World Aquaculture 9 ammonia. His basic recirculating tank system did not have a conventional biofilter, only solids settling and oxygenation using a U-tube of his own design, which has come to be known as the Farrell tube. Dean’s passion for aquaculture and hunger for knowledge is a model of lifelong learning to those of us he leaves behind. — John Hargreaves Dean was truly one of the more colorful “characters” in aquaculture and I’m proud to call him a friend. When Dean was first contemplating building his farm, he came to visit us at Simaron Freshwater Fish in Texas. He had all these “pie-in-the-sky” ideas about how he could build a better farm. We’d had many a “wannabe tilapia groupie” come through our door over the years and honestly figured Dean for just another version of the same. When we next ran across him at a WAS meeting, he greeted us with heaps of praise and thanks for our honesty and guidance and with pictures and diagrams and charts and stories about what he’d done, what he had created, and how it was working. Dean had enthusiasm, lots of enthusiasm! He believed in what he was doing and believed anybody could do it, if willing to put in the work. — Robert Schmid I met Dean Farrell at the 2002 WAS meeting in San Diego. I was blown away by how much he knew, how willing he was to share what he had learned, and even more by how many of his peers would seek him out for updates or to have their questions answered by this walking aquaculture encyclopedia. His enthusiasm confirmed that I was in the right place at the right time. He was a fixture at every WAS meeting, and was a mentor to so many who saw the potential in this industry. When the sold-out farm tour landed at his farm, Dean was in his element. Everyone wanted to know about his Farrell Tubes—educators, specialists, and farmers alike. He climbed up onto the wall of one of his tanks and proudly boomed that his was the lowest-cost tilapia farm in the country, both to build and produce fish from it. In his “retirement” he liked going to Central America where he could ‘live on dollars per day, and meet beautiful women from all over the world.’ His jovial nature, willingness to impart his deep knowledge (the only cost being some information in return from the recipient), and big heart will be sorely missed by all. — Mark Eglington Dean Farrell was one of the kindest and up-beat persons I ever met. One time, we were on a farm tour in North Carolina with 30 or 40 people. We stopped at a local restaurant for lunch, had a good time, lots of banter… brainstorming….sharing. Lunch was over and everyone got back on the bus and car pools. Everyone thought that the lunch was part of the farm tour cost. No, Dean had paid for lunch for everyone (I knew this because I saw Dean pay the owner discreetly). No one knew. I’m sure Dean did these kinds of things over and over. Many of us were probably beneficiaries of Dean’s random acts of kindness. God bless Dean and I’m sure he is watching out for all of us…still. — Michael B. Timmons Dean read everything and traveled everywhere in his aquaculture studies. All his knowledge was given humbly and freely to anyone interested – any time, any place. He was the consummate “back of the napkin” engineer. He could “do the math” but always insisted he couldn’t. At any given aquaculture presentation you would see his hand go up. Then this fireplug-framed man would stand and deliver a piercing question in his unmistakable gruff but kindly voice. Dean was one tough cookie, with a heart of gold. — Mike Hosford Editors Note: The tributes to Dean Farrell were submitted to World Aquaculture by incoming editor-in-chief, John Hargreaves. Elek Woynarovich, an Honorary Life Member of the World Aquaculture Society, has passed away. In an email copied to World Aquaculture, former WAS President Michael New said: “Elek was one of the true pioneers of 20th Century aquaculture and will be sadly missed by so many people, in so many parts of the world where he worked, advised and taught.” More information about the lfe of Elek Woynarovich can be found at the following website: http://www.haki.hu/index.cgi?rx=&nyelv=en&ite m=&searchwords2=&menuparam4=1&menupara m5=71. Honorary Life Member Elek Woynarovich dies
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