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

[Oscar Daniel Salomon]

We already miss his guide, and we will miss his wise thoughts. ISOPS 8 will
be a place to pay the homage that Dr. Killick-Ke​ndrick deserves.  We extend
our deepest sympathies to his family, his closest friends, and his
innumerable students.

Dr. Oscar Daniel Salomon

Director

National Institute of Tropical Medicine

Ministry of Health – ARGENTINA

Argentina National Network of Research on Leishmaniasis (REDILA)

2011/10/25 Elnaiem, Dia-eldin A <daelnaiem at umes.edu>

> Condolences to Merrielle and to all leishmnaics and the whole community of
> entomologists and parasitologists interested in tropical medicine.  Bob will
> be greatly missed and it is very sad to think that we will not see him
> again.  But, we have to rememebr that people like Bob don't die. We were
> really lucky to see him during ISOPS7.
>
> Bob will remain with us in his great ideas and contributions and we will
> always rememebr his fatherly personality and great sense of humour.  He
> cheriched lesihmaniasis and the leishmaniacs at every moment of his life and
> I can not forget how he used to rememebr and mention the names of all people
> he worked with as if they were part of his family.  I will also never forget
> how he cared for his mentor Garnham and recorded his history and
> contribtuion.  This particular care about Garnham told alot about Bob.
>
>
>
> Many scientisits contributed to leishmanais, but Bob was the only one who
> brought all sand fly entomologists and linked them through the ISOPS.  This
> was not trivial and it remains as a unique phenomenon in disease vectors.
>  Least we should do is to keep the ISOPS going, because we know how he cared
> for it.
>
>
>
> We were really lucky to see him during ISOPS7.
>
>
>
> Dr. Dia-Eldin A. Elnaiem
> Associate Professor of Applied Zoology
> Department of Natural Sciences,
> University of Maryland Eastern Shore,
> Hazel Hall, Room 3007
> Princess Anne, MD 21853
> Tel: 410-651-6031; Fax: 410-651-7739; email: daelnaiem at umes.edu
> ________________________________
> From: leish-l-bounces at lineu.icb.usp.br [leish-l-bounces at lineu.icb.usp.br]
> on behalf of Sergio Coutinho Furtado de Mendonça [mendonca at ioc.fiocruz.br]
> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 1:22 PM
> To: jeffrey shaw
> Cc: Leish-L
> Subject: Re: [Leish-l] Leishmaniasis looses one of its icons - Bob
> Killick-Kendrick
>
> Dear Jeffrey,
> These are terrible news indeed.
> I am sure that all leishmaniac community is in grief.
> Sergio Mendonça
>
>
> 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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