United States My obituary for Dr. Paul Loiselle

[Ebirah766]

For those well-versed in the world of fish and cichlids, it will sadden you to know that Dr. Paul Loiselle, one of the most renowned cichlid experts of the modern era, and a personal hero of mine, has passed away. He was not only an expert on cichlids (particularly riverine African and Madagascar cichlids) but also the director of the New York Aquarium and an avid private aquarist. He was one of the honorary heads of the North Jersey Aquarium Society as well as the former co-chair of the IUCN's Madagascar Region Freshwater Fish Specialty Group and the representative of the New York Aquarium's seat on the AZA's Freshwater Fish Advisory Taxa Group.

I had the honor to meet Dr. Paul and he was an absolute delight, with a ton of knowledge about fish. I, and many others, will sorely miss him and his contributions.

 

[CMTM]

I had the pleasure of talking fish with him at a conference several years back, larger than life and down to earth all at once.

 

[gentle lemur]

I heard his talk to the British Cichlid Association over 20 years ago. Then he came up to Manchester a few days later, mainly to meet Gordon Reid and the aquarists at Chester Zoo, and I had the pleasure of being his diver for a short time; I took him to meet an expert local cichlid breeder who suffered from agoraphobia (and so could not have met him otherwise). I think he enjoyed that visit almost as much as she did.
He was not only a fine scientist and a great aquarist, but he was a real gentleman too.

 

[Ebirah766]

I heard his talk to the British Cichlid Association over 20 years ago. Then he came up to Manchester a few days later, mainly to meet Gordon Reid and the aquarists at Chester Zoo, and I had the pleasure of being his diver for a short time; I took him to meet an expert local cichlid breeder who suffered from agoraphobia (and so could not have met him otherwise). I think he enjoyed that visit almost as much as she did.
He was not only a fine scientist and a great aquarist, but he was a real gentleman too.

I was hoping as a fellow cichlid enthusiast you'd have some stories of him!

 

[gentle lemur]

I heard his talk to the British Cichlid Association over 20 years ago. Then he came up to Manchester a few days later, mainly to meet Gordon Reid and the aquarists at Chester Zoo, and I had the pleasure of being his diver for a short time; I took him to meet an expert local cichlid breeder who suffered from agoraphobia (and so could not have met him otherwise). I think he enjoyed that visit almost as much as she did.
He was not only a fine scientist and a great aquarist, but he was a real gentleman too.

Ooops! Typo! I have never been a diver, I was his driver