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R. Scott Williams

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Scott Williams is chief operating officer and senior vice president of sales and marketing at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. Williams earned his degree in journalism from the University of Memphis. He then held positions at several advertising agencies and organizations, including Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc., where he managed the communication for Graceland. He currently serves as president on the board of the D.C. chapter of the American Advertising Federation and on the board of the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. An amateur historian currently living in Arlington, Virginia, he enjoys exploring the history of the American south, especially around his home in West Tennessee. His first book was “The Forgotten Adventures of Richa ...more

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“No Street will ever compare to our Court. It was the capital of Boyville when the world was corduroyed and there seemed to be an answer for everything.”
R. Scott Williams, An Odd Book: How the First Modern Pop Culture Reporter Conquered New York

“none of Dr. Copeland’s tips would cure someone suffering from pernicious anemia.”
R. Scott Williams, An Odd Book: How the First Modern Pop Culture Reporter Conquered New York

“During his two-year term, Hunt introduced the inspections of tenement houses, appointed school nurses, provided food inspection and dental services for school children, closed illegal gambling halls, introduced a plan to improve city sewers, introduced the regulation of loan sharks who preyed on the poor, and settled several strikes.”
R. Scott Williams, An Odd Book: How the First Modern Pop Culture Reporter Conquered New York




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