Joe Skubitz

A Representative from Kansas. Born in Frontenac, Crawford County, Kans. , May 6, 1906. Attended grade school in Ringo, Kans. , and high schools in Girard and Frontenac, Kans. Kansas State College, Pittsburgh, Kans. , B. S. , 1929 and M. S. , 1934. Attended law school at Washburn University, Topeka, Kans. , in 1938, and graduated from the law school of George Washington University, Washington, D. C. , LL. B. , 1944. Admitted to the bar in 1944 and commenced practice in Kansas and the District of Columbia. Administrative assistant to Senator Clyde M. Reed, 1939-1949. And Senator Andrew F. Schoeppel, 1949-1962. Delegate, Republican National Convention, 1960. Elected as a Republican to the Eighty-eighth and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1963, until his resignation December 31, 1978. Was not a candidate for reelection in 1978 to the Ninety-sixth Congress. Died in Wichita, Kans. , on September 11, 2000. Interment at Old Mission Cemetery, Wichita, Kans.