Richard M. Scott

Richard Martin Scott (April 28, 1918 – January 2, 2005) was an American politician, U.S. Air Force pilot, and the former Mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He is best known to have led the effort to bring professional baseball back to the city of Lancaster. This was realized with the creation of the Lancaster Barnstormers, of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He also served as Adjutant General of Pennsylvania from 1979 to 1986.

Biography Scott was born in the city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to Roy V. and Laura Scott. He graduated from the Lancaster Boys' High School in 1936 and was subsequently appointed to the United States Military Academy from Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district by Republican representative J. Roland Kinzer in 1938. Scott graduated from West Point with a B.S. degree in engineering in May 1942. He then completed flight training in December 1942.

Scott was stationed in England in January 1944 and began flying P-38 missions over Europe during World War II. Scott's plane clipped a transmission tower in the Netherlands, shearing off his left wing and forcing a crash landing in Nazi-occupied territory. Scott eluded capture for several months with the help of the Dutch resistance, with whom he joined for several months. Under his leadership, Lancaster City was renewed with the Armstrong-National Central Bank and a lower crime rate.

Albert Wohlsen was appointed interim mayor in 1979 after Scott resigned as mayor to serve as adjutant general of Pennsylvania from 1979 to 1986 under former Pennsylvania Governor Dick Thornburgh. Promoted to major general, As adjutant general, Scott led the Pennsylvania National Guard and the state's veterans programs.

His military awards include the Distinguished Service Medal,

Scott died on January 2, 2005, at Reading Hospital in Reading, Pennsylvania at the age of 86. In 2006, Scott was posthumously inducted into the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs Hall of Fame.