1938 Chicago, Illinois |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Honey Jacobs Skinner |
| Children | Thomas V. Skinner Steven K. Skinner Jane Skinner Samuel J. Skinner William C. Skinner |
| Alma mater |
University of Illinois DePaul University |
| Occupation | Lawyer, public official, businessman |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1960-1961 |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
Samuel Knox Skinner (born June 10, 1938) is an American politician, lawyer and businessman. Skinner served as U.S. Secretary of Transportation and White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush.
Skinner was born in Chicago, Illinois, on June 10, 1938, the son of Imelda Jane Curran and her husband, Vernon Orlo Skinner. He grew up in Springfield, Illinois and Wheaton, Illinois, and graduated from Wheaton Community High School in 1956. He graduated from the University of Illinois in 1960 with a Bachelor of Science in accounting. He was a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha, Beta Eta chapter at the University of Illinois. Upon graduation, he served as a lieutenant and a tank platoon leader in the United States Army in 1960-1961. He graduated from DePaul University Law School in 1966, where he served on the law review. Skinner has been involved in the Boy Scouts most of his life, earning the Eagle Scout award as a youth in Troop 35, in Wheaton, and being honored with the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award and Silver Buffalo Award as an adult.
After his military service, Skinner held various sales and management positions with the IBM Corporation from 1960 to 1968. In 1967, IBM selected him Outstanding Salesman of the Year. Although offered position to serve as Executive Assistant to the President of IBM, Skinner decided to enter a career in public service. From 1968 to 1975, Skinner served in the office of the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois and, in 1975, President Gerald Ford appointed Skinner the United States Attorney. From 1977 to 1989, Skinner practiced law as a senior partner in the Chicago law firm Sidley Austin LLP, where he served on the firm's executive committee and as its first lateral partner in its 100-year-old history. From 1984 to 1988, while practicing law full-time, he also served as Chairman of the Regional Transportation Authority of northeastern Illinois, the nation's second largest mass transportation district. Also during that time, President Reagan appointed Skinner as Vice Chairman of the President's Commission on Organized Crime.
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