Margaret Herrick, librarian and president of the Academy, may have said she named it after her supposed uncle Oscar in 1921.
mˈɑːɹɡɹət hˈɛɹɪk, laɪbɹˈɛɹiən ænd pɹˈɛzɪdənt ʌvðɪ ɐkˈædəmi, mˌeɪhɐv sˈɛd ʃiː nˈeɪmd ɪɾ ˈæftɚ hɜː səpˈoʊzd ˈʌŋkəl ˈɑːskɚɹ ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti wˈʌn.