ALUMNI PROFILES
In Memoriam—Lieutenant Commander (retired) Gary E. Tetreault,
MSC, US Navy died unexpectedly in late December 2006. He had retired from the Navy in early December 2006. He was 49 years old.
Gary received his Bachelor’s degree from Quinnipiac College, his Master’s 
degree and his Ph.D in entomology from the University of Illinois. He joined the Navy in 1986 after earning his Ph.D, first serving as Department Head of Operations at the Navy Disease Vector Ecology and Control Center (DVECC) in Jacksonville, FL. He became an expert in the control of pests aboard ships, focusing on pests which infest food. He then served at the Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit (NEPMU) 2 in Norfolk, VA and NEPMU 6 at Pearl Harbor, HI. While stationed at Pearl Harbor, he received a grant to study dengue fever and malaria transmission patterns in Vietnam. Gary’s next tour of duty was at the Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) 3 in Cairo, Egypt, where he served as head of the Medical Zoology Branch. While in Egypt, Gary researched the susceptibility of sand flies to selected insecticides in the Middle East and North Africa. His paper was published by the Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association in 2001. Gary did subsequent tours at DVECC and NEPMU 2, then completed his naval career at the Navy Environmental Health Center (NEHC) in Portsmouth, VA. While stationed at NEPMU 2, Gary decided to return to school for his MPH degree. He earned his MPH in public health practice from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in February 2006. Gary served in Operation Iraqi Freedom in the spring 2005.
Gary was also active in the Virginia Mosquito Control Association , most recently as President of the Tidewater Mosquito and Vector Control Council (TMVCC) in 2004, and continued to help by volunteering to proofread draft versions of the publication “Skeeter”. Gary was a superb entomologist and public health practitioner. He had a delightful sense of humor, and was a kind, thoughtful person. He leaves behind his wife, Judife, and two sons, Gary, Jr. and Ryan. He will be missed by all who had the privilege to know him.
