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YEARS IN THE CHAIR
AN INTERVIEW WITH SCOTT BENNETT BY BRITNI PADILL A-DUMAS
W
E SAT IN AN ALMOST EMPTY OFFICE; THE WALLS THAT WITNESSED NINE YEARS OF SCOTT BENNETT IN THE DIRECTOR’S SEAT ARE MOSTLY BARE. Trinkets that once gleamed on shelves, reminiscent of past accomplishments,
now gone. A foreign silence hung in the air while sunlight poured through the wall of windows, filling the room with an ironic brightness. “What is your truth, sir?” Born and raised in Blytheville, Arkansas, and the youngest of four boys, Scott Bennett realized in the 8th grade what he wanted to be when he grew up: “At that time, my perception of civil engineering was that it was about building things that people use,” Bennett said. “When I was a kid, I loved Legos, Lincoln Logs, anything and everything that I could use to build something.”
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