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<em>Winfield S. Scott </em>came to the Army from Providence, Rhode Island, where he had joined the National Guard in 1940 as a private in the 103<sup>rd</sup> Field Artillery Regiment. He left this promising career to enter West Point in 1941. Four days after graduation in 1944 he married Ruth Kerney. After Army schooling, he joined the elite 10th Mountain Division and served with it in Italy as a field artillery forward observer. He returned from World War II and earned a master’s degree in electrical engi­neering from Northwestern University. This led to his later transfer to the Ordnance Corps and his contributions to Defense Department management of the acquisition of new material. He attended the Command and General Staff College and The Industrial College of the Armed Forces and also earned a master’s degree in business administration from George Washing­ton University. Scotty added to his combat experience with a tour in Vietnam, where he was General Westmoreland’s Ordnance officer. He was selected to establish the Defense Systems Management College at Forti Belvoir, Virginia and, as a brigadier general, served as its first commandant. In 1986 a new academic building was dedicated to, and named for, him. His decorations included the Distinguished Service Medal and three awards of the Legion of Merit.</p>
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Anyone who worked closely with Scotty for any length of time was impressed with his determination that every job be well done. His goal of complete military professionalism in the finest sense of the word was evident in every task he undertook. No one took his sense of duty and devotion to achieving the best more seriously than he did. In the words of our Alma Mater. “Well done, be thou at peace.”</p>
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Scotty left memorable contributions to West Point and to his classmates, one of which will he evident for many years to come: the stained glass windows over the main entrance to Washington Hall. Scotty came up with the idea of stained glass windows over this much-used entrance and pursued it with dedication and characteristic persistence. He located an artist, Henry Willet, of the Willet Stained Glass Studios in Philadelphia. Mr. Willet’s father was the designer and producer of the stained glass windows in the Cadet Chapel. Scotty asked Mr. Willet to design windows for the dining hall entrance and presented the design to his classmates, with a proposal that the project be funded as a Class gift. We were very much impressed with the idea and quickly agreed to make it a Class project. The result is most impressive. Anyone leaving Thayer Hall cannot help but see the inspiring magnificence of the windows and appreciate the beauty of one man’s dream fulfilled. The Academy and his class­mates owe him much for this idea and his determination to make it part of West Point.</p>
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Scotty’s personal contributions to his class­mates were also remarkable. Those of us who were privileged to be present for one or more of his clambakes will never forget them. Scotty’s New England background and love of the informal fun of a clambake left him with a desire to show the pleasure of this special event to all of us, as well as to other groups with which he worked. He was frustrated with locating a site for the digging of a proper pit for the seaweed and the coals, so essential to his efforts, so he designed and built a portable clambake pit that stood above ground! It worked like a charm and drew admiring friends in droves. For years the highlight of Class activities was a “Scotty Clambake.”</p>
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He is survived by his wife Ruth Kerney Scott, a son, Army Colonel Bruce K. Scott, three daughters, Bette Scott Meuleners, Carla Scoot Thompson, and Jeanine Scott Carter, sister Marjory Solomon Day and sixteen grandchil­dren.</p>
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Scotty Left us in 1982, probably not realizing how much he meant to us and how much he contributed to the tradition of West Point which he so dearly loved. He stands tall in the memory of his friends and beloved family.</p>
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<em>A Classmate</em></p>