Stanley James Scott's Obituary
SCOTT, STANLEY JAMES 93, born in San Antonio, TX, November 1, 1918 to J. Harvey and Docia Thompson Scott. His father was a minister for over 60 years in a number of Churches of Christ in Texas and Oklahoma. Stanley passed away on November 23, 2011. He graduated from Tyler High Schol in 1936 and attended Freed-Hardeman University (in Henderson, TN) and Tyler Junior College each for one year. He received a BBA degree with a major in accounting in 1940 and an MBA degree in 1941 from the The University of Texas in Austin. He started work as an accountant with the CPA firm of Fred F. Alford & Company in Dallas in December 1940 and was called to active duty in the US Navy as an Ensign in June of 1941. During World War II, in 1943, he was the assistant supply officer on board the aircraft carrier USS Princeton (for one year) operating in the South Pacific theatre and participated in three naval engagements in the south Pacific. In 1945 he served as Officer-in-Charge of the Central Navy Disbursing Office at Mechanicsburg, PA and had fiscal responsibility for disbursing the funds to pay all the bills for supply parts for Navy Ships. On March 31, 1945 he and Antoinette (Tonie) L. Levan were married in Philadelphia, PA. He was discharged from the Navy while on active duty at the Navy Department in Washington, D.C. in September 1946 and returned to Dallas as a partner in Alford, Meroney & Co., CPA’s (the successor for the firm of Fred F. Alford & Co.). In January 1952 he resigned his commission as a Commander in the US Naval Reserve. He passed the CPA examination in November 1942 while in the Navy and continued to be active in the public accounting profession for over 55 years. He served a president of the Dallas Chapter of the Texas Society of CPA’s during the years 1954-1955, president of the Texas Society of CPA’s during 1961-1962 and was elected Chairman of the American Institute of CPA’s in 1977, He was managing partner of Alford, Meroney & Co. from May 1966 until July 1979 when he became senior partner of the firm until its meger with Arthur Young & Company (one of the then big eight accounting firms) on January 1, 1980. Upon the merger he cecame senior partner in the Southwest Regional Office of that firm until he retired on December 31, 1982. During his time with Alford, Meroney & Co., primarily because of his activity in the accounting profession, he was awarded the Texas Society of CPA’s award for meritorious service to the accounting profession in 1965 and the Americcan Institute of CPA’s gold medal awarded for meritorious service in 1979. On January 2, 1983 he became Chairman of the Department of Accounting-Law / Tax at the Edwin L. Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University. He retired from Southern Methodist University in May 1987 and continued his accounting activities as a consultant in accounting litigation matters and as an expert witness on accounting and auditing matter until February 2000. As part of this public service he was president of the Northwest Dallas Kiwanis Club in 1958. In 1978 the Dallas County Commissioners Court appointed him to a two year term on the Board of Managers of the Dallas County Hospital District (Parkland Hospital) and in 1980 to an additional two-year term during which time he served as Chairman of the Board of Mangers. He also was a long-time member of the Advisory Council to the Accounting Department faculty in the Busines School at The University of Texas at Austin. At an early age Stanley developed a love for music, both vocal and instrumental. He sang in several choruses during his school years. He learned to play the violin at an early age and played in several school orchestras as well as in the original Tyler Symphony Orchestra in the late 1930’s when that orchestra was formed. During their dating time together in 1944 and in 1945 Stanley and Tonie became interested in and attended many concerts by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra and they have been faithful supporters for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra for a number of years. And later in life he took up playing the organ as a participant in the Brook Mayes Organ Classes. He and his wife were also members of the Metro Organ Club of Dallas. He was a member of the Bent Tree Country Club and the Dallas Petroleum Club. Stanley and his wife, Tonie, were long time faithful and active members of the Preston Road Church of Christ in Dallas. He served nine years as a deacon and thiry-four years as an elder in that Church. His loving wife of 66 years, Tonie, who has been a faithful companion a supporter for these many years survived him. He is also survived by a daughter, Mrs. Sandra Jo Smith and her husband, Paul of Dallas; a son, Stanley J. Scott,Jr. and his wife, Libby of Austin; four grandchildren, Amanda Camille Smith of Plano, Paul Chadbourne Smith, currently of Boston, Stanley J. Scott, III and Elizabeth Scott of Austin. Memorial will be at 12:00PM, Saturday, November 26, 2011 at Restland Abbey Chapel.
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