AKA Robert Walter Scott

Born: 13-Jun-1929
Birthplace: Haw River, NC
Died: 23-Jan-2009
Location of death: Alamance County, NC [1]
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Hawfields Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Mebane, NC

Gender: Male
Religion: Presbyterian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician
Party Affiliation: Democratic

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Governor of North Carolina, 1969-73

Military service: US Army (1953-55)

Father: W. Kerr Scott (Governor of North Carolina, b. 1896, d. 1958)
Mother: Mary E. White
Sister: Mary Kerr Lowdermilk
Wife: Jessie Rae Osborne (b. 1929, m. 1-Sep-1951, d. 26-Dec-2010, four daughters)
Daughter: Meg Scott Phipps (NC Commissioner of Agriculture, imprisoned for fraud)
Daughter: Mary Scott
Daughter: Susan Sutton
Daughter: Jan Scott

    University: BS, North Carolina State University (1952)
    Administrator: President, North Carolina Community College System (1983-95)

    Governor of North Carolina (3-Jan-1969 to 5-Jan-1973)
    Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina (1965-69)
    Alpha Zeta Agricutural Fraternity
    Democratic National Committee Vice Chairman (1971-72)
    Farm Bureau
    Grange
    Jaycees
    Veterans of Foreign Wars

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