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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2013-05-01 human Tom Hyde and Helen Cohn updated 2026-01-23 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005381b.htm person Bolliger Adolph AACR2 8 October 1897 22 October 1962 Place of Birth Zürich, Switzerland Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Biochemist Adolph Bolliger started studying at the University of Zürich in 1917 and was interrupted by military service with the Swiss Army. He studied at the University of Basle in 1917 and obtained his PhD in 1922. He migrated to the United States in 1923 after a brief stint with the chemical and dye industry in Germany. There he specialised in cardiovascular disease at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit and was awarded a medal for his research by the American Medical Association in 1926. He accepted a post at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney in 1928 and was appointed director of the Gordon Craig Research Laboratories at the University of Sydney. From 1938 Bolliger focused on the study of marsupials. He was appointed reader at the University of Sydney in 1955 and was awarded a Doctor of Science (D.Sc) for his research in chemical studies and observations on marsupials. He founded the Australian Mammal Society in 1958 and was awarded medals from the Royal Australian Chemical Institute. The Adolph Bolliger Award is presented for the best student presentation at an annual meeting of the Australian Mammal Society. 1922 1922 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Zurich, Switzerland 1923 1928 Career position - Biochemist, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. 1928 1955? Career position - Director, Gordon Craig Research Laboratories, University of Sydney 1933 1962 Career position - Member, Royal Society of New South Wales 1935 1935 Life event - Naturalised as an Australian citizen 1936 1936 Award - Rennie Memorial Medal, Australian Chemical Institute 1945 1946 Career position - President, Royal Society of New South Wales 1947 1947 Career position - President, Section N, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 1947 1947 Award - H. G. Smith memorial Medal, Australian Chemical Institute 1957 1957 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Sydney 1958 1962 Career position - Founding Member, Australian Mammal Society 1961 1961 Award - Royal Society of New South Wales Medal Royal Society of New South Wales (1866 - )

President 1945 - 1946

 H. G. Smith Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (1929 - )

Awarded the Medal by the Australian Chemical Institute 1947

 Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) (1930 - )

President, Section N 1947

 Australian Mammal Society (1958 - )

Founding Member 1958 - 1962

 Royal Society of New South Wales Medal (1884 - )

Awarded the Medal 1961

 Rennie Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (1931 - )

Awarded the Medal by the Australian Chemical Institute 1936

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 'Bolliger, Adolph', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Bolliger, Adolph Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Adolph Bolliger - his life and research Hughes, R. L. Adolph Bolliger - his life and research 1972 Australian Mammalogy 1 50-61 Journal Article: Obituary: A. Bolliger Backhouse, T. C. Obituary: A. Bolliger 1963 Australian Journal of Science 26 2 42-43 Journal Article: Obituaries: Arthur Hamilton Tebbutt, Adolph Bolliger, Richard James Arthur Berry and William Norman Little Obituaries: Arthur Hamilton Tebbutt, Adolph Bolliger, Richard James Arthur Berry and William Norman Little 1963 Medical Journal of Australia 1 12 444-448 Book Section: Bolliger, Adolph (1897-1962), biochemist Bhathal, R. Bolliger, Adolph (1897-1962), biochemist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1993 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De John Ritchie 213-214