Scott Ewing ’44

Scott died Aug. 28, 2015, in Syracuse, N.Y., at home and surrounded by family. He was 93.

The son of Frank Ewing 1910, he went to Phillips Exeter and majored in chemistry at Princeton. Scott was a member of Cannon Club and roomed with Tom Simpson and Bill McRoberts.

He left in 1943 to serve four years in the Army Air Corps, 18 months of which were spent in the Pacific theater, where he was a staff sergeant. Scott married Edith Pratt in 1949 and worked at Sherman Textile Co. in Worcester, Mass., where he climbed the ladder to become CEO. Scott then became proprietor of a company with 30 Hallmark outlets.

He served the community as president of the Worcester County Horticultural Society and as a member of the Worcester Club. He also worked at the Red Cross and his church.

Scott is survived by Vivian Dygert, his wife of 19 years; sister Nancy Nye; children Katherine, Sally *84, and Andrew; three stepchildren; 12 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.