Burgess H. Scott was a press correspondent, columnist and newspaper editor from Paducah, Kentucky. He was born on May 29, 1913 in Paducah, Kentucky. His father served as mayor of Paducah from 1932 to 1936. He attended public schools and graduated from Paducah Junior College. He attended and later graduated from the School of Journalism at the University of Missouri. In the late 1930s, he was a reporter for the Paducah Sun-Democrat. During the Second World War, he served in North Africa, Italy and the Near East as a United States Army correspondent. By the war's end, he was the European editor for the Yank newspaper. After the war, Scott was employed as technical editor for the Ford Times, a monthly magazine published by the Ford Motor Company. He retired in 1974 and died on September 20, 1982.
From the description of Burgess H. Scott papers, 1939-1975 (Murray State University). WorldCat record id: 654443123
