The UWI Museum remembered the life and work of AD Scott, engineer, builder, art patron and artist through an exhibition of pieces from the UWI’s AD Scott Collection as well as personal artifacts. Scott, who died on June 16, 2004, was named Resident Engineer at the University College of the West Indies in 1949, soon after his return from Canada where he had studied civil engineering and worked for some years. He famously masterminded the move of an old rum store from Gale in Trelawny to Mona where it was reconstructed as the ecumenical University Chapel. He was also involved in the engineering or construction of several Kingston landmarks, including the Palisadoes Airport (now the Norman Manley International), the National Studium built ahead of the Central American and Caribbean Games in 1963, and Jamaica’s first multi-storey apartment building at Manor Park. The construction of the Olympia International Art Centre in 1974 was his last major building project, according to his widow Mrs Jean Scott. After that, his main focus was on Jamaican art and his own painting and sculpture.
