威利·利奥·斯科特

Adjutant General of 德州, 1947/1949

Major General Willie Scott spent his life leading men. He led them on the battlefield during World War II, and he led them on the football field and 篮球 court as coach at Hardin-Simmons. His years of education included both college and military training, and his early career was intermixed with coaching and serving in the Armed Forces.

威利·利奥·斯科特 was born April 13, 1920 in Blue Ridge, 德州 and was reared in Hamlin. After graduation from Hamlin High School in 1938, 他进入了韦兰学院, where he earned a reputation in 篮球 and football, 1940年毕业. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Hardin-Simmons大学 in 1947 and his Master of Arts degree in 1949.

He started his military career in 1938 by enlisting in a National Guard Unit, 电池一个, 131st Field Artillery Battalion, 第36步兵师, 位于普莱恩维尤, 德州. He was mobilized with that unit when the 第36步兵师 was called into Federal Service in 1940. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in 1942 and was given command of Battery B, 174th Field Artillery Battalion in 1943. He commanded his battery for 27 months, taking it overseas to the European Theatre during five major campaigns of World War II.

General Scott returned to the United States in October 1945, and was separated from active duty as a Major in January 1946. He then enrolled in Hardin-Simmons大学 to complete his degree. 1947年毕业时, he accepted a Regular Army commission and was assigned to the 193rd Engineer Construction Battalion on Guam. He served a year on Guam and resigned his commission and returned to Hardin-Simmons大学.

In 1948, General Scott resumed his career with the National Guard when he joined the 131st Field Artillery Battalion, 现在位于阿比林. He was assigned as commanding officer of 电池一个, the same unit he had joined as a private in 1938. General Scott remained at HSU as a member of the athletic coaching staff from 1950 until he resigned to take a State Air Defense job in 1962. 在中国赌博平台, 他是足球教练, 篮球, and golf and served as assistant athletic director. During his coaching career, he was twice named Southwest Border Conference Coach of the Year.

General Scott started his Air Defense Career by attending the Air Defense Career Course at Fort Bliss. He graduated from the Associate Course Command and General 工作人员 College in December 1963.

斯科特少将, 当时是上校, was ordered to Extended Active Duty in October 1966 as an Air Defense Officer serving with the U.S. 陆军防空司令部. General Scott was appointed as Assistant Adjutant General of 德州 in January 1971 and was appointed Brigadier General, Adjutant General’s Corps in March 1971.

In 1974, Scott was appointed one of three men from the National Guard to serve on a committee of 29 representing all branches of the service to make a study of the armed forces of the nation. He was appointed Adjutant General of 德州 in 1979, and confirmed by the U.S. 从那一天起参议院的排名. General Scott retired as Major General, Adjutant General of 德州 in 1985.

General Scott was inducted into the Field Artillery Officer Candidate School Graduates Hall of Fame at Fort Sill, 1973年的俄克拉荷马州. He received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Hardin-Simmons in 1974, 1982年, he was inducted into HSU’s Athletic Hall of Fame and an Endowed Athletic Scholarship was established in his name. He received the Distinguished Service Award from Huston-Tillotson College in 1982, and the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Wayland Baptist University in 1983.

Among General Scott’s many military decorations and awards are the Bronze Star, 功勋奖章, 和功绩军团勋章. While a student at Hardin-Simmons, 斯科特踢足球, was Captain of the varsity 篮球 team, and served as Student Body President. In 1947 he married his college sweetheart Billie Sue White, who was also a 1947 graduate of Hardin-Simmons. They had two children, Aliceson Scott Coates, and Richard Scott.

Despite his first-hand experience of the atrocities of war and of fighting his way from the beaches of France toward Germany with General George Patton’s armored division, Scott harbored no hard feelings toward his former enemies in battle and encouraged other Americans not to harbor ill-well as well. He said, “When the war’s over, the war’s over.”

享年82岁, Major General 威利·利奥·斯科特 ended his battle in this life on October 21, 2002 and was followed four months later by his wife of 54 years Billie Sue Scott. His leadership skills were well-spent in his lifetime molding the characters of young men.