Scott og hans enke foretog en række donationer i hans navn til [[University of Pennsylvania]], herunder:
* Thomas A. Scott lektoratet i Hygiejne
* Thomas A. Scott professoratet i Matematik
* senge til patienter med kroniske sygdomme på universitetshospitalet<ref>{{citation
  | last1 = Nitzsche
  | first1 = George Erasmus
  | author-link1 =  
  | title = University of Pennsylvania: Its History, Traditions, Buildings and Memorials; Also a Brief Guide to Philadelphia
  | publisher = [[International Printing Company]]
  | year = 1918
  | edition = 7th
  | location = Philadelphia
  | pages = 328
  | page = 155
  | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=CWYgAAAAMAAJ&printsec=titlepage&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0#PPA155,M1
  | oclc = 65488397}}</ref>
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