Stuart Nash Scott
{{short description|American lawyer}}
For the sportscaster, see Stuart Scott. For the aviator, see Blanche Stuart Scott.
Stuart Nash Scott (December 6, 1906 – February 26, 1992){{cite news |author1=Bruce Lambert |title=Stuart Nash Scott, Is Dead at 85; Studied New York City's Finances |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/02/nyregion/stuart-nash-scott-is-dead-at-85-studied-new-york-city-s-finances.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 April 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=2 March 1992 |page=B 12}} was an American lawyer and diplomat. He briefly served as United States Ambassador to Portugal.{{cite news|title=Mr. Stuart N. Scott, Financial Adviser |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31869456/stuart_nash_scott_19061992/ |newspaper=The Atlanta Constitution|date=March 3, 1992 |page=36 |via = Newspapers.com |accessdate = May 24, 2019}} {{Open access}}
Biography
Scott was born in Madison, Wisconsin.{{Cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scott8.html#RKD13GZ81|title = The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Scott, S to T}} He was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He served as United States Ambassador to Portugal from 1973 to 1974, when he was dismissed by Henry Kissinger because he did not share Kissinger's opinion that a communist takeover was imminent.{{cite news|title=Phobia Creates Some Problems for Envoys |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31902169/stuart_nash_scott_19061992/ |newspaper=The Neosho Daily News |date=April 11, 1975 |page=4 |via = Newspapers.com |accessdate = May 25, 2019}} {{Open access}}{{cite news|title=Ambassador Replaced |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31902144/stuart_nash_scott_19061992/ |newspaper=Press and Sub-Bulletin |date=November 6, 1974 |page=2 |via = Newspapers.com |accessdate = May 25, 2019}} {{Open access}} He died of a stroke at his home in New York in 1992.
He graduated from Yale University (BA) and Harvard Law School (JD).
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Category:Lawyers from Madison, Wisconsin
Category:Ambassadors of the United States to Portugal