Skidmore, Thomas E.

Born in Troy, Ohio on July 22, 1932, Thomas E. Skidmore moved with his family to Cincinnati when he was six months old. Skidmore once recalled in an interview that the fact that he had grown up in a city of industrial workers probably had had a big influence on his future choices in life. A product of the public school system, Skidmore was state debating champion while at Wyoming High School located in suburban Cincinnati. Not surprisingly, he was also a stellar student, earning statewide honors in merit exams.

Skidmore graduated in Political Science and Philosophy from Denison University in 1954. Interested in continuing to pursue his interest in Philosophy, he received a two-year Fulbright Fellowship to study at Magdalen College in Oxford, England, where he received a second B.A. in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics in 1956 and an M.A. in 1959. It was at Oxford where Skidmore met his future wife, Felicity. She claims that she pursued him diligently for several months until she finally caught him. There were married in style at Oxford.

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