- Date Of Birth: June 22, 1930
- Date Of Death: July 21, 2015
- State: Arizona
Crossed that far, western ridge, at age 85, on July 21, 2015. Born to Douglas Robert and Clara Lois Scott on June 22, 1930, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, he was the fourth of five children and last remaining.
He graduated from Poplar Bluff High School, in 1948. Followed by a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, in 1952, from the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy at Rolla, Missouri. The US Army took control of his fortunes for two years in Washington, DC. He moved to Arizona for good in 1962 and worked for Motorola. During his tenure there, he was granted three patents by the US Government. While on contract with Boeing in the sixties, he designed the wing tip antennas for the 747. He was a member of Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Vern was a genuine twentieth and twenty-first century Natty Bumppo. During an internship with the Army Corps of Engineers in Alaska in 1951, he bagged a Black Bear. In 1971, he took a Desert Big Horn sheep, which is literally a once in a lifetime event. He was still pursuing quarry in the early 2000’s. Over the years, his love of the outdoors led him to pursue all of Arizona’s big game. He was good at it. Vern delighted in showing others his naturecraft skills, not to demonstrate his prowess, but to teach them to others. Vern was the Scoutmaster for Boy Scout Troop 544 and a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary in Arizona. He loved to shoot skeet.
