 | Board of Visitors minutes November 11, 1994 |  |
MEMORIAL RESOLUTION, THE HONORABLE HUGH SCOTT
The following resolution was adopted:
- WHEREAS The Honorable Hugh Scott was born in Fredericksburg on November 11, 1900, took his A.B. from Randolph-Macon College in 1919, and his LL.B from the University of Virginia in 1922; and
- WHEREAS Mr. Scott practiced law in Philadelphia for many years, and served with great distinction for 34 years in the United States Congress, first in the House of Representatives as the member from the Sixth District of Pennsylvania, and then in the Senate where he was elected Minority Leader; and
- WHEREAS Mr. Scott's service to the country in Washington, particularly during several periods of great national political crisis, earned him the admiration and respect of the nation; and
- WHEREAS Mr. Scott was appointed to the Board of Visitors in 1971, and served two terms, until 1979; and
- WHEREAS Mr. Scott also served the University with distinction as a friend and advisor in Washington; and
- WHEREAS Mr. Scott died on July 21, 1994;
- RESOLVED that the Board expresses its deepest sympathy to Senator Scott's daughter, Mrs. Concannon, and her children, on the death of Hugh Scott, and notes his years of service to the Board of Visitors and to the University of Virginia.
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