ICAR Receives $102,000 Gift
Mr. Thomas J. Scott II, a longtime friend of ICAR and the founder of the Center for Policy Negotiation in Boston, has left a $102,000 bequest to ICAR to benefit the John W. Burton Endowment Fund. The interest from the Burton endowment is used to provide student support, faculty intervention assistance, publications and outreach support, and to fund elements of ICAR’s operational needs. Mr. Scott passed away on March 20, 2007.
Mr. Scott was born in 1920 in Providence, R.I., served in the Navy during World War II, and graduated from Harvard University in 1946. He had a long and distinguished career in the fields of energy policy and negotiations. In 1971, he served as the president and CEO of Buckley & Scott, a heating oil distribution company in Needham, Mass. During the 10 years he spent with the company, he served as the president of the Center for Energy Policy in Boston, Mass. In 1980, he became president of the Center for Policy Negotiation, which specializes in public policy conflicts related to energy, air and water pollution, and development.
Mr. Scott’s interest in ICAR stemmed from his admiration of the work of John W. Burton, a pioneer in the field of conflict resolution and a former ICAR faculty member. Mr. Scott’s relationship with ICAR deepened over time; in 1994, he and ICAR Prof. Rich Rubenstein co-hosted a conference on understanding xenophobia and ethnic conflict.
The $102,000 bequest from Mr. Scott is particularly important for ICAR because it will help build long-term endowment funds to support students and faculty far into the future. “This is a tremendous gift to ICAR and will provide vital support to expand the services and publications of our faculty and students,”said ICAR Director Sara Cobb. Mr. Scott’s gift will allow ICAR faculty and students to further pursue their dual goals of advancing scholarship and refining practice in the field of conflict analysis and resolution. The entire ICAR community gratefully acknowledges the contribution Thomas Scott has made to our institute and the future of our field.
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