Fred and Judy ScottJudy ALFORD Scott
Fred and Judy Scott
After graduating from Fletcher, I went to a Business College in
Cincinnati, Ohio. I married Fred Scott, cousin of our classmate, Doug Scott.
Fred was a Junior at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and I was secretary to the
Director of the School of Business at the University. As many of my 50's peers,
I "put hubby through" school for a total of 4 Degrees. We had
celebrated 46 years of marriage when he passed away in January 2006.
When it snowed in June, after not seeing the sun for 6
months, this "Beach" girl persuaded the Ohio native (who hadn't even
realized the sun had been missing for lo those many months!) to give Florida a
try.
He got a job teaching at the one and only Fletcher High
School. It was rather weird going from student to Faculty wife in a couple of
years!
He decided very quickly that high school wasn't his calling
and we began the long journey for the Masters and the Ph.D., earning one Masters
at the University of Florida, one at Rutgers University and the Ph.D. from Nova
University.
I always felt my main calling in life was to be a Mom, but
for over 25 years, I ran a business from our home so I could stay on top of the
"teen" years and also be able to provide for college educations.
My greatest accomplishments are our children, for which we
are very proud and blessed.
Our
daughter Laurie is a medical doctor specializing in Maternal Fetal
Medicine (high risk pregnancies). She was a faculty member at the University of
Texas Medical School for a number of years and did extremely well in research.
She has been all over the world presenting her research at various medical
conferences and is a consultant to Glaxo Wellcome and Smith Kline Drug
corporations.
Three years ago she decided to come home and is now in
private practice in Ft. Lauderdale (much to our delight!) she married a terrific
young man, Robert, who is a lawyer with a prominent firm here. Their first
baby was born in 2001. is a medical doctor
specializing in Maternal Fetal Medicine (high risk pregnancies). She was a faculty member
at the University of Texas Medical School for a number of years and did extremely well in
research. She has been all over the world presenting her research at various medical
conferences and is a consultant to Glaxo Wellcome and Smith Kline Drug corporations.
Three years ago she decided to come home and is now in private practice
in Ft. Lauderdale (much to our delight!) Two years ago she married a terrific young man,
Robert, who is a lawyer with a prominent firm here. They were expecting their first
baby in 2001.
Our son, Doug , is a
navy jet fighter pilot stationed in Jacksonville and keeps his mother on her
knees as he flies off and onto aircraft carriers, a la "Top Gun." I'm
very proud that he's so capable to be part of such an elite group, but I'm
happiest when he's on "terra firma!"
Doug married a precious girl, Kathy, he went to high
school with, though they never dated until after college. They have given us 2
adorable little grandsons, , is a navy jet fighter pilot
stationed in Jacksonville and keeps his mother on her knees as he flies off and onto
aircraft carriers, a la "Top Gun." I'm very proud that he's so capable to be
part of such an elite group, but I'm happiest when he's on "terra firma!"
Doug married a precious girl, Kathy, he went to high school with,
though they never dated until after college. They have given us 2 adorable little
grandsons, 
Parker and Weston, 1 and 3 years old. Doug is the most incredible
"Daddy," for which we're thrilled. We're really loving this
grandparenting experience. They are the delight of our lives.
In addition to running my business, about 10 years ago I
founded a charitable organization whose mission is to feed segments of our
society that have fallen through the welfare cracks for various reasons. It's
amazing the number of people out there who are struggling just to survive, so
this has required a lot of time and work.
Recently I began to get intrigued with and have begun delving
into our genealogy. I suppose I wanted to give our children and grandchildren a
sense of family history. It's been surprising and a lot of fun.
I've really enjoyed seeing all the pictures and learning what
each of you has been doing for the past 41 years. It's great to know that
everyone seems to be doing well in their chosen endeavors. (I especially related
to Melanie's saga!) and that the Class of '59 has contributed much to
"Society"--who would've thought it?!