Written by John Schubert, Cyclesense, Adventure cyclist, January 2007
以下は勤務先だったUCバークレー校のサイトにある追悼記事。
黎明期のMTB発展の貢献者、MTB史の語り部としてのジョン・フィンリー・スコットを扱った記事は多いが、社会学者としての氏について書かれたものは珍しい。（とはいえ、それすらも自転車との関係について言及されている）
https://sociology.berkeley.edu/john-scott-1956
John Scott (1956)
John Finley Scott ’55, June 2006, in Davis, California, a victim of murder; John’s body was discovered in April. John received a BA（学士） from Reed(リード大学) in philosophy. From Stanford, he received an MA（修士） in 1956, and from University of California, Berkeley, a PhD（博士） in 1966, in sociology. He married Lois Heyman in 1965; they divorced in 1987. John taught at University of California, Davis, retiring in 1994 as emeritus professor of sociology. He published Internalization of Norms: A Sociological Theory of Moral Commitment (Prentice Hall) in 1971. John was inspired by the photography of Ansel Adams to become an outdoorsman. A mountain-climbing accident at 23, which left permanent injuries, led him to seek alternative ways of ascending the California mountains. He was known in Davis as a “bicycle pioneer,” and described himself as a “bicycle guru.” He was instrumental not only in helping to establish bicyclists’ rights in the State of California, but he also built the first prototype of the mountain bike in 1953. In 1960, he developed a “Woodsie,” a lighter-weight, off-road bike, which was a precursor to the modern mountain bike. His personalized license plate, “Homeric,” was attached to a double-decker London bus he created for mountain-bike touring. In 1980, he purchased the Cupertino Bike Shop, which he sold in 1989. His love of the outdoors endured, and he spent later years camping and developing his skills in photography. Survivors include his sister, Jane Scott Chamberlain. His father, Frank C. Scott ’15, also attended Reed.
Here is an excellent obituary of John Finley Scott from the cycling world:
http://mmbhof.org/mtn-bike-hall-of-fame/history/john-finley-scott/
