Robert E. (Skip) Shaskey, BS Med ’56, of Sun City West, Ariz., died June 23 at age 77.

Skip was born May 29, 1933, in Fargo to Edward and Mabel Shaskey. His mother died when he was six years old and his father remarried Eileen Dale who parented both him and his brother Larry.

Skip graduated from Central High School in Grand Forks in 1951, where he discovered his love of academics and sports. He married Jacqueline McCreary in 1953. He completed his undergraduate degree and two years of medical school at the University of North Dakota. The family moved to Kansas City, Kan., for Skip to complete medical school.