Background
Scott, Charley was born on June 10, 1923 in Meridian, Mississippi, United States. Son of James Jack and Alice (Adams) Scott.
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Charley Scott
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Education
Bachelor of Science, Mississippi State University, 1944. Master of Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, Purdue University, 1953.
Postgraduate, University Michigan, 1963. Postgraduate, Harvard University, 1976.
Career
Instructor Mississippi State University, 1946-1947, assistant professor, 1949-1951, associate professor, 1953-1956, professor mechanical engineering, 1956-1963, thermodynamicist, Materials Research Center, 1961-1963, director athletics, 1984-1985, director special projects, 1986-1988, acting vice president academy affairs, 1986, acting associate vice president academic affairs, 1987, acting chief administrative officer graduate school, 1988, retired. Assistant dean graduate school University Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1963-1968, associate dean Grad School, 1968-1972, dean, 1972-1976, assistant academy vice president, 1973-1976, associate academy vice president, 1976-1984, professor mechanical engineering, 1963-1966, 69-84, acting dean Graduate School Library Service, 1970-1971, acting director university libraries, 1973, acting director Capstone College Nursing, 1978-1979, acting chief administrator School Social Work, 1981. Acting chief administrator University Press, 1977-1978.
Director instruction University Alabama, Huntsville, 1963-1966, academy affairs, director division engineering, 1966-1968, director division graduate progams, 1968-1969, professor mechanical engineering, 1966-1969. Instructor West Virginia University, Morgantown, 1947-1948, Meridian Junior College, Mississippi, 1947. Assistant engineer Manhattan Project, Oak Ridge, 1944-1946.
Research engineer Army Ballistic Missile Agency, Huntsville, 1957, 58.
Achievements
Membership
Member planning committee Tennessee Valley Education Center, 1966. Vice president Conference Southern Graduate Schools, 1973-1974, president, 1974-1975. Member executive committee Southeastern Conference Intercollegiate Athletics, 1974-1977, chairman radio and television committee, 1979-1986.
Vice president National Collegiate Athletic Association, 1976-1980, chairman division I, 1978-1980, member executive committee, 1980-1985. Chairman television committee College Football Association, 1980-1981. Board directors Community Council Huntsville Madison County, 1964-1969, Community Council Tuscaloosa County, 1975-1977.
Chairman education division United Fund of Tuscaloosa County, 1976-1977. Served with Army of the United States, 1945-1946. Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers (past state and regional officer).
Member American Society for Engineering Education (institutional, regional and national officer), Conference Southern Graduate Schools (officer), Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa, Pi Tau Sigma, Sigma Pi Sigma.
Connections
Married Uldine McDonald, April 5, 1947. Children: David Keith, Joseph Leigh.
