Is [Scotty] still alive in 2003?  Absolutely; see ...

[[ ... [http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/tkined/2003-02/msg00022.html] ...
mailing list   ... key players Landers, Juergen, Finzel, Razzell, Hobbs, ... 8.4 ... ambitions ...]]

it seems to be a dead link...