In Memoriam:

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In Memoriam Robert E. Shope, MD
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Conquerors of Yellow Fever by Dean Cornwell, from
the series Pioneers of American Medicine.
Walter Reed and Carlos Finlay looking on as
Jesse Lazear exposes James Carroll to an infected
mosquito
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(No Transcript)
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BA, 1951 MD, 1954 Summer Leadership Program 1990-
2002
Bob Shope rowed with the Cornell Lightweight Crew
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Belem, Brazil
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Yale Arbovirus Research Unit
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Members of the Rabies ClubLake Geneva,
1972 Bernard Dietzhold, Lothar Schneider, Dick
Dierks and Bob Shope
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Bob Shope, Bruce Francy, Akira Oya
WHO Regional Office, New Delhi, 1979 Consultation
on the Entry of Japanese Encephalitis Virus into
India
C.H. Huang and Bob Shope
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International Symposium on Tropical Arboviruses
and Hemorrhagic Fevers Brazilian Academy of
Sciences, Belem, Brazil, 1980
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Dedication of the Australian Animal Health
Laboratory, Geelong, 1984 Ian Marshall and Bob
Shope
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American Committee on Arthropod-Borne Viruses
(ACAV) Subcommittees Subcommittee on
Arthropod-Borne Virus Laboratory Safety
(SALS) Subcommittee on the Interrelationships of
Catalogued Arthropod-Borne Viruses
(SIRACA) Subcommittee on the Arbovirus
Information Exchange (SAIE) Subcommittee on Low
Passage Viruses (SLPV) Subcommittee for
Evaluation of Arthropod-Borne Status (SEABS)
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The original International Catalogue of
Arboviruses created by R.M.Taylor and T.H. Work,
employing perforated cards
from Martine Work
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The Bailey K. Ashford Award American Society of
Tropical Medicine and Hygiene The Richard M.
Taylor Award American Committee of
Arthropod-Borne Viruses The Walter Reed Medal
American Society of Tropical Medicine and
Hygiene The Secretary of Defense Medal for
Outstanding Public Service from the Secretary of
Defense for Health Affairs
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from Martine Work
The first Richard Moreland Taylor Award, Puerto
Rico 1966 Mary Taylor, Richard M. Taylor, William
McD. Hammon
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1992
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1994
1998
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(No Transcript)
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Fall Issue 1998
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Dedication of the UTMB BSL4 Laboratory The
Robert E. Shope, M.D. Laboratory UTMB Fellowship
in Emerging Viral Diseases Research The Robert
E. Shope, M.D. Memorial Fellowship
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Bob Shope and his daughter Deborah
Dedication of the Robert E. Shope
Laboratory UTMB, Galveston 17 November 2003
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Dedication of the Robert E. Shope
Laboratory UTMB, Galveston 17 November 2003 Stan
Lemon Bob Shope Rob Webster Photo by Barry Beaty
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Virologist?
Arbovirologist?
Vector Biologist?
Epidemiologist?
NY Times 1995
Bob Shope, the teacher, the mentor
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Bob Shope UTMB, Galveston 2001
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From messages received in Galveston

• He was the nicest, humblest, most self-effacing
  person ever
• He was unfailingly kind and generous
• He always made time for you, whether you were a
  student or the minister of health
• He was always reassuring, upbeat and helpful
• He was so generous, and that tended to rub off
  on others
• His enthusiasm and love for his chosen field
  were as infectious as the viruses he studied
• He was a catalyst of honesty, professionalism,
  and mutual respect.
• He truly practiced the golden rule, treating
  others as he would wish to be treated.
• We were blessed to have had him as a colleague
  and friend....

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From messages received in Galveston

• In the 1970s I went to YARU with a few viruses
  from Kenya and couldnt be identified. I was new
  to the field and had little clue how to determine
  what these viruses were. Bob took me under his
  wing. He showed me the reference collection,
  inventoried on a huge Rolodex. We talked about
  the possibilities based on the source of the
  viruses. Bob stayed with me until 10 PM
  developing a testing plan and then drove me to my
  hotel. My head was spinning. Bob worked closely
  with me over the week until we had identified all
  of the viruses. The result was one of my first
  publications in arbovirology.
• I well remember as a young nobody from the
  outback of Africa arriving to consult with Bob at
  YARU in 1975. I wanted some reference arbovirus
  reagents to take home with me, and having just
  met me Bob worked with me late into the evening
  freeze drying viruses and antigens so that I
  could leave with them on the following day.

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Robert Ellis Shope (1929-2004)
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In Memoriam Jordi Casals-Ariet (1911-2004)
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In Memoriam Jordi Casals-Ariet (1911-2004) Pho
to from 1978 Fourth International Congress for
Virology The Hague, The Netherlands
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from Martine Work
First Microtiter equipment, invented by Takatsy
in Hungary in 1950s
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from Martine Work

• First Hemorrhagic Fever Delegation
• to the USSR
• 1954 ?
• From left to right
• N. Wiebenga
• Shelokov
• B. Kaplan
• M. Chumakov
• K. Johnson
• H. Leshchinkaya
• M. Vorochilova
• J. Casals

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from Martine Work
Panel for Arthropod-borne Viruses Meeting 1964
L-R Davis, Andrews, Eklund, Taylor, Sherer,
Work, Shelokov, Gibbs, Sather, Webb, Casals along
left hand wall Overman, Chamberlayne, Wiebenga
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from Martine Work
Commission on Viral Infections Meeting October
1965 (in War Room at WRAIR) Front row L-R W.
Sherer, W. Havens, J. Enders, G. Sather, B.
Gilbert, R. McCollum, W. Hammon, D. Mc.Lean, E.
Sulkin, G.Mirick, S. Krugman, R. Murray, F.
Robbins, W. Henle, R. Green Back Row L-R G.
Damin, W. Downs, T. Work, R. Ward, F. Neva, S.
Britten, W. Reeves, W. Tiggert, J. Casals, R.
Taylor, F. Bowling, F. Bang
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Jordi Casals, Francisco Pinheiro, Charlie
Calisher, Paul Bres
International Symposium on Tropical Arboviruses
and Hemorrhagic Fevers Brazilian Academy of
Sciences Belem, Brazil, 1980
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In Memoriam Michael Patrick Kiley (1942-2004) Ph
oto from 1980 DVRD Wolfcreek Retreat
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Good night sweet princes,And flights of angels
sing thee to thy rest!
Hamlet, V, ii , Horatio