Samuel Fischer Scott

Samuel Fischer Scott (1907–1988) was an African-American educator. He was the first director of the Norfolk Unit of Virginia Union University established in 1935 and located in downtown Norfolk, Virginia. He led the Norfolk unit as director from September 1935 to summer of 1938.

Early life and education Scott was a born in 1907 and native of Portsmouth, Virginia. Scott received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Virginia Union University in 1931 and his master's from the University of Michigan in 1933.

His primary concern was keeping the school solvent. He also actively recruited students from churches, schools, homes and various places they could be found for the benefit of the school.

In 1984 Norfolk State University's Board of Visitors named a new men's dormitory in his honor. Virginia Union University awarded him the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters in May 1987.