Background
Scott, Benjamin was born on November 30, 1929 in Maringoulin, Louisiana, United States. Son of Harry Scott, Senior and Sarah (London) Scott.
Scott, Benjamin was born on November 30, 1929 in Maringoulin, Louisiana, United States. Son of Harry Scott, Senior and Sarah (London) Scott.
Associate of Arts, Pasadena City College, California, 1954. Bachelor of Science, Pacific State University, Los Angeles, 1959. Master in Management Science, University of California at Los Angeles, China Lake, 1969.
Project electrical engineering Defense Department, China Lake, 1952—1969, director Sylmar, 1964—1967, special projects electronics Pasadena, 1969—1974. Chief Executive Officer, chief consultant Benjamin Scott & Associates, Inc., San Francisco, 1977—1978, Los Angeles, 1978—1980, Pasadena, 1981—2001. Retired; Master sergeant United States Army, 1945-1947, PTO.
Community organizer National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Pasadena and China Lake, California, since 1952. International organizer for Africa People to People, Los Angeles, 1972. Board member American Red Cross, Inglewood and Los Angeles, 1997—2003.
Coordinator Pasadena Urban Coalition, 1966—1974, Congress Racial Equality, Los Angeles, 1962—1997. Consultant Black and Minority Businesses, 1977—1979. Contributor South African Peace Negotiations, 1986—1990.
Member of Clare Barton Society, Mystic Shrine, Masons, American Disabled Veterans, American Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion.
Married Doretha L. Scott, June 27, 1959. Children: Benjamin Eric Junior, Daryl Deion.