Skye, Andrew O. | University of Illinois Archives

Name: Skye, Andrew O.

Historical Note: Andrew Olaus Skye was born in Larvik, Norway in 1891 to Charles and Christina (Olsen) Skye. Skye immigrated to Michigan as an infant, where he attended Ironton grammar school (graduated 1904) and Charlevoix high school (graduated 1913). Skye graduated high school late, as he was an officer on Steamship Topeka at the age of sixteen. Skye attended the Ferris Institute, then attended Michigan State Normal for his teacher's certificate (1916) and University of Michigan for his B.A and M.A (1919, 1920). Skye worked as the Superintendent of Horton High School from 1914-1916, and of Rockland Township Schools from 1920-1935; during World War 1, he served as an officer in Balloon Division of the Air Corps. Skye then became an industrial engineer at The Lakeside Press, R.R. Donnelley and Sons (1925-1959), and worked as the superintendent of industrial engineering from 1925-1956.