Walter Quincy Scott (December 19, 1845 – May 9, 1917) was an American educator who was the second President of Ohio State University and the fifth principal of

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. Scott was born in

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, Ohio on December 19, 1845, to Abram McLean Scott and Julia Ann Scott. At a young age, he moved to Iowa. He attended

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, his studies punctuated with the start of the American Civil War. After serving in the Civil War, Scott attended Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania and the Columbia University-affiliated Union Theological Seminary. Immediately after graduating, he began teaching ancient languages at Lafayette. An ordained Presbyterian minister, Scott led

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in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1874 to 1878. Scott's taught at

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in 1878, where he was professor of mental and moral philosophy and political economy. In 1881, he became president of Ohio State University. Though he was popular with students, he was immensely disliked by politicians, and resigned shortly thereafter in 1883 due to frequent interference in his work from politicians. He then became principal of

, where he started in 1884. He resigned in 1889 to go to Chicago, Illinois, and be involved in the publishing business. Disliking the city, he soon became the pastor of a Presbyterian church in Albany,

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. He resigned after a three years. In 1909, he was named President Emeritus of the Ohio State University Board of Trustees, later on for ten years becoming at the Bible Teachers' Training School of New York City the professor of church history and ethnic religions. Walter Scott died on May 9, 1917, in

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, Washington. He was married to Cornelia (Edgar) Scott, with whom he had three children: Walter Quincy Scott Jr., Edith Davis, and Cornelia Bull.

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Past Presidents of the Ohio State University
Presidents of Ohio State University 1845 births 1917 deaths People from Dayton, Ohio Phillips Exeter Academy faculty Fairfield University alumni Lafayette College alumni Union Theological Seminary (New York City) alumni 19th-century Presbyterian ministers 20th-century Presbyterian ministers American Presbyterian ministers 20th-century American clergy 19th-century American clergy {{US-academic-administrator-stub