Winston E. Scott is the Vice President for Student Affairs at Florida State University. Prior to that he served in the Navy for 27 years. Scott entered Naval Aviation Officer Candidate School after graduating from Florida State in December 1972. He completed flight training in fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft and was designated a Naval Aviator in August 1974. He then served a four-year tour of duty with the Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Thirty Three (HSL - 33) at the Naval Air Station (NAS) North Island, California, flying the SH-2F Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System (LAMPS) helicopter. In 1978 Scott was selected to attend the Naval Postgraduate School at Monterey, California. After completing jet training in the TA-41 Skyhawk, Scott served a tour of duty with Fighter Squadron Eighty Four (VF-84) at NAS Oceana, Virginia, flying the F-14 Tomcat. In June 1986, Scott was designated an Aerospace Engineering Duty Officer. He served as a production test pilot at the Naval Aviation Depot, NAS Jacksonville, Florida, flying the F/A-18 Hornet and the A-7 Corsair aircraft. He was next assigned as Director of the Product Support (engineering) Department. He was next assigned as the Deputy Director of the Tactical Aircraft Systems Department of the Naval Air Development Center at Warminster, Pennsylvania. As a research and development project pilot, he flew the F-14, F/A-18, and A-7 aircraft. Scott has accumulated more than 4000 hours of flight time in 20 different military and civilian aircraft, and more than 200 shipboard landings. Additionally, Scott was an associate instructor of electrical engineering at Florida A&M University and Florida Community College at Jacksonville, engineering at Florida A&M University, and Florida Community College at Jacksonville, Florida. Mr. Scott was selected by NASA in 1992 and reported to the Johnson Space Center that year. He served as a mission specialist on STS-72 in 1996 and STS-87 in 1997, and has logged a total of over 24 days in space. Mr. Scott earned a bachelor’s degree in music from Florida State University in 1972. In 1980, he earned a master’s degree in aeronautical engineering from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School.