Bruce K. Scott

As the head of the Olmsted Foundation, Scott oversees the Olmsted Scholar Program, which since 1959 has challenged young military officers to learn a foreign language and pursue graduate studies in that language at a foreign university. Scott is admired for the passion he brings to guiding young officers to pursue educational excellence by broadening their horizons. During his 30-year military career, Scott served in numerous leadership positions, including as Commanding General of U.S. Army Security Assistance Command and Chief of Legislative Liaison in the Office of Secretary of the Army. During Scott’s career, he was both the Army’s youngest Brigadier General and youngest Major General. He is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.