Ian Scott

Career Ian Scott was a banker who worked for the then National Bank. Starting in this home town of Mirboo North, Victoria, he rose through the ranks to become a Manager, Regional Manager then City Executive. Scott joined Rotary in 1973. He served in many Rotary Clubs throughout New South Wales and Victoria. In 1981, while a member of the Rotary Club of Mornington, Victoria, Scott was moved by the plight of families affected by sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). To encourage further research on this problem, he proposed that Rotary establish a national research foundation with a corpus of A$2 million to fund health research, with a focus on family health problems. ARH has subsequently supported research into a number of other areas, including environmental health problems of the aged, adolescent health, family health and mental illness.

Honours In 1989, Ian Scott was made a Life Member of ARH, the organization's highest honour.

In 2000, ARH introduced Ian Scott PhD Scholarships to recognise Scott's service to Rotary and mankind. By 2011, 29 PhD students had received these scholarships.

In 2007, the Rotary Club of Mornington dedicated a gazebo in Mornington Memorial Park to the memory of Ian Scott.