By Baby Sis (Debbie Nicholson)
Scott Douglas Nicholson was born in Little Company of Mary Hospital in Torrance on July 11, 1958. He was an only child until his little sister was born on May 13, 1960. Scott grew up in San Pedro, CA. As a young child, he wanted to be a Presbyterian minister. Scott become very interested in motocross in his adolescent years and spent many weekends at the local motocross parks with his Dad, his best friend, Denny Cardona and other friends. Scott developed a love of nature and photography with camping, skiing, and backpacking trips with his father. Scott’s mother also was a lover of nature and prose which impacted him throughout his life.
Scott spent much of his time traveling and took a trip through Europe right after high school. He also spent a year skiing by spending the winter in the Pacific Northwest and the summer in New Zealand and Australia.
Scott also played electric guitar and was a big fan of Jimi Hendrix. And, yes, he burned…..
Scott ended up with two Master’s Degree’s one in Finance and one in Social Work. The second degree began his interested in Central American studies. He learned Spanish by spending three months in Guatemala. Scott began his life in human rights and social justice in Nicaragua, moved to El Salvador, Colombia, then Nogales. Scott went were the needs were the greatest.
Scott often took solo backpacking trips into Canada and the Pacific Northwest, where the took amazing photography of the scenery and the wildlife.
Throughout his life, he worked every job imaginable, including Holiday Inn Maid and Department Store Santa.
As I wrote in a Facebook post:, His favorite color was blue. Everything he could own in blue, he did. Every Christmas I had to buy
him blue clothes. I am quite the fashionishista and always tried to get him other stylish things – but no chance – only blue. 
🙂He favorite bands were The Grateful Dead, The Moody Blues and Deep Purple. I would say his favorite songs were Nights in White Satin, My Woman from Tokyo, Sugar Magnolias, and Green Grass and High Tides.
His favorite Christmas movie was Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. We watched every year. His favorite part was when Rudolph started to fly and said “She thinks I’m cute”.
He loved Disneyland (but not the crowds) and his favorite ride was the Flight of Peter Pan and he was amazed that they never thought to Fast Pass it.
He could recite all of the seven dwarfs in alphabetical order.
These are some of the things that made him the best brother than could ever be and why he will forever be in my heart.
