ROBERT SCULLY, PA-C
1935 - 1983

Bob Scully, PA-C was a retired Army officer who had been in Special Forces with two tours of duty in Vietnam. He was one of the first PAs in the U.S. Army. After retirement Bob accepted a position with VA in Tampa, Florida. He was promoted to Assistant Chief of Staff in 1980.

Bob was very active in FAPA after coming to Florida and was President of FAPA in 1982-1983. He passed away in 1983 from metastatic melanoma at the young age of forty-eight. In honor or Bob and his hard work for the Academy, the PA of the Year Award was renamed in his honor, The Bob Scully PA of the Year Award.

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