[IUFRO RG 7.03 FORENT] Passing of John Bain, Forest Entomologist

Dear ForEnt, Sadly, John Bain, a long standing New Zealand forest entomologist, passed away earlier this week. John started back in the late 1960s and over the years worked on a number of insect groups, covering wasps to wood borers. It was John's broad and deep knowledge that distinguished his long career. John shared that knowledge willingly and took great pride in training others, especially young researchers, in insect identification, pest risk analysis, forest insect ecology and taxonomy. John will be remembered nationally and overseas for his skills in cerambycid identification, particularly of larvae which is considerably tricky. He was also well known overseas for his work on other wood- and bark-borers and gypsy moth. He made a significant contribution to the successful eradication of white spotted tussock moth and painted apple moth and the very nearly successful Dutch elm disease eradication campaign. Amongst those that had the privilege to work with John they will remember- a brilliant sense of humour and quick wit, an aggressive bowler who played business house cricket, a give it everything prop on the rugby field, and a person with a keen interest in social interaction who people gravitated to. John will be missed by many. Messages of condolences can be forwarded to Steve.Pawson@scionresearch.com<mailto:Steve.Pawson@scionresearch.com> who will collate for family and colleagues. With sadness, Stephen Pawson, PhD Research Leader Entomology Scion 10 Kyle Street, P.O Box 29-237, Christchurch, 8440, New Zealand DDI +64 3 363 0928 | Mobile +64 27 440 0727 Office Hours Tuesday to Friday [Scion logo] [Scion Website]<http://www.scionresearch.com/> [Twitter] <https://twitter.com/scion_research> [LinkedIn] <https://www.linkedin.com/company/39462> [YouTube] <https://www.youtube.com/user/ScionResearch> [Flickr] <https://www.flickr.com/photos/scionnz> This email and any attachments are intended solely for the addressees named above. It may contain information which is legally privileged, confidential or subject to copyright. Any unauthorised review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please delete it. As part of Scion's cyber security policy, Scion's IT systems are subject to ongoing monitoring, activity logging and auditing, and may include 3rd party monitoring on our behalf.