Charles "Red" Scott

Scott, Charles "Red" LA JOLLA -- Of the hundreds and hundreds of awards and honors bestowed upon "Red" Scott during his lifetime, he valued most receiving the 1984 Horatio Alger Award for Distinguished Americans. Other recipients of the prestigious award that year were, Sam Walton, Ed McMahon, and George Foreman. In 2002, the Association further honored Red with its highest recognition by presenting him with The Norman Vincent Peale Award. The Association said of Red, at that time, "his life, his steadfast faith in the opportunities that exist because of our nation's free enterprise system and his positive outlook exemplify the American dream". Red Scott passed away peacefully at the age of 85 on Thursday, April 11, 2013 at his La Jolla home surrounded by family after an eight-year battle with prostate cancer. He lived his life following the advice of his beloved grandmother, Eliza Jane Patton, who often said to him, "He with 1000 friends has not one single one to spare". Born in Paris, Texas during the Depression, he first visited La Jolla in 1960, fell in love with the community and spent the rest of his life there. In La Jolla, he was president of Intermark, Inc, a Fortune 500 company, and later became CEO of Fuqua Industries, a multi-billion-dollar NYSE Company, based in Atlanta, from which he retired in 1995. He was also owner and chairman of The Executive Committee of Florida; aka Vistage Florida. A graduate of the University of Texas, Scott was a former chairman of The Young Presidents Organization. He chaired the highly successful $100 Million "Fund for Greatness" for Scripps Memorial Hospital and was chairman of the San Diego Council of Boy Scouts of America. Scott was a founding director of the Washington, D.C. based American Business Conference, America's one hundred fastest growth businesses. He was also past president of the Greater San Diego Sports Association, Chairman of the San Diego Padres' Citizen Advisory Committee and along with Jack Murphy, conceived and gave life to the Holiday Bowl. He served on the boards of numerous civic and charitable organizations as well as more than 20 publicly held companies. He was always available to anyone who sought his advice, often inviting him or her to his office in La Jolla and greeting them with a hearty handshake typical of the Texas hospitality, which he carried with him throughout his life. Thousands of young people came to count him as their mentor and role model. His wife of 48 years Kathy, his son Patrick, daughter in law Jeanie, son Kelly, daughter in law Melissa, five grandchildren, an older brother James, sister-in-law Agnes of Macon, Georgia and numerous nieces and nephews survive him. There will be a private family Church service. The family suggests donations be made to The San Diego Chapter of the Salvation Army and the San Diego Zoo.