Sadly, on August 13, 2020, our friend and colleague Minoo B. Madon died at age 81. Minoo was hospitalized with Covid-19 pneumonia on July 8^th where he remained on a ventilator and sedated until his passing. Minoo was born March 6, 1939 in Secundrabad India, a Parsi (Persian Zoroastrian). As a young man he emigrated to the United States, attended and completed college at the University of Arizona, and eventually was naturalized as a U. S. citizen.

With several coworkers, Minoo was one of the founders and earliest members of SOVE. His efforts in helping to establish SOVE, his tireless work assisted by Jack Shanafelt in editing and printing the Society's incipient years of scientific publications and newsletters, and his continuous work in helping to grow the domestic and international SOVE organization, has led to its immeasurable success today. The history of SOVE is well documented and authored by Minoo and Dr. Cluff Hopla in the June 2005, Volume 30, No. 1 of the journal. In that publication, one can see the extensive involvement Minoo had in the formative and later years of the Society.

Minoo was an outstanding field biologist and vector ecologist. His many years spanned various careers in biology. He was initially an entomologist for a pest control company but soon left that career to become a biologist for the California Department of Public Health, Vector-borne Disease Section (VBDS), where he stayed with the official title of Senior Public Health Biologist until his retirement in 1998. In the many years he worked at the VBDS, Minoo was regarded with high praise and well respected for his knowledge and experience in the field surveillance of vector-borne diseases and control and abatement of spiders, rodents, mosquitoes, and pests in general. Not one to rest on his professional laurels, shortly after his retirement from VBDS, Minoo accepted the position of Director of Scientific Technical Services for the Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District (GLACVCD), his final professional career. As General Manager of the District and knowing the many years Minoo had previously worked for VBDS, I was was fortunate to benefit from his years of experience, work ethic, and accomplishments during his ten years with GLACVCD. After GLACVCD, Minoo joined Avatar Meher Baba Center, a cultural Indian organization, becoming one of its Board of Directors and hands-on volunteer.

In addition to being an intelligent, fiercely dedicated, and talented professional, Minoo was a man of genuine humility and humor. Among his friends and closest colleagues he was known affectionately as “Mad Dog.” The moniker presumably stemmed from his last name, but Minoo was the antithesis of that characterization. His surviving two daughters and four adult grandchildren knew him as kind and warm-hearted, and generous to the point of sacrificing his time and material things for them. Likeable, self-effacing, and instantly recognizable, with flowing silver-grey hair and matching beard, his presence was unmistakable in a roomful of peers. Many may particularly remember him as the always jovial consummate hospitality bartender at SOVE conferences and events. I remember him respectfully and affectionately as a dear friend who unfortunately passed too soon and will be terribly missed.

可悲的是，2020 年 8 月 13 日，我们的朋友兼同事 Minoo B. Madon 去世，享年 81 岁。Minoo 于 7 月 8^日因 Covid-19 肺炎住院，一直使用呼吸机并服用镇静剂直至去世。Minoo 于 1939 年 3 月 6 日出生于印度塞昆德拉巴德，是一名帕西人（波斯琐罗亚斯德教）。作为一个年轻人，他移居美国，在亚利桑那大学就读并完成大学学业，最终被归化为美国公民。

Minoo 与几位同事一起是 SOVE 的创始人和最早的成员之一。他在帮助建立 SOVE 方面所做的努力，他在 Jack Shanafelt 协助下编辑和印刷协会成立初期的科学出版物和时事通讯的不懈努力，以及他在帮助发展国内和国际 SOVE 组织方面的持续工作，导致其取得了不可估量的成功今天。SOVE 的历史由 Minoo 和 Cluff Hopla 博士在该期刊 2005 年 6 月第 30 卷第 1 号中详细记录和撰写。在该出版物中，人们可以看到 Minoo 在该协会的形成和后期的广泛参与。

Minoo 是一位杰出的野外生物学家和媒介生态学家。他的多年跨越了生物学领域的各种职业。他最初是一家害虫防治公司的昆虫学家，但很快就离开了这份职业，成为加州公共卫生部病媒传播疾病科 (VBDS) 的生物学家，在那里他一直担任高级公共卫生生物学家的正式头衔，直到他1998 年退休。在 VBDS 工作的多年里，Minoo 因其在媒介传播疾病的现场监测以及蜘蛛、啮齿动物、蚊子和害虫的控制和消减方面的知识和经验而受到高度评价和尊重一般来说。在他从 VBDS 退休后不久，没有人会满足于他的职业荣誉，Minoo 接受了大洛杉矶县病媒控制区 (GLACVCD) 科学技术服务总监的职位，这是他最后的职业生涯。作为该地区的总经理，并且知道 Minoo 之前曾在 VBDS 工作多年，我很幸运地受益于他在 GLACVCD 工作的十年中的多年经验、职业道德和成就。在 GLACVCD 之后，Minoo 加入了印度文化组织 Avatar Meher Baba Center，成为其董事会成员和实践志愿者之一。

除了聪明、敬业、才华横溢的专业人士之外，Minoo 还是一个真正谦逊和幽默的人。在他的朋友和最亲密的同事中，他被亲切地称为“疯狗”。这个绰号可能源于他的姓氏，但箕尾是这个特征的对立面。他幸存的两个女儿和四个成年孙子都知道他善良、热心肠、慷慨大方，甚至为他们牺牲了时间和物质。讨人喜欢，谦逊，一眼就能认出，一头飘逸的银灰色头发和相配的胡须，他的存在在一大屋子的同龄人中是显而​​易见的。许多人可能会特别记得他，他是 SOVE 会议和活动中总是快乐的完美款待调酒师。