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Marvin Bailey Scott (born March 10, 1944) is an Americanpolitician and university professor atButler University inIndianapolis, Indiana. He is nationally known for his involvement inschool desegregation cases, figuring in five federal desegregation cases (in theBoston School desegregation case as a Court Appointed Expert). He currently serves on the Regional and Local Council of the Boy Scouts of America. . Scott ran for political office several times as a Republican.
Scott was born inHenderson, North Carolina. He earned his bachelor's degree fromJohnson C. Smith University inPsychology, with one year of studies at theUniversity of Allahabad,Uttar PradeshIndia, and his Master's and Doctorate of Philosophy (1970) from theUniversity of Pittsburgh. He is married with four children.
Scott was a program officer for Higher Education atLilly Endowment, President ofSaint Paul's College, and Assistant to the Chancellor for the Board of Regents for theCommonwealth of Massachusetts. AtBoston University, he was theW. E. B. DuBois Lecturer, Professor, Associate Dean of Education, and Assistant to the Provost and President. Scott spent one year as special assistant to the President of theUniversity of Massachusetts system and as an adjunct professor, during which time he was also anAmerican Council on Education (ACE) Fellow.[citation needed]
Scott works forButler University teachingsociology, specifically issues concerning race. He has served as special assistant to the President, Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies in the School of Education, Professor of Education in the College of Education, and Professor and Chair of the Sociology andCriminology Department. Scott was a member of the Professional Standards Committee at Butler.[citation needed]
Scott was nominated by PresidentGeorge W. Bush and was affirmed by theUnited States Senate to serve on the National Council for the Humanities. On one occasion, he chaired theDigital Humanities Committee, where he regularly served as a member. He served on theIndianapolis Waterworks Board and during his last year of service as its president until April 2012. He served as the governor's appointee to theMid-West Interstate Passenger Rail Commission until September 2012. Scott is an active lifelong board member on the Crossroads of America Council,Boy Scouts of America. Scott served on the board of directors for theIndianapolis City Theater. AtSt. Paul's College, located inLawrenceville, Virginia, Scott created a program forsingle parents and their children, which received national acclaim.[citation needed]
Scott was selected as a president participant in theChristian A. Johnson Leadership Seminars and theJohnson Foundation. InNaples, he served as director of the Boston University overseas education program. He has traveled and spoken nationally and internationally. Scott also served as a consultant toGulf Oil in Africa.[citation needed]
He has been awarded thePaul Revere Patriots Award by the governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, theSilver Beaver Award for distinguished service to the Boy Scouts of America, and an HonoraryDoctorate of Law Degree fromMartin University. Scott was also President of Saint Paul's College for two years, Assistant Chancellor of theBoard of Regents for theCommonwealth of Massachusetts for five years, Assistant to the Provost, and Associate Dean and Professor at Boston University for eleven years.[1]
Scott played a prominent role in numerous cases involving thedesegregation of U.S. public schools, including theMorgan v. Hennigan Boston desegregation case of 1974. As the Associate Dean of the School of Education at Boston University, Scott, along withRobert Dentler, then Dean of the School of Education at Boston University, was appointed as a sociological expert. He was appointed to help JudgeW. Arthur Garrity to assist in theBoston Public Schools desegregation plan. Scott played a primary role in the desegregation plan, which became paramount in thecivil rights struggle within U.S. public education. Scott and Dentler coauthoredSchools on Trial, a book published in 1981 about the case and their role in it. In the book, they state, "Desegregation has been achieved in Boston. Quality integrated education will take longer."
Scott also acted as the arbitrator/negotiator in theBronson v. Cincinnati Board of Education case from December 1983 to February 1984, which desegregated public schools inCincinnati, Ohio.
Scott co-chaired on theCommunity Desegregation Advisory Council (CDAC) of Indianapolis in 1990, with seven area superintendents, JudgeS. Hugh Dillin and CDAC members. In this council, he was directly involved in school desegregation for theIndianapolis Public Schools system.
In the September 1991 to December 1992 caseChristopher Armstrong et al. v. The Board of Trustees of Clark County inLas Vegas, Nevada, Scott served as an expert witness. In this trial, he played a key role in the desegregation of theClark County School District of Las Vegas.
Scott served as anexpert witness in the Robert Anthony Reed v.James Rhodes andCleveland Board of Education, which desegregated theCleveland Public Schools. Within this context, he worked withTom Atkins, who was the lead attorney for theNAACP Legal Defense Fund. He also served as a consultant to theCleveland Public Schools Review of Pupil Assignments between January 1985 and May 1988.
Scott was an appointed court exported to theKing County, Ohio School District Desegregation case from July 7, 2006-July 2010.
In 1994, Scott ran for theUS House of Representatives in the Indiana 10th Congressional District against incumbentAndrew Jacobs Jr.. Scott lost the election but got 47.5% of the overall vote in the district. He lost by 7,575 votes.[citation needed]
In2004, Scott ran for theUnited States Senatein Indiana against incumbentEvan Bayh. Although he lost, he garnered nearly a million votes, coming to 37.2%.[citation needed]
In 2010, Scott ran as aRepublican for theUS House of Representatives in the Indiana 7th Congressional District against incumbentAndre Carson. Scott lost the election in the historicallyDemocratic district, but won 44% of the vote against Carson.[citation needed]
Scott is a member ofKappa Alpha Psi,Phi Delta Kappa,Alpha Kappa Mu,Alpha Kappa Delta, andPhi Kappa Phi.[citation needed]
For seven years,[when?] he served as a talk show host onWRKO,Boston, Massachusetts, and at radio outletsWPLZ,Richmond, Virginia, andWHNC,Henderson, North Carolina.[citation needed]
He co-authored several books:
Scott's latest research for publication was inEvansville, IN before the Indiana Academy of Social Sciences," Ruling by Court on Segregation is Opposed Here: School Desegregation Evasion and Compliance inVance County, North Carolina", October 9, 2015.
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