Courtesy of Media Services
The School of
Forest Resources at the University of Arkansas
at Monticello has honored one of its own.
The school named a classroom in honor of former State Senator James C. Scott of Warren, a 1956 forestry graduate of what was then known as Arkansas A&M College. Scott was instrumental in acquiring the nearly $1 million in state appropriations needed to create the Spatial Information Systems Program at UAM and also helped provide permanent funding for the university’s SIS surveying and GIS/GPS programs. The James C. Scott Classroom, located on the second floor of the Henry H. Chamberlin Forest Resources Complex, is the first classroom in any academic building on the UAM campus named for an individual. “I can think of no one more deserving of this honor than Jim Scott,” said Richard Kluender, dean of the School of Forest Resources. “Mr. Scott has been a staunch supporter of our program in forest resources and recognized the importance of adding the spatial information systems component to the School of Forest Resources.” According to Kluender, the initial funding for the SIS program paid for the creation of the Spatial Information Systems Computer Teaching Laboratory as well as the purchase of surveying total stations and survey-grade GPS units that are currently used in the program. Currently the director of the Arkansas Bureau of Standards, Scott is a member of the School of Forest Resources Advisory Committee. A former officer and pilot in both the Navy and Air Force, Scott has been active in forest property management as a consulting forester and real estate broker. In 2001, he was named the Rural Advocate of the Year for his commitment to rural Arkansas communities.
“This institution, and particularly the forestry program, has had no greater
friend through the years than Jim Scott,” Chancellor Jack Lassiter said. “It’s only fitting that we honor an individual who has worked so diligently for forestry education in Arkansas.”
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