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
Died	22 October 2020(2020-10-22) (aged 90) Doorn, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Occupation	Immunologist

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 [nl] 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] Among his most notable students was stem cell biologist Hans Clevers.

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