Harold Margolis - Tucson - Arizona Daily Star

Harold died connected November 25, 2022, astatine location successful Tucson, Arizona. He was 76 years old. Dr. Margolis, a autochthonal lad of Tucson, was an Eagle Scout and graduated successful the 2nd people of the University of Arizona Medical School successful 1972. He was a Pediatric Resident successful Denver, Colorado and a Fellow successful Infectious Disease astatine Denver's National Jewish Hospital. Dr. Margolis began his 34-year aesculapian vocation astatine the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), archetypal serving successful Alaska. He relocated to Phoenix, Arizona, serving successful the CDC Hepatitis Branch. He orchestrated the analyzable determination of that Branch to the CDC office successful Atlanta, Georgia and served arsenic the Director of the Hepatitis Branch for implicit 20 years. Under his leadership, Hepatitis A and B infections and deaths were greatly reduced successful the United States and globally owed to systematic implementation of vaccine use. He past became the manager of the Pediatric Dengue Vaccine Initiative astatine the International Vaccine Institute successful Seoul, South Korea, wherever helium oversaw vaccine probe and development. He finished his work with the CDC arsenic the Director of the Dengue Branch successful San Juan, Puerto Rico. Dr. Margolis mentored galore young physicians and researchers successful the Hepatitis and Dengue fields and contributed to bilateral relations successful aesculapian probe successful China, Russia, and galore different countries astir the world. Hal was a beloved son, brother, spouse, father, grandfather, and friend. He was an avid outdoorsman, woodworker, location renovator, and Wildcat. He is predeceased by his father, Maurice H. Margolis and mother, Helen Letz and his nephew, Reid Kotwica. Hal volition beryllium dearly missed by his spouse, Susan Quinn Margolis; his sister, Ronni Kotwica (and spouse Roland Kotwica); his son, Ellis (Patricia Azuara); his daughters, Leah and Amber (James Smith), and his grandsons, Mateo Margolis, Asher and Luke Smith. Also survived by a nephew and nieces who volition miss him. A memorial volition beryllium held aboriginal successful 2023 successful Tucson, AZ.