Hugh Chisolm Scott ’61

Known to us as Scotty, Hugh died Nov. 24, 2024, at home in Tiburon, Calif., after a long illness.

Born in Honolulu, he came to us from Groton School. At Princeton, he majored in psychology, took his meals at Ivy, and sang with the Tigertones. He roomed with Peter Georgescu, Ned Spurgeon, Bill Miles, and Joe McGinity. “The Great Scott” was a remarkable athlete, lettering in football, hockey, and lacrosse and winning the Poe-Kazmaier Award, the football program’s highest honor, in recognition of ability, loyalty, and devotion to Princeton football.

After Princeton, Scotty served for four years in the Marine Corps as a tank platoon commander, and then as an instructor in mountain warfare in the Sierra Nevada Mountains teaching rock climbing and escape and evasion tactics. His professional life was dedicated to real estate development and property management in and around the San Francisco Bay Area. It is hardly surprising that, as an adult, his skill in skiing and tennis was outstanding. His creative passions in the arts and music brought him great joy even later in life.

He is survived by his wife, Donna; son Hugh Jr.; daughter Alexandra Torre; and granddaughters Isabella and Natasha Torre.