Background
Scott, Hugh Briar was born on May 2, 1891 in Bridgeport, Ohio, United States. Son of Isaac MacBurney and Flora Belle (Dickerson) Scott.
Scott, Hugh Briar was born on May 2, 1891 in Bridgeport, Ohio, United States. Son of Isaac MacBurney and Flora Belle (Dickerson) Scott.
Graduate Hotchkiss School, 1909. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1913.
Wheeling (West Virginia) Steel and Iron Company, 1915-1920. With Wheeling Steel Corporation, 1920-1922, manager tin plate sales, 1923-1929, assistant general manager sales, 1929-1940, assistant vice president, 1940-1958, director, since 1947. Vice chairman board and director Scott Lumber Company, Bridgeport, Ohio, since 1947.
Chairman of the Board and director Sharon (Pennsylvania) Tube corporation since 1947. Director Vice-President Steel Service, Inc., since 1947, Parkersburg Steel corporation since. 1947; Chairman of the Board and director National Bank of West Virginia, Wheeling, since 1949.
Enlisted O.T.C., 1917. Second in command Lieutenant, Field Artillery, 1917. Served in American Expeditionary Force, 1917-1919, in all campaigns.
Discharge rank of First lieutenant.
Member American Iron and Steel Institute, American Legion, Psi Upsilon. Clubs: Fort Henry (Wheeling, West Virginia).
Married Charlotte Winteur Thompson, June 2, 1920. Children: Marjorie T., Hugh Molecular and Cellular Biology., Charlotte E. With Wheeling Sheet and Tin Plate Company, Yorkville, Ohio, 1913-1915.