Mar 4, 2015 2 min read

WAYNESBURG – Waynesburg University will host David C. Scott as part of the Glenn A. and Jane L. Crosby Lecture Series. Scott will speak at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center at Waynesburg University. Admission is free, and the public is invited to attend.

Scott, a native of north Texas, is the author of four nationally award-winning and bestselling books: “The Scouting Party,” published in 2010, which recounts the origins of the Scouting movement; “We Are Americans, We Are Scouts,” published in 2008, which fuses the words and stories of President Theodore Roosevelt within the framework of the ideals of the Boy Scouts of America; “Where Character is Caught,” published in 2013, which details the storied history of the Circle Ten Council, Boy Scouts of America of Dallas, Texas; and his newest work, “My Fellow Americans,” published last year, which details the symbiotic relationship between Scouting and the U.S. presidency.

Scott has been involved with Scouting for more than 30 years. As a 1981 recipient of the Eagle Scout award, including five Eagle palms, Scott grew up in the Circle Ten Council and prospered under quality adult tutelage as a Cub Scout as well as a Boy Scout.

A Vigil Honor member in the Order of the Arrow and a Wood Badge recipient, he graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1988 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and continued to Southern Methodist University, where he earned a master’s degree in applied economics in 1993.

For more information about Scott, visit: http://www.davidcscott.net/index.html.

The Glenn A. and Jane L. Crosby Lectures, funded by 1950 magna cum laude graduates of Waynesburg University, Glenn A. and Jane Lichtenfels Crosby, bring to the university visiting scholars who are distinguished in their disciplines. During the visit, the scholars interact with faculty, staff and students, giving guest lectures in classes, formal presentations and informal group talks. The event culminates in a final public lecture.