Scott and I spent our 20's together. Those formative years. The ones where you transition from youth to adulthood. He was a positive influence and source of guidance the rest of my life, even from afar. We were classmates in medical school and collegues in the same internship and residency training programs. We lived together during our intern and early residency days, until he and Maureen were married. Medical school and residency training were stressful. One was repeatedly presented the type of situations that exposed ones human weaknesses. The encounters were plenty that made people come unglued, and displayed ones underpinnings. During those years, never once did I see Scott come "undone", or even get mad. He showed his positive nature even then. His worst criticsm was a neutral statement or position. (He would quote his elementary school teacher, "if you don't have something good to say about someone, then don't say it at all) He didn't make the issues at hand about himself, but about others. He took that higher rode, putting the situation or others before himself. Taking from a sports analogy, his play made everyone else on the court play better; he elevated your game. Scott was a very unique and interesting person. His interests and abilities were so varied. He followed his own compass. He was not a person that lived life on the surface. He wanted to understand things more deeply. He wanted to know what made things or people "tick". Scott was the the type of person that was never bored. The mundane was never mundane when you were with him. He made everyday activities fun. His positive spirit, and his sense of humor and adventure were contagious. He was someone you justed wanted to be around. Scott was someone who did the right things in the right way. He displayed that in his personal and professional lives. I feel that I am a different and better person for having known him, and seeing how he carried out his life and how he interacted with others. His lessons will stay with me. Reid Mattison; Indianapolis, IN