William Beverley “Bev” Scott (1917-2014)

The Ontario Chapter was saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. William Beverley (Bev) Scott on Monday, August 18, 2014. Bev was a strong supporter of the American Fisheries Society and the Ontario Chapter and had just turned 97 in July.  Dr. Scott was curator of ichthyology at the Royal Ontario Museum from 1950 to about 1974 and coauthored Freshwater Fishes of Canada with Dr. E.J. Crossman. A video entitled Scott and Crossman: The Freshwater Fishes of Canada is available for viewing on the science.gc.ca website. Bev was also recently featured in a video prepared by an EVC student, Vanessa Minke-Martin (see History within History). Dr. Scott’s work was also featured in a DFO Science and Research article: Not the Retiring Kind: Scientist emeritus Bev Scott.  William Beverley Scott’s biography, written by David G. Smith of the Smithsonian Institution, was published in Copeia, 2006(2), pp. 307-315.  A brief obituary and service details are posted at the Stoddart Funeral Home Book of Memories.