Background
Skinner, Elliott Percival was born on June 20, 1924 in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad-Tobago. Came to the United States, 1943. Son of Joseph McDonald Skinner and Ettice Geraldine Frances.
anthropologist Diplomat university professor
Skinner, Elliott Percival was born on June 20, 1924 in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad-Tobago. Came to the United States, 1943. Son of Joseph McDonald Skinner and Ettice Geraldine Frances.
Bachelor in Biology, New York University, 1951. Master of Arts in Anthropology, Columbia University, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology, Columbia University, 1955.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Lincln University, Pennsylvania, 1990.
Born in Portuguese of Spain, Trinidad, Skinner came to the United States in 1943. He enlisted in the United States Army in 1944 and fought in World World War II, which later allowed him to obtain citizenship. Skinner earned a bachelor"s degree from New York University in 1951.
He then attended Columbia University, where he earned a master’s degree in 1952 and a doctorate in 1955.
Skinner learned More (Language) by the Mossi while living in Upper Volta for two years. Skinner became a professor at Columbia in 1954.
Lyndon B. Johnson appointed him ambassador to Upper Volta from 1966 to 1969. In 1972, Skinner became the first African-American department chair at Columbia as well as the first African American to receive tenure at the University in 1963.
He wrote several books on Africa, focusing on United States. policy there.
On April 21, 2007, Skinner died of heart failure at his home in Washington, District of Columbia He was 82 years old.
(Ghana, Mali & Songhay: The Story of Three Great Empires)
(Book by Skinner, Elliott P.)
Board directors Fulbright Association, Washington, 1990-1995. Trustee University Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1995-2007. With United States Army, 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations.
Fellow International African Institute. Member Association Black American Ambassadors (president 1988-1992), Council on Foreign Relations, Council American Ambassadors.
Married Thelma Garvin, December 15, 1946 (divorced December 1976). Children: Victor, Gail, Sagha, Touray. Married Gwendolyn Mikell, May 28, 1982.
1 child, Luce Mikell Remy.