Our Favorite Science Teacher

The One and Only...

Fr. John M. Scott, S.J.

( April 8, 1913 - December 27, 2007 )



Announcement of Fr. Scotts Death

In Memory of Fr. Scott Guest Book

August 2006 - Fr. Scotts 75th Anniverary in the Jesuit Order.
Read Messages for his 75th Jubilee.

Campion Knights Scrap Book of Fr. Scott and Alumni

Memorabilia from Fr. Scotts Laboratory

Knightly Tales about Fr. Scott at Campion...

• Guru Of Demonstrations - by Maury Oehler, Chemistry Professor
• Bat in Study Hall - by Tom Beck '52
• Shocking Experience - by Brendan M. Miles '56
• Nature Of Powders - by Robert Bruchs '73

• Love of God, science, and writing puts teaching in whole new light - by Phil Nero

Articles...
• Memories of the Mississippi - Published in The Jesuit - 1973
• 34 Jesuits on the Moon: An Astronomical Story - Published in Creighton Magazine Window - Fall 1995
• The Heavens Sing of God - Published in Creighton Magazine Window - Fall 1996
• We Live in an Invisible World - Published in Creighton Magazine Window - Spring 1998
• We Are All 'Water Cousins' - Published in Creighton Magazine - Spring 2001

Books...
• Wonderland - 1958
• Adventures in Science - 1963
  It is Interesting to read the Preface and Introduction... It speaks to a different time; and students today do not know what they are missing. (Stephen W. Kelley '71)
• Rain, Man's Greatest Gift; The Story of Water - 1967
• Our Romance with Sun and Rain - 1968
• Everyday Living Approach to Teaching Elementary Science - 1970
• What is Science? - 1972
• What is Sound? - 1973
• Heat and Fire - 1973
• The Senses--Seeing, Hearing, Smelling, Tasting, Touching - 1975
• To Touch the Face of God - 1975
• Phenomena of Our Universe : Mysteries that Influence Our Lives - 1976
• The last word in lonesome is me - 1978
• Countdown to Encounter : von Braun and the Astronauts - 1979
• Why a Gift on Sunday - 1979
• Something of the Wonderful - 1986
• How to Start Your Romance with God - 1987
• Without Thorns, It's Not a Rose - 1988
• To Die is To Live - 1989
• Discovering God - 1992
• Father Scott's Reflections on Women, Family, and Relationships - 1993

Pamphlets and Booklets...
• Men of Faith and Science - 1964
• Doorway to Paradise: Thoughts on Facing Death Without Fear
• The Secret Behind Flying Saucers (Physics) by John M. Scott

Writings about Jesuit work with native peoples...
including several articles in The Indian Sentinal
• 1939 Buns. The Indian Sentinal XIX(4):61
• 1939 Sioux Boys Learn Carpentry. The Indian Sentinal XIX(10):155
• 1940 Getting The Right Start. The Indian Sentinal XX(6):91
• 1940 Where Summer Trails End. The Indian Sentinal XX(7):108
• 1941 Sioux Victors of 1941. The Indian Sentinal XXI(5):77
• 1941 Sun Dance in Dakota. The Jesuit Missions XV(6):146
• 1953 Black Eagle's Dream Comes True. The Calumet 40(3):4
• 1963 High Eagle and His Sioux. About Fr. Joseph Zimmerman, S.J.

• The Fastest Pen in the West
• Celebrating Service to God - Jubilarian Booklet
• Creighton Octoberfest 2000
• Buechel Memorial Lakota Museum
• The Cullighan Man hired Fr. John M. Scott, S.J.,A.M.,Ph.L.,S.T.L.,M.S.
• 50 years of Education: Campion High: Living Large in Hearts and Memories - by Fr. Greg Lucey, SJ
• John Scott Academy