The Life of ARTHUR M. SCULLY JR.
SCULLY ARTHUR M., JR. 82 of Ligonier, formerly of Pittsburgh, died Thursday evening, October 28, 2010 at his home surrounded by the love and prayers of his family. He was born February 23, 1928 in Pittsburgh, a son of the late Arthur M. and Julia Crocker Scully. Mr. Scully was a loving husband, devoted father and grandfather, a dedicated and charitable volunteer and ardent outdoorsman. In 1954 he married Eleanor "Gishie" Foster who survives him along with their four children, Ann S. (Kent) Nelson, of Jackson Hole, WY., Arthur Murtland (Debbie) Scully III and Henry Crocker Scully, all of Pittsburgh, and Timothy Ives (Deborah) Scully of Edwards, CO, five grandchildren, Emily Blasier, Dillon, George, Morgan, and Julia Scully, and two sisters, Marion (Claude) Barbee of Atlanta, GA and Virginia Hart of Elkin, NC. Mr. Scully attended St. Paul's School in Concord, N.H., class of 1946. He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a B.S. in Business in 1950. He served in the U.S. Naval Reserve from 1951-1953. He became Assistant Vice President in the Trust Division of Mellon Bank from 1953-1970. He then became Chief Operating Officer of the Rolling Rock Club from 1970-1994. He was a trustee of the Richard King Mellon Foundation and the Richard K. Mellon Family and Charitable Trusts. As a lifelong resident of Pittsburgh he served on the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, a life trustee of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and a member and one time chairman of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History Board, Allegheny Cemetery 1996-2003, and Magee Women's Hospital Board of Trustees from 1956-1985 where he chaired the Finance and Insurance committees. In addition, he was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children, Shadyside Presbyterian Church, and the Beckwith Institute for Innovation in Patient Care. Mr. Scully had also served on the board of governors of the Ligonier Valley Endowment. He was a member of St. Michael's of the Valley Church where he served as usher for many years, the Rolling Rock Club, the Duquesne Club, the Pittsburgh Golf Club, the Boone and Crockett Club, the St. Andrew's Club in Florida, and was well known for his French crepes which he prepared for the St. Michael's Fair. Mr. Scully was a kind, ethical, man of integrity, who leaves a legacy of caring and trust. A service to celebrate Mr. Scully's life will be held Monday at 10:00AM at St. Michael's of the Valley Church, Rector, with his pastor, the Rev. Dr. James B. Simons officiating. The family will receive friends following the service at the Rolling Rock Club. Private internment will be in the Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh. Memorial contributions may be made in Mr. Scully's memory to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, in support of the Polar World Exhibit c/o Ms. Dolly Ellenberg, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pgh, PA 15213.
Mr. Scully's arrangements are under the care of the J. PAUL McCRACKEN FUNERAL CHAPEL AND CREMATORY, INC., Ligonier.