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He was in charge at Blundell Park until 1996, taking charge of 99 games.
Laws said: "He was my first chairman and he was excellent, even though things didn't turn out well at Grimsby - he still came to games here."
When Laws was at the peak of his career, winning trophies under the legendary Brian Clough at Nottingham Forest, Laws and Scunthorpe never seemed less suited.
But after cutting his managerial teeth down the road with then First Division Grimsby, he found himself at Glanford Park in January 1997 as a player following a brief spell with Darlington.
He said: "I never in a million years thought I would end up at Scunthorpe, with all due respect to Scunthorpe.
"Since I moved here I have loved every minute of it and I have become a Scunthonian. I love it, I would not swop it for anything else.
"I am giving it 100 per cent and I hope the supporters see that, I want some success - I have tasted it and want a little bit more."
He was in the right place at the right time as Mick Buxton was subsequently sacked, and was given the job ahead of Mark Lillis even though Bhuna had won both his games in temporary charge.
Lillis was to prove a more than adequate right-hand man for Laws, with the highlight of Laws' spell in charge of the club being the 1999 promotion achieved after a 1-0 win over Leyton Orient in the play-off final at Wembley.
The promotion was followed by a swift return to the Third Division, where United have languished ever since despite constantly flirting with the play-offs.
With seven years in charge, Laws is the clubs second-longest serving manager. Only Ron Ashman, who oversaw an astonishing 548 games and is still a regular at games, beats him.
Laws has been in charge for 383 Iron games, with United winning 145 (38%) of them, drawing 137 and losing 101.