Hadley: ‘They kept calling me a cowboy’

Aurora grad worked around the world as a consultant to oil companies

  • During his more than 30-year career, Aurora native Scott Hadley worked as a consultant for major oil companies, working in 20 countries around the world. Since his retirement in 2016, he and his wife Brenda have spent time traveling across the country and in Europe.
    During his more than 30-year career, Aurora native Scott Hadley worked as a consultant for major oil companies, working in 20 countries around the world. Since his retirement in 2016, he and his wife Brenda have spent time traveling across the country and in Europe.

    While he appreciates the fact that he had the opportunity to grow up in Aurora, retired welder and engineering inspector Scott Hadley says the town couldn’t hold him because he was too much of a wanderer at heart. “I was always a wanderer,” Hadley said. “(My parents) took us to see ‘Paint Your Wagon’ at the Omaha Cinemax, and they had that song in there, ‘Wandering Under a Wandering Star.’ Le…