Ronald B. Scott
Ronald B. Scott | |
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 Ronald B. Scott | |
| Born | 4 October 1945 Salt Lake City, Utah, USA |
| Education | University of Utah |
| Occupation(s) | Staff Journalist, biographer, novelist, pundit |
| Spouse | Diana Lynn Watt Scott |
| Children | Spencer, Stuart, Kirsten, Bailey, Dylan (deceased) |
Ronald Bruce Scott is an American author, journalist, pundit and former staff writer for Time Magazine. He is best known for his 2011 unauthorized[1] biography of Mitt Romney, which is written from the point of view of a highly critical but fellow member of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church),[2] and 2012 novel Closing Circles: Caught in the Everlasting Mormon Moment.[3]
Life
Scott was born October 4, 1945 in Salt Lake City, Utah. His parents, Robert Ronald Scott and Lillian Haws Scott, were members of the LDS Church; Scott served as a missionary from 1965 to 1967 in New England. He studied journalism at the University of Utah while a reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune and The Deseret News.[4] He worked briefly for United Press International in 1970 before taking a position with Time, Inc. in New York City.[5] He wrote for Time, and later, Sports Illustrated and Life Magazine. Scott was a key member of the editorial team that founded People Magazine in 1974.[6] He has written on subjects ranging from Billy Carter, to Muhammad Ali, to physician and inventor, Willem "Pim" Kolff.[7][8][9][10]
Scott is married to Diana Lynn Watt Scott. He lives in the greater Boston region and San Francisco; previously he lived in Westport, Connecticut.
Career
In a 2005 Sunstone article[11] Scott highlighted Romney’s move to the populist right on abortion, stem cell research, gun control and gay rights.[12] Reviewing his 2011 biography of Romney, the online political magazine OnTheIssues wrote that the book "provides numerous new insights into the evolution of Romney's stances, often focusing on how the LDS Church viewed the issue and how Romney reconciled his views with the church's views." The review continues, "It's not explicitly about Mormonism at all -- but the author is a Mormon who knew Romney well through church ties, and who evidently did not like Romney very much. Hence it is an unauthorized biography, which to readers means it is more honest than one which must pass muster with the Romney campaign."[1]
Works
- Mitt Romney: An Inside Look At The Man and His Politics. WA: Globe Pequot Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0-7627-7927-7
- Closing Circles: Trapped In The Everlasting Mormon Moment. WA: Gray Dog Press, 2011. ISBN 978-1-936178-49-0
References
- ^ a b Gordon, Jesse. "An Inside Look at the Man and His Politics". OnTheIssues, April 2012. Retrieved October 18, 2014
- ^ "Mitt Romney: a Biography". Time Magazine, May 2011
- ^ "New Primary Rules and Schedule Could Favor Mitt Romney". politisphere.com, February 15, 2011. Retrieved October 18, 2014
- ^ Ron Scott, "A Plea for Sanity". Deseret News, October 13, 1978. Retrieved October 18, 2014
- ^ Smith, Ben. "A complicated Romney family". politico.com. November 22, 2011. Retrieved October 18, 2013
- ^ "Ron Scott Named Deseret News Sports Editor". Deseret News, September 9, 1978
- ^ Scott, Ronald B. "Fame Wraps Its Arms Around Brother Billy and So Far He Says Only 'Squeeze Me Harder'". People Magazine. Volume 7, No. 23, June 13, 1977
- ^ Scott, Ronald B. "A Sibling Act". People Magazine. Volume 8, No. 18, October 31, 1977
- ^ Scott, Ronald B. "Ali Tunes Up for His Last Fight". People Magazine. Vol. 2 No. 6, October 31, 1977
- ^ Scott, Ronald B. "A Great Medical Innovator in Utah Readies the Artificial Heart", People, February 17, 1975, Vol 3 No 6
- ^ Scott, R.B. "Can A Moderate Mitt Find A Way To Pennsylvania Avenue". Sunstone, November, 2005. Retrieved October 18, 2014
- ^ "Meet the Press". MSNBC. December 16, 2007. Retrieved October 18, 2014
- 1945 births
- American male journalists
- American male novelists
- People from Salt Lake City, Utah
- Writers from Boston, Massachusetts
- People from Westport, Connecticut
- Journalists from New York City
- University of Utah alumni
- American sportswriters
- Living people
- American Latter Day Saints
- 21st-century American novelists