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Administration > Office of the President > Biography
December, 2007
Dr. Arthur L. Scott became the third president of Northampton Community College in July of 2003.
Dr. Scott holds the Ed.D and M.Ed., both from Lehigh University, and a bachelor's degree from Gettysburg College. While studying at Lehigh, he was named a University Scholar and received the Matthew W. Gaffney Award for Academic Excellence.
Since joining the staff in 1976, Dr. Scott has served Northampton in many ways: first as director of records, then as director of admissions, vice president of student affairs, chief labor negotiator, overseer of college services, as provost, and now as president. In addition to his duties at Northampton, he has also served as an adjunct professor in the College of Education at Lehigh University. Early in his career, he was a high school teacher.
Active in the community, Dr. Scott was instrumental in the creation of one United Way for the Lehigh Valley during his tenure as chair of the board of United Way of Northampton and Warren counties. He helped to found Leadership Lehigh Valley and is a past chair of its board. Dr. Scott was also president of the board of directors of Community Services for Children, and currently serves on the board of governors of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce, and the executive committee of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce. He is past chairman of PA Campus Compact, and serves on the boards of the Lehigh Valley Business/Education Partnership, St. Luke’s Hospital and Health Network, the Lehigh Valley Workforce Investment Board, the Manufacturers Resource Center, the Center for Advancing Partnerships in Education, and the Pocono Health System President’s Advisory Council.
Dr. Scott is the 2004 recipient of the Inez and Edward Donley Award for Advocacy for Children presented by Community Services for Children.
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