Rudy Ballieux

Rudolf Eugène Pierre Albertus "Rudy" Ballieux (17 September 1930 – 22 October 2020) was a Dutch immunologist.

Rudy Ballieux
Born
Rudolf Eugène Pierre Albertus Ballieux

(1930-09-17)17 September 1930
Pekalongan, Dutch East Indies
Died22 October 2020(2020-10-22) (aged 90)
Doorn, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
OccupationImmunologist

Career

Ballieux was born on 17 September 1930 in Pekalongan in the Dutch East Indies.[1] After attending the Hogere Burgerschool he studied chemistry and medical science at Utrecht University. He earned his doctor title in 1963 under F.L.J. Jordan.[1]

Ballieux was professor of Clinical Immunology at Utrecht University between 1977 and 1991. He subsequently served another four years as Bijzonder hoogleraar of Psychoimmunophysiology, a bijzonder hoogleraar being a professor paid for by external funds, in his case the Utrecht University Fund.[1] In the later part of his career Ballieux did research on the influence of stress on the immune system.[2]

Ballieux was the first Van Loghem Laureate lecturer of the Dutch Society for Immunology in 1981.[3] He was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1991.[4]

He died in Doorn on 22 October 2020, aged 90.[5]

References
  1. "Prof.dr. R.E.P.A. Ballieux (1930 - )" (in Dutch). Utrecht University. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  2. W. van Hengel (10 January 1996). "Stress heeft invloed op lichaamsafweer". Reformatorisch Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  3. "Van Loghem laureates". Dutch Society for Immunology. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  4. "R.E. Ballieux". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  5. "Rudy Ballieux". mensenlinq.nl. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020.
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