Gene Scott

William Eugene "Gene" Scott (August 14, 1929 – February 21, 2005) was a U.S. pastor and teacher who served for almost fifty years as an ordained minister and religious broadcaster in Los Angeles, California.

Early life and career

Gene Scott was born in Buhl, Idaho. He earned his Ph.D. in Philosophies of Education at Stanford University in 1957 and subsequently served as an ordained minister for almost fifty years. During his career, Scott served as a traveling teacher for the Pentecostal Assemblies of God, the president of the Full Gospel Fellowship of Churches and Ministers International for nine years and, for a combined total of thirty-five years, as the pastor for the Protestant Wescott Christian Center and Faith Center. For the last fifteen years of his ministry, Scott held weekly Sunday Bible teaching services at the Los Angeles University Cathedral in Los Angeles, California.

In 1975, Scott was elected pastor of Faith Center, a forty-five-year-old church of congregational polity in Glendale, California. Faith Broadcasting Network was the first Christian television station and the first to provide twenty-four-hour Christian programming. Scott added a nightly live television broadcast to the network, the Festival of Faith.

Eugene Scott

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Gene Scott (tennis)

Eugene Lytton Scott (December 28, 1937 – March 20, 2006) was an American tennis player of the 1960s.

Early years

Scott was the grandson of Dr. Eugene C. Sullivan, one of the inventors of Pyrex and chair and president of Corning Glass Works. He graduated with a BA in history from Yale University in 1960, where he was a member of Skull and Bones and lettered in tennis, hockey, soccer, and lacrosse. He earned a law degree from the University of Virginia in 1964.

Tennis career

Gene Scott's highest U.S. ranking as an amateur was No. 4 in 1963, whilst he reached as high as World No. 11 in 1965. At the time he was a member of the United States Davis Cup team, and was both teammate and roommate of Arthur Ashe. They remained friends and, with Charlie Pasarell and Sheridan Snyder, founded the National Junior Tennis League in 1969. He founded the magazine Tennis Week in 1974.

Later in life Scott remained among the best players in the world in his age group. He won the USTA Men's 65 Grass Court Championships in September 2004, and the International Tennis Federation's Men's Super-Seniors World Individual Championships in the 65 division a week later. Scott also played real tennis at New York City's Racquet and Tennis Club.