Professor Scot Woolley, a theatre arts professor and music director at Wright State, died after serving at the university for nearly seven years.
Woolley died on Saturday, Jan. 26 after suffering a medical emergency while driving in Cincinnati, according to the Dayton Daily News. He was 60 years old. Wooley was buried on Saturday, Feb. 2 in Cincinnati, his hometown.
“He contributed so much to the education and professional training of students across the department,” said Theatre Department Chair Joe Deer.
Deer called Woolley “a passionately devoted teacher” and “one of the funniest, and most joyful, joyous” people he has ever met.
Along with being a professor at Wright State, Woolley worked with the Human Race Theatre Company in the Dayton area. Woolley also created dance arrangements for Broadway productions and worked with the Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati and Cincinnati Playhouse.
“His musicality and strong professionalism benefited every person and every project he touched. He was a musical genius as well as being the sweetest and funniest man,” Kevin Moore, arts director for The Human Race Theatre, told the Dayton Daily News.
“He made everyone feel like they were the center of the universe in his presence, which is an unbelievably rare ability. We’re all distraught, but we know Scot lives on in the lives of so many people he touched,” said W. Scot McDowell, Artistic Director and Professor at Wright State, according to Dayton Daily News.
