The painting of Harvey W. Scott was created in the late 1960's when Pacific University constructed in the Harvey W. Scott Memorial Library. Scott was the first graduate of Pacific University.
Pacific University's first graduate, Harvey W. Scott, was shown in a newspaper drawing in the Oregonian. The caption reads This is a drawing by Homer Davenport of the late Harvey W. Scott, when the latter was editor of The Oregonian. The drawing appeared in The Oregonian on January 28, 1945.
