John Tucker Scott of Kimberton, PA

John Tucker Scott died peacefully in his home on August 21, 2017. He was 90 years old. Born and raised in Chestnut Hill, the son of Richard and Eleanor George Scott, he attended Penn Charter School, and later Governor’s Academy, in Massachusetts. He was underage when he joined the Navy during WWII, and served in a Construction Battalion on Iwo Jima. Returning home after the war he fulfilled his dream of attending Harvard University, earning a degree in economics.

In 1950, he married Elizabeth Knight, of Chestnut Hill, and shortly after began working for W. B. Saunders medical publishers in Philadelphia, in international sales. After an early retirement in 1989, he and his son began their own company, John Scott Co, handling translation rights for medical books. John worked with medical publishers all over the world, and maintained close relationships with many of them over the years.

John had a wonderful sense of humor, along with a consistently positive outlook on life. A warm and compassionate man, he enjoyed talking with people everywhere he went.

He is survived by his wife Elizabeth, his daughter Molly Stonorov and his son John T. Scott, Jr, his 8 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held in mid-October.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in John’s name to Natural Lands, 1031 Palmers Mill Road, Media, PA 19063, 610-353-5587

https://natlands.org/