Curtis M. Scott
Curtis Matthew Scott (September 6, 1960 – August 19, 1992) was a software architect and board game designer known for his work on approximately thirty role-playing games and books primarily focused on Dungeons and Dragons. He attended the University of New Orleans and Carnegie Mellon University, received his master's in computer science during which time he published works contributing to the field of software. Scott was accepted to the PhD program in computer science at Carnegie Mellon University just prior to his death on August 19, 1992, at the age of 31. Biography Curtis Matthew Scott was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on September 6, 1960, to Harold George Scott of Williams Arizona and Bettie Tabakin Scott of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the sixth of nine children. His father, Dr. Harold George Scott was in the military and the family traveled to New Orleans (1967), and then Glenn Dale, Maryland (1969) where his father worked as the first Deputy Directory of the Environmental Protection Agency when it was created under the Nixon Administration in 1971, detailed as a commissioned officer of the United States Public Health Service. During this assignment Dr. Scott helped prepare portions of President Richard Nixon's first State of the