Scott, Donald Burton
Physicist, Ombudsman, Administrator
[1913]-1975

Dr. Scott came to the University of Alberta in 1940, after 
receiving a PhD in physics from McGill.  He became a full 
professor in 1954 and head of the Physics Department in 
1959.  As a member of the President’s Committee on 
Electronic Equipment, he helped bring the first computer to 
the University in 1957.  He was the Director of the 
Computing Centre from 1961 to 1971 and the Chair of the 
Computing Department from 1964 to 1971.  He was a founder 
and first Chair of the Academic Welfare Committee and 
President of the Association of Academic Staff of the 
University of Alberta (AASUA) from 1961 to 1962.  He was 
appointed as the first full-time Ombudsman of the University 
in 1971, a position he held until his death.

Multiple media, 1938-1975, 0.42 m    

Community service, 1961-1971
Relates in part to professional associations.

Publications, 1944-1962

Research, 1938-1956
Relates in part to boundary valve problems; nuclear physics; 
quantum mechanics.

Skits

Sound recordings
Electronic music, on two sound discs.

Talks, 1942-1973

University administration, 1948-1975
Annual reports, staff files and submissions relating in part 
to the office of the Ombudsman and University committees; 
departmental structure and history.  Includes two 
photographs of campus groups.

Access: Restricted
See also: Association of Academic Staff of the University of 
Alberta; University Computing Systems