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

Arezki Izri arezki.izri at avc.aphp.fr
Fri Oct 28 04:53:33 BRST 2011


Dear all,

I just want to add my voice to say how we are all sad to have lost Bob. We 
lose one of the best leishmaniacs, one of the most competent, one of the 
most sociable.

Dr Arezki Izri
Parasitology
Avicenne hospital
University Paris 13
France


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patrick Bastien" <patrick.bastien at univ-montp1.fr>
To: <leish-l at lineu.icb.usp.br>
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 10:30 AM
Subject: Re: [Leish-l] Leishmaniasis looses one of its icons - 
BobKillick-Kendrick


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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