The Jack Scott Award

The Jack Scott Award is the highest honor the Ohio Association for
College Admission Counseling can bestow upon an individual. The
criteria used to select a recipient is service and dedication to OACAC;
contributions to the profession of high school guidance and college
admission; and qualities such as humility, professionalism, dedication,
fairness, and unselfishness.

Congratulations to the 2011 Jack Scott Recipient
Mike Homza, St. Edward High School

Jack Scott Award Recipients

JACK M. SCOTT
1923-1970

Jack M. Scott, 47, Marietta's director of student services, died of a heart attack at his
home on August 27, 1970.

A native of Louisville, Ohio, Scott was graduated cum laude from Marietta in 1952. He
joined the college's administrative staff in 1954 and served eight years as director of
college-high school relations.

In 1962 he was appointed director of admissions and in 1968 was named to the newly
created post of dean of services. In 1970 his position was restructured under the title of
director of student services, with responsibility for admissions, financial aid, placement,
the health center, the food service, the student center, and security personnel.

While director of admissions, he served a two-year term as president of the Ohio
Association of College Admissions Counselors. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa,
national scholastic honorary fraternity; Omicron Delta Kappa, national men's leadership
honorary; Alpha Sigma Phi social fraternity; and the Association of College Admissions
Counselors. He served as Marietta College representative to the College Entrance
Examination Board and was the administrative representative on the College's Special
Study Commission. He had taken graduate studies at Ohio State University and DePauw
University. A veteran, he was in the U.S. Army Air Force from 1943 to 1946 in the
Pacific Theater.