Darrell Scattergood
Darrell Maurice Scattergood II was born on December 24th, 1935 in East Aurora, NY. He graduated from the College of Wooster, majoring in Physics and later attending Graduate School at University of Arizona and then working at the Cornell University Aeronautical Laboratory.
He and his wife Barb and their first child subsequently moved to Seattle where he worked at Boeing and earned an MBA at UW. He was offered the position of Administrator of the Physics Department at UW where he worked for 34 years until he retired, having served through five Chairs, seven College Deans and four University Presidents culminating in his coordination of the creation of a brand-new Physics Building and the transfer of 300 faculty, staff and students to this new facility.
With the addition of two more children to the family and now living in the Somerset neighborhood in Bellevue, he founded a Scout Troop and an Explorer Post and was very active in canoeing, kayaking, camping and volunteered as an amateur radio operator with the Cities of Bellevue and Mercer Island.
He is survived by his wife of 65 years and his three children and two grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, if you would like to make a donation in Darrell’s name, please consider one of the following organizations:
Aljoya Resident Music Fund
Bellevue Botanical Garden
University of Washington Physics Department
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