Scott, Emmett J. (Emmett Jay), 1873-1957

Secretary to Booker T. Washington and of Tuskegee Normal School Board of Trustees (1897-1919); special assistant, U.S. Secretary of War (1917-1919); secretary-treasurer and secretary, Howard University and its Board of Trustees (1919-1938); assistant publicity directory, Republican National Committee and advisor to the chairman of its Negro Affairs Committee (1939-1942); director, employment and personnel relations, Shipyard No. 4, Sun Shipbuilding Co. in Pennsylvania (1942-1945); secretary, Southern Education Foundation (1931-1954); a founder and secretary of National Negro Business League (1900-1954); member, National Council, YMCA (1930-1937); member, Board of Indetermined Sentence and Parole, Washington, D.C. (1932-1937); and author.

From the description of Emmett J. Scott collection, 1916-1951. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70965232