Tenth Generation

9506. LeRoy David "Lee" Skillman was born on 15 July 1934 in Deposit, Broome, NY. He was educated 3rd year in 1955 at Syracuse Forestry College in Syracuse, Onondaga, NY. He graduated in 1960 at State Univ. of N.Y College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, Onondaga, NY. He studied landscape architecture. Before 1970 Lee was a landscape architect at National Park Service. From 1970 to 1987 he was a site planner and senior development specialist at Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in Washington, DC. He died of Alzheimer's on 27 October 2006 at the age of 72 at at home in Columbia, Howard, MD. LeRoy D. 'Lee' SkillmanMetro Planner

LeRoy David "Lee" Skillman, 72, a site planner and senior development specialist for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority who later did consulting work for transit-related development, died Oct. 27 at his home in Columbia. He had Alzheimer's disease.
Mr. Skillman worked for Metro from 1970 to 1987, initially helping the subway system with early planning and community review processes. Later, he helped develop joint projects around Metro stations that focused new development at transit hubs.
After Metro, he formed a consulting business. He curtailed his work in the mid-1990s after being found to have Alzheimer's.
Mr. Skillman was a native of Deposit, N.Y., and a 1960 landscape architecture graduate of what is now the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse.
Early in his career, he was a landscape architect for the National Park Service; a site planner with the General Services Administration's Public Building Service; and an acquisition and development specialist with the Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks.
His memberships included the American Institute of Certified Planners, the Urban Land Institute and the Church of St. John the Evangelist United Methodist/Presbyterian in Columbia.
Survivors include his wife of 45 years, Phyllis Westcott Skillman of Columbia; two daughters, Cameron Skillman of Ocean City and Lynn Skillman Gulley of Columbia; three brothers, Stewart Skillman of Columbia and John Skillman and William Chase Skillman, both of Silver Spring; a sister, Charlotte Kramer of Phoenix; and a grandson. Lee was a member at Church of St. John the Evangelist United Methodist/Presbyterian, in Columbia, Howard, MD. He was cremated. He had Social Security Number 064-28-2455 (NY). Lee lived in Columbia, Howard, MD.

Phyllis Virginia Westcott (private).

LeRoy David "Lee" Skillman-251 and Phyllis Virginia Westcott-33787 had the following children: