Bill Scott (1963–2025)
- Center for Molecular Biology of RNADepartment of MCD Biology University of California at Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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(Photo courtesy of Laura Lancaster.)
The RNA and structural biology fields have lost one of their most brilliant scientists. Bill Scott died on October 8th from a rapidly metastasizing melanoma. Apart from his groundbreaking research on the molecular structures and mechanisms of catalytic RNAs, Bill is widely regarded as a hero by structural biologists throughout the world for his generous efforts in making it possible for them to solve and refine complex molecular structures on their laptops.
William G. Scott was born in Evanston, Illinois to Dorothy and William J. Scott. He is survived by his wife Sara O'Rourke, their children William, Anna-Marie, and Michael and his sister Lisa Peterson. Bill inherited an intense sense of social justice both from his father (who was Attorney General for the State of Illinois) and during his graduate years at Berkeley.
After taking his undergraduate degree in chemistry and biology from Bates …
