Life Trustee Stuart L. Scott ’61 passed away this week at age 80.
College President David Wippman wrote the Hamilton community on Feb. 25 to share the news of Scott’s death, describing the Chairman Emeritus as “a man of great conviction, integrity, and vision.”
At Hamilton, Scott majored in English literature. After graduation in 1961, he earned a J.D. from the Northwestern University School of Law and subsequently worked as an attorney for the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Scott went on to establish a distinguished career in the real estate industry that saw him serve as the founding CEO of Jones Lang LaSalle, the world’s leading real estate services and investment management company.
Notable achievements in his real estate career include the “Real Estate Executive of the Year“ award in 1999 during the Commercial Property World real estate conference in New York and the 2004 Urban Land Institute Lifetime Achievement Award.
According to Bloomberg, Scott was also a member of the Board of Directors of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, where he was Chairman of the Board for seven years; Director of Hartmarx Corp.; a member of the Supervisory Board of Bulls Capital Partners, LLC; and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
He was a member of the Economic Club of Chicago and the Commercial Club of Chicago.
First elected to the Board of Trustees as an alumni trustee in 1985, Scott went on to become a charter trustee in 1989, followed by a seven-year tenure as the Board’s chair from 2002–2008. The College presented him with an honorary degree in 2009.
Scott chaired the College’s “Campaign for the ‘90s” and the Trustee Committee on Residential Life. Additionally, he was president of the Chicago Alumni Association and served as chair of the Annual Fund.
Scott was the father of seven, including two Hamilton graduates — Phoebe Scott ’06 and Christina Scott Feingold ’91. His granddaughter, Penelope Tornes ’18, also graduated from Hamilton last May.
In his email to the campus, Wippman wrote: “[Scott’s] love for Hamilton was profound, and he demonstrated that affection by giving considerably of his time and donating generously to support College priorities, including establishing two scholarships for students. He made difficult and sometimes unpopular decisions because he knew they were in Hamilton’s long-term best interests.”
Wippman encouraged those in the community who knew Scott to share memories and sentiments with his family by writing to his wife, Anne, at 1700 Shore Acres Road, Lake Bluff, IL 60044.
