1961

Bob Scott is elected Master of NC Grange. He steps down in 1963 to assess his chances of running for governor.

1963

Bob Scott is NC chairman of the United Forces for Education; he resigns to run for lieutenant governor.

1964

Bob Scott is elected Lt. Governor of NC. He is selected to head the national campaign organization Rural Americans for Johnson and Humphrey.

1968

Bob Scott is elected governor of NC.

1971

Bob Scott is elected to serve a one-year term as chairman of the Southern Regional Education Board. He also serves as vice-chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

1972

Mary White Scott dies at Duke Hospital from complications from pneumonia. Bob acceps the position of executive vice president of the NC Agribusiness Council, Inc., and he also is mentioned as a possible candidate as president of Elon College but is never seriously considered for it.

1974

Bob Scott is asked by ECU to become vice chancellor but turns down the offer. He serves as president of the board of directors for a retirement home at the Hawfields Presbyterian Church that his mother donated the land for.

1975

Bob is one of 130 people suggested to be the next chancellor of NC State. He, Charles Barbour (former executive director of the state Democratic Party) and former Lt. Gov. Pat Taylor form the Governmental Relations and Assistance Group.

1976

Jessie Rae Scott runs unsuccessfully for Commissioner of Labor. Bob Scott and Barbour work for Lt. Gov. Jimmy Green’s campaign.

1977

President Carter nominates Bob as the federal cochairman of the Appalachian Regional Commission.

1979

Bob publicly blames Gov. Jim Hunt for not making sure he is hired as president of the NC community college system. Dr. Larry Blake is hired instead. Bob also resigns from the Appalachian Regional Commission and announces his run for governor against Governor Jim Hunt in the Democratic primary.

1980

Scott loses the primary to Governor Hunt, and Ralph Scott loses his re-election bid for state Senate.

1982

Bob Scott and political ally Benjamin E. Roney open a lobbying firm in Raleigh. Scott sells his herd to a cousin and rents out most of his farmland.

1983

Bob Scott is chosen as president of the community college system after Dr. Blake resigns.

1985

Scott says he wishes someone would ask him to run for Senate against Jesse Helms, but no one does, so he decides not to run.

1987

Bob Scott receives the University Award from UNC.

1992

Meg Scott Phipps runs unsuccessfully for the state House of Representatives.

1994

Bob Scott retires as president of the community college system.

1996

Bob Scott receives the North Carolina Award for Public Service.

1997

Bob Scott is appointed to a committee to make recommendations on campaign finance reform.

1999

Bob Scott signs a letter urging lawmakers to oppose a lottery.

2000

Bob Scott is named honorary campaign co-chairman of the NCCBI campaign for the higher education bond package, along with governors Jim Hunt, Jim Martin and Jim Holshouser, all who discuss the politics at the Emerging Issues Forum. In addition, Meg Scott Phipps is elected as Commissioner of Agriculture.

2001

Governor Mike Easley appoints Bob Scott to the tax loophole commission.

2002

Meg Scott Phipps decides to award the State Fair amusement contract to Amusements of America over Strates Shows, both of whom contributed to her campaign. That same year, her campaign is found guilty of making and receiving illegal campaign contributions and is fined $130,000.