Marin Independent Journal Monday, June 25, 2001 Section B, page 2 ROBERT SINCLAIR SCOTT A Resident of Mill Valley Mr. Scott died June 20, 2001 in Marin. He was born June 28, 1920 in the then-territory of Alaska. At the age of three he moved to Los Angeles where he spent his school years. In the fall of 1937 he entered U.C. Berkeley and the following year transferred to UCLA in order to be closer to his widowed mother. At UCLA he made Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year and graduated with honors shortly before his 21st birthday in 1941. Following graduation Mr. Scott entered the Navy to fulfill his ROTC obligation. Six months later he was present on the USS Blue as an ensign when the attack on Pearl Harbor occurred on December 7, 1941. As one of the only three officers on board [all ensigns], Mr. Scott helped get the Blue out of the bay while the attack was underway. After the sinking of the Blue at Guadalcanal in 1942, Mr. Scott was sent to the U.S. mainland for flight training. He returned to the Pacific theater as a pilot in 1944. While in the Navy he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Purple Heart. He retired from the service in 1947 with the rank of Commander. Mr. Scott married the former Margaret Williams in 1943 and in 1947 they settled in Mill Valley. She died in 1960. In 1962 he married Marjorie Yockey. They would have celebrated their 40th anniversary next January. In 1963 Mr. Scott purchased Berkeley Yeast Laboratory, a supplier of services and goods to the American wine industry. In 1964 he built a new facility in Richmond, California and renamed it Scott Laboratories. A sister company was founded in Canada five years later. The companies continue today with facilities in Petaluma and in Pickering, Ontario. Mr. Scott was a member of the Mill Valley Community Church for over 50 years where he served on both the Board of Trustees and Board of Stewards. In Mill Valley he served as both a Scoutmaster and as a member of the Board of the Redwoods Retirement Home. In 1998 Mr. Scott endowed a Chair in Enology at U.C. Davis in memory of his son, Stephen Sinclair Scott. Concurrently he also endowed a perpetual scholarship in Enology at California State University at Fresno. He is survived by his wife, Marjorie, sons Robert and Bruce with their wives Jane and Trudie, daughter Jane with husband Dub Rogers, daughter-in-law Nori and her husband Robert Fithian, and 5 grandsons. A Memorial Service will be held Sunday, July 1, 2001 at 2:30 p.m. at the Mill Valley Community Church. In lieu of flowers the family suggests that Memorial Contributions may be made to the Mill Valley Community Church, 8 Olive, Mill Valley 94941 or the Ralston L. White Retreat, #2 El Capitan, Mill Valley, 94941