Mandel, Ian C. Of New Berlin and Minocqua was taken from his family too soon on Sunday June 5th, 2016 at the age of 35 of complications from a seizure.  Ian is survived by his father, Neil (Ann) Mandel and step-brothers Steven and David Beshensky.  Ian was preceded in death by his mother Gretchen Mandel who died from epilepsy and his paternal grandparents Isador and Adele Mandel.  Ian was a distinguished man who had aspirations of a career in Biomedical Engineering.  His friends have posted many nice comments on Facebook on how Ian was very dedicated to his friends and they all have expressed the deep love they had for Ian. Ian had a very distinguished life.  Ian received his Eagle Scout Award at the very early age of 12.  He signed up for many merit badges at Boy Scout Camp.  His Eagle Scout project was painting environmental messages by all the water drains on the streets of Minocqua.  He also spent summers at the family lake house in Minocqua.  The summers were very joyful times as he spent much of them with his paternal grandmother, Adele.  Many of his merit badge writing requirements, were completed in the summers with the aid of his grandmother and the more physical requirements were done with the help of his father.Ian loved to fish and hunt.  Ian loved hunting with his father on their family hunting land in Hazelhurst.  Additionally, Ian organized hunting trips to a ranch in Texas that had many exotic animals.  Both he and his dad were fortunate to harvest world records.  They also enjoyed antelope hunting trips in South Dakota.  Ian also organized a number of fishing trips to Canada with his dad. Ian was also very dedicated to his family and he was his dad's best friend.  Many future outdoor activities were planned for Ian and his father but sadly they will never happen.Ian graduated with a chemistry degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  He initially began graduate studies in Engineering at UW Madison but was scheduled to enter the graduate program in biomedical engineering in the Fall of 2016 at Marquette University.  Ian worked for the Medical College of Wisconsin in the Nephrology Division of the Department of Medicine and in the Department of Neurosurgery.  Ian was an author on many scientific publications representing his significant contributions.  Ian also spent many college vacations conducting kidney stone research with his father.  He specifically contributed his chemistry and computer expertise in creating an excellent and unsurpassed reference spectral library for the compositional analysis of human kidney stones.  Ian was often the lead investigator on the analysis of unique stones.  Additionally, Ian contributed his expertise and knowledge to help children with stone disease under care at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.As another indication of Ian's strong desire to help others, he had signed up to be an organ donor.  With the assistance of the Organ Donor Network, Ian gifted his heart, lungs, kidneys, and his liver to save many lives.  Private family services were held at Temple Emanuel El of Waukesha.  In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the Organ Donation Program at donatelifewisconsin.org.