Former MU dean sees result of attack Scotton took post in Cairo at American University

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: September 19, 1997| Author: KATHERINE M. SKIBA | Copyright information

Jim Scotton, a former dean of journalism at Marquette University, was not far from the terrorist attack in Cairo Thursday.

The 65-year-old educator about three weeks ago began a two-year assignment at American University in Cairo.

The university's main gate is about a quarter-mile from the square where a tour bus was ambushed by militants armed with guns and Molotov cocktails. Scotton, reached by telephone Thursday, caught a glimpse of the charred bus from atop a campus rooftop, ...

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