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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|title=Lives of Mississippi Authors, 1817-1967|publisher=Google Books|accessdate=November 3, 2019}} p. 404.</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 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|title=Lives of Mississippi Authors, 1817-1967|publisher=University Press of Mississippi thorugh Google Books|accessdate=November 3, 2019}} p. 404.</ref>
Prior to his tenure at Mississippi State, he was from 1957-1958 a faculty member at the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]], formerly known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana. Between 1959 and 1960, he 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}}</ref>
Prior to his tenure at Mississippi State, he was from 1957-1958 a faculty member at the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]], formerly known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana. Between 1959 and 1960, he 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}}</ref>