Scott died Feb. 1, 2015.

Descending from a musical family, Scott played the trumpet at Exeter, where he was an accomplished athlete and equestrian. At Princeton, he majored in chemistry, took meals at Cloister, and was a member of Triangle Club. Scott roomed with John Larkin, Dave Harris, and Doug Donald.

After graduation, he worked for Firestone, where he helped invent self-healing aircraft materials. Scott enlisted shortly thereafter and served as a radio rifleman in the 104th Infantry, which saw action in the Ardennes. He also helped free survivors from the horrific Nordhausen concentration camp in 1945.

He married Mildred Davidson in 1948 and settled in Pound Ridge, N.Y. He worked for Warwick Chemical, then taught at the Williams School in New London, Conn. When the family moved to Rhode Island, Scott chaired the science department at Moses Brown, where he also coached tennis. He was a squash champion at the University Club in New York, loved to sail, and patented a kayak-trimaran sailboat.

He moved to Wakefield, R.I., in 1970 with his second wife, Virginia Perkins. Following her death, he spent many years with Eloise McConnell, who also predeceased him.

Scott is survived by two children, Phoebe and Caleb. He was predeceased by his son Alan.

Undergraduate Class of 1944