Donald Charles Scott

Background

Scott, Donald Charles was born on January 6, 1920 in Washignton. Son of Donald Power and Hilda Elizabeth (Volland) Scott.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Michigan, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana University, 1947.

Career

From instructor to professor, U. Georgia, Athens, 1947-1981; professor emeritus, U. Georgia, Athens, since 1981; chairman division biological science, U. Georgia, Athens, 1967-1972; biologist, United States Public Health Superior vena cava syndrome, Augusta, 1951-1952; staff associate, National Science Foundation, Washington, 1964-1965.

Achievements

• Donald Charles Scott has been listed as a noteworthy Zoologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee Georgia Conservancy, Atlanta, 1968-1982, chairman, 1973. Trustee Highlands Biological Station Foundation, North Carolina, 1968-1980, president, 1978-1979. Member Georgia Natural Areas Council, Atlanta, 1966-1971, chairman, 1969-1971.

Member advisory committee Georgia Heritage Trust, Atlanta, 1972-1974. Board directors Northeast Georgia Nature Center, Athens, 1974-1984, president, 1976. Fellow American Institute Fisheries Research on Biology.

Member American Fisheries Society, American Society Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, National Trust History Preservation, Georgia Trust History Preservation, Association Southeastern Biologists, Sigma Xi (executive board 1970-1973), Phi Kappa Phi.

Connections

Married Lois Eileen Gish, August 1942.

Father:

Donald Power Scott

Mother:

Hilda Elizabeth (Volland) Scott

Spouse:

Lois Eileen Gish