2002
Hiram Scott College Reunion Report
July 19 & 20, 2002
The Hiram Scott Reunion went well. We had about
75 attendees including Dr. Marinaccio and his wife, Dr. Maxene
Marinaccio. Dick Beechner, football coach. Board of Director
members Duane Kizzier, Cal Lenhart and Jim Massey. The Dean
of Women Marjorie Robbins, and instructors, Dr Howard Backous
and Nancy Holland. Recruiter and later Dean of Men, Ron Niece.
The rest were mostly students and a few benefactors
and friends of HSC. We held a golf tournament won by Ron Niece
on Friday morning. There were tours of the old HSC campus hosted
by the new owners, The University of Nebraska. On Friday evening
we had cocktails at the Elks Lodge in Scottsbluff and a banquet
later on. Dr. Marinaccio’s daughter, Karen Bacon, from
Lincoln, NE was there for the BBQ festivities on Saturday afternoon
and produced a birthday cake for her father’s 90th birthday.
The man remains an inspiration to this date and it is obvious
why Scottsbluff followed him in the creation of HSC
For nearly 30 years the question has been asked
about who actually started the school and what was the cause
of its demise. In celebration of this reunion, Dr. Marinaccio
wrote a book about the beginning and the end of Hiram Scott
College. Simply named “The Hiram Scott College Story”
is available on CD. Go to the "Buy the Book" tab. Send a check and I'll send the cd.
Proceeds from the book, as well as private donations
will be used to fund this website.
We had some “Iron City” beer imported
from Pennsylvania at the BBQ, and good music from the 60’s
and early 70’s. Lots of wonderful conversation and great
BBQ ribs. The party only lasted from 2:00PM until 10:30PM when
all those over 50 years old decided to retire for the evening.
Farewells were said at the Sunday morning breakfast
and we all promised to keep in touch. In retrospect, the intentions were well thought out.
