Abstract
Alan Magill, ASTMH Immediate Past President, 1953-2015.
Highlights
Alan’s education was at Lamar University (BS 1976), University of Rhode Island (MS 1978), and Baylor College of Medicine (MD 1984)
Alan was the director of the Malaria Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) since 2012, and was the immediate past president of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)
His post graduate training in the U.S Army was serendipitous, as it allowed him to join his partner and later wife Janiine as she trained as a pediatrician
Summary
Alan’s education was at Lamar University (BS 1976), University of Rhode Island (MS 1978), and Baylor College of Medicine (MD 1984). The sudden and untimely death of Alan Jon Magill at age 61 on September 19, 2015 has led to a growing list of remembrances from a grieving community of friends and colleagues seeking to support his family and has been accompanied by a growing recognition of his extraordinary and unique contributions to the field of tropical diseases. Alan was the director of the Malaria Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) since 2012, and was the immediate past president of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH).
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