Otto Scott

Otto Scott (May 26, 1918 – May 5, 2006) was a journalist and author of corporate histories who also wrote biographies on notable figures such as the abolitionist

Robespierre

.

Early life

Otto Joseph Scott was born Otto Scott-Estrella, Jr. in

United Features Syndicate and the San Diego Union. When World War II broke out, he joined the United States Merchant Marine

.

After the war, Scott worked in the advertising industry, then became editor of a manufacturing trade journal, Rubber World. In the course of his assignments, he interviewed Paul Blazer, the chairman of

Black & Decker

and Arch Mineral Corporation.

Later life and conversion to Christianity

After writing biographies on notable figures in history, a major event occurred in his life which was his conversion to Christianity. Not a regular churchgoer by any stretch of the imagination, Otto said in an interview for

Insight Magazine

that he read the Four Gospels in one night and was converted shortly thereafter.

In his later years, he worked for

Neo-Confederate Christian activists, and he was opposed to the historic abolitionist, civil rights, and anti-apartheid movements.^[1]

After suffering a fall in 2004 at his home near Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Otto returned to Federal Way, Washington to spend the last years of his life. He died in Issaquah, Washington on May 5, 2006.

Otto Scott is credited for inventing the phrase, made popular by President Richard Nixon, "the silent majority". Otto Scott wrote a speech for the CEO of Ashland Oil, "The Silent Majority", delivered to the Chicago Men's Club (May 23, 1968).

Career highlights

United Feature Syndicate, New York City, 1939–40
Diamond & Sherwood, San Francisco, CA, 1948–53
Globaltronix de Venezuela, Caracas, vice-president, 1954–56
Mohr Associates, New York City, vice-president, 1957–59
Becker, Scott & Associates, New York City, vice-president, 1960–63
Rubber World, New York City, editor, 1964–67
Ashland Oil, Inc., Ashland, KY, assistant to chair, 1968–69
Compass Newsletter, 1993(?)–2005

Family

Otto Scott was married three times. His last wife was Anna Barney Scott. Otto Scott had four daughters from his three marriages.

References

^ Edward H. Sebesta and Euan Hague, "The U.S. Civil War as a Theological War: Confederate Christian Nationalism and the League of the South," Canadian Review of American Studies 32:3 (2002): 267./

Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2002

External links

[1] Edward H. Sebesta and Euan Hague, "The U.S. Civil War as a Theological War: Confederate Christian Nationalism and the League of the South," Canadian Review of American Studies 32:3 (2002): 267./

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