Scott B. Parry ’54

Scott died Oct. 15, 2024.

He prepared at Easton (Pa.) High School and was active in dramatics, debating, and glee club. At Princeton, he majored in psychology, joined Terrace Club, sang in the Chapel Choir, and was Undergraduate Carillonneur.

Scott was a man of great energy and many talents and interests including music-making, architecture, printing, and collection of antiques. His professional career focused on emerging technologies of communication, education, and training,

Upon graduating, he taught for a year at York (Pa.) Junior College and produced programs on WSBA-TV. He returned to Princeton to study architecture for a year and then served two years in the Army, receiving a Commendation Medal for setting up an education center. He earned a master’s degree in communication at Boston University in 1960, and in partnership with his thesis adviser established Training House, developing instructional materials for major publishing houses. While pursuing a Ph.D. in education at New York University, he was an account executive with Hill & Knowlton and edited textbooks at Harcourt, Brace and World. He married Joan Sant Antonio and was awarded his Ph.D. in 1969.

Scott was a consultant to UNESCO, the Ford Foundation, and Fortune 500 companies, and continued to develop training materials, write books, and teach at NYU and Mercer County (N.J) Community College until retiring.

He and Joan built their 26-room dream house, The Castle (complete with turrets), on their farm near Princeton, where they provided hospitality to the community, sold their fruit, and tended Scott’s antiques.

He was predeceased by Joan and is survived by his daughter Christiana and two grandchildren.