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Scott Vanstone passed away on March 2, 2014. He received his PhD in mathematics in 1974, working under the supervision of Professor Ron Mullin. Scott was a professor at St. Jerome's University and Waterloo's C&O department until his retirement in 2009. He was appointed distinguished professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of Waterloo in 2009.