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Skates (surname)
Skates is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * John Ray Skates (born 1934), American historian * Ken Skates (born 1976), Welsh politician * Rat Skates Rat Skates (born Lee Kundrat on May 17, 1961) is an American filmmaker, writer and musician. He is most widely known as a director of music documentaries and his contributions to the thrash metal genre as a founding member and the original drumm ... (born 1961), American filmmaker {{Short pages monitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ray Skates
John Ray Skates Jr. (October 14, 1934 – February 18, 2009) was an American historian in Mississippi. He chaired the history department at the University of Southern Mississippi. He wrote a history of the Mississippi Supreme Court, and his research into the history is held at USM's McCain Library and Archives. He also wrote a book about planning for an invasion of Japan towards the end of World War II arguing it was not the preferred alternative to an atomic bomb attack and that justifying the bombing by setting it against such an invasion as the other alternative is ahistorical. Life and career Skates was born in Catchings, Mississippi in Sharkey County on October 14, 1934. In 1956 he married Kathleen Craig Barnwell. He was a colonel in the Army Reserve. Skates earned his PhD from Mississippi State University where he wrote his thesis on Frederick Sullens and the ''Jackson Daily News''. He continued to publish and his writings were published in journals including: ''Journal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Skates
Kenneth Christian Skates (born 2 April 1976) is a Welsh Labour politician who has served as Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales since March 2024. Skates has represented the constituency of Clwyd South in the Senedd since the election of 2011. He is an alumnus of the University of Cambridge, and worked as a journalist prior to becoming a politician. In September 2014 he became the deputy minister for Culture, Tourism and Sport. From May 2016 to December 2018 he was the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Infrastructure and Skills, and was the Minister for Economy, Transport and North Wales until he stood down on 13 May 2021. He held Economy, Transport and North Wales position again between July and September 2024 when he assumed the economy portfolio. Early life and career Skates was born in Wrexham, Wales, and attended Ysgol y Waun in Gwernaffield and the Alun School, Mold, where he studied A-levels in physics, maths, English and politics. After achieving four A grad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |