Background
Scott, Tom Keck was born on August 4, 1931 in St. Louis. Son of George Drake and Mary Ann (Keck) Scott.
Scott, Tom Keck was born on August 4, 1931 in St. Louis. Son of George Drake and Mary Ann (Keck) Scott.
AB, Pomona College, California, 1954. Master of Arts, Stanford University, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1961.
Research professor, Princeton University, 1961-1963;
from assistant professor to associate professor biology, Oberlin College, Ohio., 1963-1969;
faculty, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1969;
professor botany, U. North Carolina, 1972-1982;
professor biology, U. North Carolina, 1982-1998;
chairman biology curriculum, U. North Carolina, 1970-1975;
department chairman botany, U. North Carolina, 1972-1982;
director research, U. North Carolina, 1985-1990;
senior scientist life science division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1994-1996;
program scientist, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1996-1998. Visiting research professor of University Nottingham, England, 1967-1968. Fulbright senior lecturer Ege U., Izmir, Turkey, 1972-1973.
Chairman space biology panel National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1984-1989, chairman plant growth working group, 1989-1993, consultant space station freedom, 1984-1988.
Served with Army of the United States, 1954-1956. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Institute Biological Sciences, American Society Plant Physiologists (trustee 1979-1988, chairman 84-86), Botanical Society of America, National Academy of Sciences (committee on space biology and medicine 1986-1992), American Society Gravitational and Space Biology (board governors 1985-1988), International Plant Growth Substance Association (board governors 1985-1988), Sigma Xi.
Children: David Seymour, Stephen Arthur, John Warner, Cynthia Keck. Married Margaret Ray, April 7, 1990.
