On Saturday afternoon at 12:40, my good friend and former colleague Scott Hoffman succumbed to the melanoma he had fought for the past year.  Scott was a gentle warrior for the cause of world peace. He will be missed. 

Scott was a Harvard graduate who worked with Global Solutions and its predecessor organizations from 1985 until he retired in 2008.  Scott served as the Executive Director of the World Federalist Association of New England from 1985 to 1990, the Field Director of the World Federalist Association from 1990 to 2004 and the director of the Citizens for Global Solutions' World Federalist Institute until he retired. He was the only person I know that spent an entire career working for a better-governed world.

Scott considered himself "a combination of an idealist and a pragmatist." Since he was in high school, he believed that world federation was the answer to the world's problems, yet he was willing to work on pragmatic steps that made the world a better place now and also moved it in the direction of his ideals.

Scott was a bridge builder; a calm negotiator who would work hard to bring together individuals who often had conflicting opinions.  He spent many hours with our chapter leaders, board members, and staff quietly cajoling them to work together and form consensus positions.