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==Background==
==Background==
Scott was born to Roy J. Scott and the former Edna Dodson in Wrights, an unincorporated community in Greene County in west-central [[Illinois]]. He served from 1944 to 1948 in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps, organized in 1947 into the [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]. In 1952, he received his Bachelor of Science degree from [[Iowa State University]] in Ames, [[Iowa]]. He subsequently received his [[Master of Arts]] and his [[Ph.D.]] in history from the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]] in 1953 and 1957, respectively.<ref name=lloyd>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RfXGJBB1HvoC&pg=PA404 |author=James B. Lloyd, ed.|title=Lives of Mississippi Authors, 1817-1967|date=1981|publisher=University Press of Mississippi through Google Books|page=404|accessdate=November 3, 2019}}</ref> taught at the [[University of Missouri]] in Columbia, [[Missouri]]. In 1958, he received the Everett E. Edwards Award from the Agricultural History Society for the best paper submitted by a graduate student for publication in the journal ''Agricultural History.''<ref name=lloyd/><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.aghistorysociety.org/awards/index.html|title=Everett E. Edwards Award|publisher=aghistorysociety.org|accessdate=July 19, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref>
Scott was born to Roy J. Scott and the former Edna Dodson in Wrights, an unincorporated community in Greene County in west-central [[Illinois]]. He served from 1946 to 1948 in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps, organized in 1947 into the [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]. In 1952, he received his Bachelor of Science degree from [[Iowa State University]] in Ames, [[Iowa]]. He subsequently received his [[Master of Arts]] and his [[Ph.D.]] in history from the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]] in 1953 and 1957, respectively.<ref name=lloyd>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RfXGJBB1HvoC&pg=PA404 |author=James B. Lloyd, ed.|title=Lives of Mississippi Authors, 1817-1967|date=1981|publisher=University Press of Mississippi through Google Books|page=404|accessdate=November 3, 2019}}</ref> taught at the [[University of Missouri]] in Columbia, [[Missouri]]. In 1958, he received the Everett E. Edwards Award from the Agricultural History Society for the best paper submitted by a graduate student for publication in the journal ''Agricultural History.''<ref name=lloyd/><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.aghistorysociety.org/awards/index.html|title=Everett E. Edwards Award|publisher=aghistorysociety.org|accessdate=July 19, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref>
Scott was on the MSU faculty from 1960 to 1998, when he retired as professor emeritus. He was also the William L. Giles Distinguished Professor of History from 1978 to 1998.<ref name=iastate>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/manuscripts/MS361.html|title=e-library at Iowa State University|publisher=lib.iastate.edu|accessdate=July 20, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref> In 1989, Scott was elected president of the Mississippi Historical Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mdah.state.ms.us/admin/news/mhs07prog.pdf|title=Mississippi Historical Society|publisher=mdah.state.ms.us|accessdate=July 20, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref>
Scott was on the MSU faculty from 1960 to 1998, when he retired as professor emeritus. He was also the William L. Giles Distinguished Professor of History from 1978 to 1998.<ref name=iastate>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/manuscripts/MS361.html|title=e-library at Iowa State University|publisher=lib.iastate.edu|accessdate=July 20, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref> In 1989, Scott was elected president of the Mississippi Historical Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mdah.state.ms.us/admin/news/mhs07prog.pdf|title=Mississippi Historical Society|publisher=mdah.state.ms.us|accessdate=July 20, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref>