Fred W. Scott, Professor Emeritus from Cornell University, grew up on a small dairy farm, graduated from UMass-Amherst, and received DVM and PhD degrees from Cornell University. He practiced veterinary medicine in Rutland, VT, received an NIH post-doctoral fellowship to train in virology at Cornell University, was a faculty member of the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine for 32 years, and was the founding director of the Cornell Feline Health Center.  Fred has been married to Lois E. Williams for 67 years, and they are greatly blessed with 3 sons, 11 grandchildren, and 28 great-grandchildren.  He served many years as either an elder or a deacon of Bethel Grove Bible Church in Ithaca, NY.