The Maggie and Dick Scarlett Excellence Chair

Maggie and Dick Scarlett have made another generous gift to the Division of Communication Disorders. Their contribution has created an excellence fund in Maggie’s name which is to be used to foster excellence and provide financial support for the Division of Communication Disorders. This gift is timely, as it ensures the ability for the Division of Communication Disorders to have critical resources that continue to strengthen our program in the face state budget cuts. The Maggie and Dick Scarlett Excellence Fund in Speech Language Pathology will be used to provide funding for a new PhD faculty member.

The Maggie and Dick Scarlett Excellence Chair in SpeechLanguage Pathology will also allow the Division to advance research in the field while preparing exceptional speechlanguage pathologists. The Division is currently looking for highly qualified and experienced professors for this position.

“We were able to offer the Maggie and Dick Scarlett Summer Speaker Series for two years, and it was an absolute success. Our faculty hope to continue the spirit of this event by providing continuing education to providers at state and national events. The Maggie Scarlett Excellence Chair in Speech-Language Pathology is truly a godsend. The Scarletts have provided a way for the Division to maintain excellence and to be known nationally as an exceptional program,” says Division Director, Mark Guiberson.

Maggie Scarlett received her BS from the speech-language pathology (SLP) program at UW (1963) and an MS from Colorado State University (1965). She worked as an SLP for over 21 years in Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah in both school and medical settings, including Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City and Denver Children’s Hospital.

She also served on the board of the Teton Literacy Program and has worked for two important cultural intuitions; the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson and the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody. She received an honorary doctorate degree from UW in 2018 for her lifetime of contributions. Maggie’s husband, Dick Scarlett, is a longtime leader in the Rocky Mountain banking community and author of the book Sagebrush to Silver Dollars: The History of Jackson State Bank, 1914-2008.

Dick Scarlett has made major contributions to UW. Aside from major support to the School of Business, he served on the University’s Board of Trustees from for six years.

We thank the Scarletts for all that they’ve done for the Division of Communication Disorders and the University of Wyoming.

Dick and Maggie enjoying time at their home in Jackson, Wyo.

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Editor: Dr. Mark Guiberson