Dr. Gwendolyn Lutz Scott Scholarship

The Dr. Gwendolyn Lutz Scott Scholarship was established through a gift from Dr. Gwendolyn Lutz Scott to The University of Akron Foundation in June 2003. A native of Akron, Dr. Scott led an exemplary 34-year career in medicine.

Dr. Scott attended the University from 1942 to 1944 and held membership with Nu Chapter Chi Delta Phi, Eta Chapter Phi Sigma, and Lambda Chapter Kappa Kappa Gamma. In 1946, she earned a B.S. from The Ohio State University and in 1950 a doctor of medicine from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Dr. Scott held a post in internal medicine at the University of Chicago Clinics, received a post-graduate fellowship in 1953 from the National Heart Association at the University of Cincinnati’s cardiac laboratory, and was awarded membership in Sigma Xi for her research and publication in cardiology. In 1955, she established a private practice in internal medicine and cardiology, taught at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, and served as clinician with Cincinnati General’s Cardiac Clinic. At the age of 40, she returned to school to study psychiatry and later held residencies in psychiatry at Cincinnati’s Rollman Psychiatric Institute. In 1971, she established a private practice in psychiatry in Tarpon Springs, Fla., at Anclote Manor Hospital, where she also was director of education and training. Dr. Scott was affiliated with the University of Florida Medical School as a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry. She also served on the board of directors and was medical advisor with Hospice of Macon County, N.C. Dr. Scott received an Honorary Alumni Award from the University in 2000.