Donny, as we called him until he became an adult,  was a very precotious child.He was completely toilet trained at 10 months and also walked at that age.  He started speaking months before the norm and that was just the beginning of his fast progress.  His Kindergarten teacher told me that he was outstanding and that she could tell from her years of teaching that he would turn out to be so bright that he could be whatever he wanted to be.  He graduated from high school after his Junior year and entered Clemson University.  He loved beiing there and made some very close friends.  After graduating from Clemson, Don did a stint at the Children's Village in Dobbs Ferry, NY as a Councelor and then progressed to a position at the Spence Chapin Institute in Manhattan.  During that time, he attended Fordham University and earned his Masters Degree.  He decided to move to California and opened a practice as a Psychotherapist.  He did this for twenty years during which time, he married his wife Annette and adopted her son Andrew.  After Andrew graduated, they moved to Portland, OR and Don gave up his practtice and went to work at Kaiser Permanene Hospital.  Shortly after, he was strickken with liver cancer and died at age 54.

Donald Scott Booth was born at Ossining Hospital June 26, 1954.  He was the third son of Thomas and Audrey Booth.  He attended the public schools in Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow, NY and graduated in his Junior year of High School and went on to Clemson University in South Carolina where he received his B.S. degree.  He worked in New York City at the Spence Chapin Institute.  During that time, he earned his Masters degree at Fordham University.  He moved to Califoria and opened a private practice as a Psycotherapist.  After twent yeas he decided to give up the practice and he and his wife and son moved to Portland, OR.  While there he worked briefly as a Psychotherapist at Kaiser Permanente Hospital, and then was stricken with cancer. He died within two months of the onset at age 54.  He often lectured at various locations in California and wrote a book for students studying to become members of his profession.  He is sorely missed by all those who knew him.