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Tom Skilling is the chief meteorologist for WGN News at WGN-TV.[CR-LF][CR-LF]He previously worked in television at WKKD-TV, WLXT-TV, WKOW-TV, WTSO-TV, WITI-TV, and WAUK-TV. [CR-LF][CR-LF]Mr. Skilling is a fellow of the American Meteorological Society, the National Weather Association, and Sigma Chi. He holds the American Meteorological Society Television Seal of Approval. [CR-LF][CR-LF]Skilling was given a 1994 Emmy as host of Cosmic Challenge, an educational program in which children answered questions about space. He was also the first meteorologist in Chicago to implement a new state of the art 3-D and animated representation of the weather.[CR-LF][CR-LF]Mr. Skilling garnered awards for his documentary about tornadoes, "It Sounded Like a Freight Train," including a Peter Lisagor Award, a Chicago Emmy, the Illinois State Broadcaster's Public Service Program Award and the UPI Illinois Best Documentary Award. He was honored with an Illinois Broadcasters Association Award for Best Weathercast in the State and the NOAA Award from the National Weather Service for Public Service in 1998. [CR-LF][CR-LF]Skilling was rated the No. 1 meteorologist on Milwaukee television. The American Meteorological Society named him as recipient of the 1997 Award for Outstanding Service by a Broadcast Meteorologist. In addition, Skilling received an Honorary Doctorate of Humanities from Lewis University in Romeoville, Ill., in January 1995. [CR-LF][CR-LF]Mr. Skilling holds a degree in meteorology and journalism from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

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