Fritz Koller

Background

Koller, Fritz was born on April 28, 1906 in Herisau, Appenzell, Switzerland. Son of Arnold and Sophie (Fenner) Koller.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, U. Geneva, 1933; Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Giessen, Federal Republic Germany, 1983.

Career

Assistant department pathology, U. Geneva, 1931-1933; assistant department biochemistry, U. Basel (Switzerland), 1933-1934; assistant department internal medicine, U. Zürich (Switzerland), 1934-1940; assistant professor department internal medicine, U. Zürich (Switzerland), 1940-1954; professor (tit. University extraordinary) department medicine, Neumünster Hospital, Zürich, 1954-1962; professor (ordinary) department internal medicine, U. Basel, 1962-1976. Head Blood-Coagulatin Laboratory, Zürich, 1948-1962, head department internal medicine Neumünster Hospital, Zürich, 1954-1962, head department internal medicine U. Basel, 1962-1976.

Achievements

• Fritz Koller has been listed as a noteworthy Internal medicine educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Lieutenant colonel Medical Corps, Swiss Army, 1927-1957. Fellow American College Physicians (honorary 1963). Member Swiss Haemophilia Society (honorary president), German Academy Natural Scientists Leopoldina.

Interests

• Avocations: riding, classical music (Mozart).

Connections

Married Hanny Steinlin, April 10, 1943. Children: Johann-Ulrich, Matthias, Regula, Marianne.

Father:

Arnold Koller

Mother:

Sophie (Fenner) Koller

Spouse:

Hanny Steinlin

child:

Johann-Ulrich Koller

child:

Marianne Koller

child:

Regula Koller

child:

Matthias Koller