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    12.H He is also a student of American history, in general, and of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, in particular. During the years since achieving fame and success,he has acquired a number of scholastic honors. In 1961, Skelton was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Literature by Emerson College of Boston, Mass. In addition, Emerson?╟╓s Phi Alpha Tau fraternity named him the 9th recipient of the Joseph E. Conner Memorial Award for his contribution in the field of communications, an award given previously to such illustrious citizens as Edward R. Murrow, Robert Frost, General Carlos P. Raima Romulo and Arthur Fielder. A man of paradoxes, Skelton is often seen with a cigar in his mouth, but he never smokes it. While he loves talking into a microphone, he rarely ever answers a p telephone. When he has the time, he loves to travel. He spends much of his time studying the idiosyncrasies of people all over the world. From mankind, individually and universally, he has found the meat for his characters. He summs Up his role in life and in show business as follows: "I believe we were all put on this earth for a purpose - and I was put here to try to make people laugh. If it?╟╓s good enough for the Man Upstairs, it's good enough for me?╟Ñ. # # # # #