Scott Herstin, April 14, 2022

Classmate, roommate and old friend Scott Herstin died of a heart attack Thursday, April 14, in Naples FL, following a period of declining health, including a failed kidney for which he had received a transplant.   He was 75 years old.

He is survived by two daughters, Hillary Mone and Sara de Groot and five grandchildren.  He is also survived by his former wife and close friend Marilynn Core, of Fort Myers, FL.  A memorial service will be held at a later date.

At Yale, he was an American Studies major and a resident of Davenport College. And he rowed on the Davenport College crew.

Upon graduation, Scott moved to Boston and started a long and successful career in banking and asset management, including positions at The Boston Company, Pell, Rudman & Co., and, after moving to Naples, US Trust of Florida.

Scott and I were bachelors in Boston during the early seventies, and spent a lot of time as self-styled men-about-town (or so we fancied ourselves).  It was then that Scott introduced me to Beefeater martinis, which I ultimately swore off, and for which I am nonetheless grateful.

We rented ski houses together, sailed bare boat in the Bahamas, and had many other adventures.

He married Marilynn and moved to suburban Westwood, MA, a town more suitable for raising his two beautiful and accomplished daughters.  Eventually, when his daughters were teenagers, the family moved to Naples.

Naples agreed with Scott and he became active in The Yale Club of Southwest Florida and many local charities. He enjoyed traveling to watch his grandchildren grow and to keep up with classmates.  In fact, in May 2021, he hosted five of us and our wives and fiancees for a week at a beautiful house he secured at Kiawah Island, SC.  It was the last time we saw him, except for frequent group zoom “cocktail hours.”

He was a devoted follower of horse racing and an astute handicapper, spending time at Saratoga, NY, Las Vegas and many Florida tracks.

Scott was very loyal to his Yale friends, attending many reunions and mini-reunions, but had some doubts as to where the University was headed, doubts expressed in occasional letters to the editor of the alumni magazine.

Rest in peace, old friend.  I will miss you.

Ned Culver DC 69