BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 

 Paul Edward Skelley was born 15 June 1964 to Mr. and 

 Mrs. Paul F. Skelley of Decatur, Illinois. He attended 

 grades one through 12 at Warrensburg-Latham, a small rural 

 school. He became interested in insects while working on a 

 Boy Scout project in 1977. Throughout high school, Paul's 

 interests in nature compelled him to take advanced science 

 classes and sell insect collections to support his 

 entomological interests. In May 1982, he graduated from 

 Warrensburg-Latham High School, 3rd in a class of 86. That 

 fall he attended Eastern Illinois University, enrolled in 

 the engineering program. A year later, he changed his major 

 to zoology. Dr. M. A. Goodrich, his advisor, saw his 

 interest in insects and put him to work curating the 

 Coleoptera in the Spooner-Riegel Insect Collection. Paul 

 graduated summa cum laude in May 1986 from Eastern Illinois 

 University. Paul applied to the University of Florida and 

 received a Master of Science degree in August 1988 under the 

 guidance of Dr. R. E. Woodruff, whom he assisted in curating 

 Coleoptera in the Florida State Collection of Arthropods. 

 In November 1992 Paul married Lucile Heyer. He currently 

 works at the Florida State Collection of Arthropods as a 

 technician assisting in the curation of several taxa. 



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