Don B. Skinner was the recreational director for Los Angeles from 1933-1939. He entered the Los Angeles City School District as a gardener in 1939 and then was transferred to the Secondary Agriculture Department in 1947. He and his wife Murray were founding members of The Los Angeles Cactus and Succulent Society. Murray was also on the editorial staff of Desert the official publication of the American Succulent Societies. An avid botanizer, Don spent a year at the University of California, Berkeley working with H. M. (Harry Morton) Butterfield (b. 1887) on his botany research and was active in the research and classification of cacti and succulents from all over the world.
From the description of Papers of Don B. Skinner, 1933-1969. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122560058
