[2] Following that, he took a job as a food inspection chemist with the Bureau of Chemistry of the United States Department of Agriculture, where he worked until 1908.

[2] As of 1914, Skinner was living in Kensington, Maryland and continuing his work as the chief of the Water Laboratory.

"[6] Skinner served on the board of regents at the University of Maryland from 1916 to 1941,[7] including as its chairman from 1935 onward.

[8] In 1942, while associate chief of the Bureau of Agricultural Chemistry and Engineering, Skinner attended a meeting to discuss food dehydration as a means to reduce the logistical burden of transporting war supplies.

The Sheboygan Press noted that he was not called upon during the meeting, and remained quiet until its participants began to disperse.

The accent is on youth in these times—so much so that I think it wouldn't be out of place to design another flag for the Capitol in addition to Old Glory.

[11] Skinner was posthumously inducted into the inaugural class of the University of Maryland Alumni Hall of Fame in 1995.