Russell Burton Scott

Background

Scott, Russell Burton was born on April 17, 1902 in Ludlow, Kentucky, United States. Son of Burton W. and Carrie May (Riggs) Scott.

Education

Bachelor of Science cum laude, U. Kentucky, 1926, Master of Science, 1928.

Career

Member of staff National Bureau Standards, 1928-1967, chief cyrogenic engineering laboratory, Boulder, Colorado, 1953-1962, acting director Boulder laboratories, 1962-1963, manager, 1963-1967.

Achievements

• Russell Burton Scott has been listed as a noteworthy physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of staff National Bureau Standards, 1928-1967, chief cyrogenic engineering laboratory, Boulder, Colorado, 1953-1962, acting director Boulder laboratories, 1962-1963, manager, 1963-1967. Member of the United States national committee International Institute Refrigeration, 1957-1960. Membership, 1956-1957.

Fellow American Physical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Member Research Society American (president Boulder chapter 1961), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Pi Sigma.

Connections

Married Leonora Downing, June 13, 1928. Children: Marion Lee (Mistress William F. Kenkel), Burton West. Instructor.

Father:

Burton West. Scott

Mother:

Carrie May (Riggs) Scott

Spouse:

Leonora Downing

child:

Burton West. Instructor Scott

child:

Marion Lee Scott (Mistress William F. Kenkel)