Nauman Scott
| Nauman Steele Scott, II | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana | |
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In office October 15, 1970 – September 19, 2001 (Senior judge, 1976-1984) |
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| Nominated by | Richard M. Nixon |
| Preceded by | New position |
| Succeeded by | F. A. Little, Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 15, 1916 New Roads Pointe Coupee Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Died | September 19, 2001 (aged 85) |
| Resting place | Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans |
| Political party | Democrat-turned-Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Blanche Hammond Scott (married 1942-1985, her death) |
| Relations |
Albin Provosty (grandfather) |
| Children |
Nauman Scott, III |
| Parents | Nauman Steele, I, and Sidonie Provosty Scott |
| Alma mater |
Lake Forest Academy |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Army Air Corps |
| Rank | First lieutenant |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Albin Provosty (grandfather)
Nauman Scott, III
Jock Scott
Lake Forest Academy
Amherst College
Nauman Steele Scott, II (June 15, 1916 - September 19, 2001) was a Republican-appointed federal judge in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana who served from 1970 until his death in 2001.
In 1980, he ordered cross-parish busing guidelines to foster racial balance in Rapides Parish public schools. Because of his active fight against lingering remnants of segregation, Scott has often been compared to two other Republican federal judges in similar circumstances: John Minor Wisdom of New Orleans and Frank Minis Johnson of Montgomery, Alabama, the latter a rival of former Alabama Governor George Wallace. Prior to his judicial appointment, Scott was an attorney in private practice in Alexandria, Louisiana.
Scott was born into a family of lawyers in New Roads in Pointe Coupee Parish to Nauman Steele Scott and the former Sidonie Provosty. His maternal grandfather, Albin Provosty, had been a district attorney and from 1912 to 1920 a state senator. His great-uncle, Olivier Provosty, was Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1920 to 1922. Scott was reared in Alexandria, where his father was killed in a gunshot accident when Nauman was eleven years of age. Scott Sr. left behind five young children. For a time, Nauman was a childhood playmate of Louisiana's future Republican national committeewoman, Virginia deGravelles, who served in the party post from 1964 to 1968.
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