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

Philippe Desjeux pdesjeux at oneworldhealth.org
Wed Nov 2 13:59:04 BRST 2011


It is difficult to remember a friend such as Bob by writing a few sentences only. I just would like to mention 2 souvenirs which perfectly illustrate his huge professional experience and his exceptional personality. 

 

1)      On the here attached picture taken at ISOPS 1, in Rome, in September 1991, Bob is standing up just beside David Molyneux. Anyone could note that Bob, at ISOPS 7, in Turkey, in April 2011, 20 years later, was looking exactly the same. He made a fantastic presentation (a keynote lecture) on "Twenty years of ISOPS: sandfly science and reminiscences"!! Impressive performance!

 

2)      When I started at WHO, my first task was to organize an Expert Committee on The Control of The Leishmaniases (TRS 793 published in 1990). I remember Bob being fully committed before, during and after the meeting, a superb collaboration.  Again, the most impressive point is that, in 2010, during the Expert Committee, organized by Jorge Alvar, he has been, after more than 20 years, exactly the same, highly proactive, bringing perfectly updated information to feed the discussions and being passionately involved not only in entomology but also in many other topics. It again perfectly illustrates the scientific dimension of Bob, his determination, his scientific rigor. 

 

We won't forget him!

 

Mireille, 

 

Along the years, we all have been appreciating your fantastic human and professional complicity. He has been privileged to have you beside him and evidently, it has been reciprocal. Superb example! 

 

Nous sommes de tout coeur avec toi dans ce moment si difficile. Courage !

 

Philippe

 

Dr Philippe Desjeux

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Institute for OneWorld Health

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From: leish-l-bounces at lineu.icb.usp.br [mailto:leish-l-bounces at lineu.icb.usp.br] On Behalf Of jeffrey shaw
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2011 12:25 PM
To: Leish-L
Subject: [Leish-l] Leishmaniasis looses one of its icons - BobKillick-Kendrick

 

 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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