[Leish-l] Leishmaniasis looses one of its icons - Bob Killick-Kendrick

[philippe loiseau]

Dear All,
I share the feelings of Patrick about the death of Bob Killick-Kendrick. 
He was a member of the French Society of Parasitology and the journal 
"Parasite" will publish an "In memoriam" article about his huge 
contribution to the advances in parasitology.
Sincerely,

Philippe M. Loiseau

Le 24/10/11 10:30, Patrick Bastien a écrit :
> Dear all,
> It is an extremely sad news indeed for all and in particular for 
> myself who have had the luck to be Bob's Research Assistant during 3 
> years in the 80's. It was a great pleasure to work with him and his 
> group.
> Although 'life' did not bring us together when he later retired in the 
> Cevennes, I always felt an immense admiration, together with a great 
> affection, for this "master" of mine. The depth of his analyses, the 
> vivacity of his judgment, the immensity of his parasitological 
> culture, never departed him from his sense of humour and his profound 
> kindness. His opinions were often clear-cut but always fair. He was a 
> passionate man and also one of the wisest.
> We lost one of our greatest 'leismaniacs' and this is very sad.
> My thoughts go to Mireille, his beloved wife, who shared his passion 
> for sandflies and leishmaniases, and acccompanied him during all these 
> years.
> With grief
> P. Bastien
>
> Professeur Patrick Bastien
> Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Faculté de Médecine
> UMR MIVEGEC (CNRS 5290 - IRD 224 - Université Montpellier 1)
> Centre National de Référence des Leishmania
> CHU de Montpellier
> 39 Avenue Charles Flahault
> 34295 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
>
> jeffrey shaw <jayusp at hotmail.com> a écrit :
>
>>
>>  I have the very sad task to inform everybody that last night  
>> (22/10/2011) Bob Killick-Kendrick died. Leishmaniasis has lost one  
>> of its icons and the breadth and depth of Bob´s comments on-line and 
>>  at meetings based on years of experience is a terrible loss to us  
>> all. Bob´s career spanned many areas of parasitology. He worked on  
>> trypanosomiasis in Nigeria with David Godfrey and on returning to  
>> England dedicated many years to malaria, in particular rodent  
>> malaria. He travelled extensively on field projects all over the  
>> world and together with Prof Rioux was seminal in understanding the  
>> ecology of leishmaniasis in the Southern France where lived.Jeffrey  
>> Shaw Leish-L welcomes your comments and anecdotes on Bob´s life so  
>> please send them.
>
>
>
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Prof. Philippe M. LOISEAU

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