About Stuart Nash Scott
Lived 1906 – 1992 (aged 85). Stuart Nash Scott was a diplomat.
Stuart Nash Scott (December 6, 1906 – February 26, 1992) was an American lawyer and diplomat. He headed the "Scott Commission" that warned New York City prior to its 1975 fiscal crisis that its finances were out of control, and briefly served as Richard Nixon's United States Ambassador to Portugal.
Biography Scott was born in Madison, Wisconsin. He was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He served as United States Ambassador to Portugal from 1973 to 1974, when he was dismissed by Henry Kissinger because he did not share Kissinger's opinion that a communist takeover was imminent. He died of a stroke at his home in New York in 1992.
He graduated from Yale University (BA) and Harvard Law School (JD).
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American diplomat
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Stuart Nash Scott was born on 6 December 1906.
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Stuart Nash Scott died on 26 February 1992.
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