Tom Skilling, a meteorology icon in Chicago and native son of Aurora, was honored Wednesday in the U.S. House of Representatives.
U.S. Reps. Bill Foster, D-Naperville, and Mike Quigley, D-Chicago, submitted a statement to the official Congressional Record honoring Skilling’s 45-year career as a meteorologist and personality throughout the Chicago area. Skilling recently announced he will retire in February 2024.
He joined WLXT-TV, Channel 60, based in Aurora, three years later, while going to school during the day. In 1970, Skilling moved to Madison, Wisconsin, to study meteorology and journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, while continuing to work in radio and television. He worked at WKOW-TV, an ABC affiliate, and WTSO radio in Madison before going to work for WITI-TV in Milwaukee from 1975-1978. Skilling joined WGN-TV on Aug. 13, 1978.
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