TY - JOUR T1 - Chris T. Bolliger: keep him in your mind JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J SP - 10 LP - 11 DO - 10.1183/09031936.00187212 VL - 41 IS - 1 AU - Felix J.F. Herth Y1 - 2013/01/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/41/1/10.abstract N2 - The community of respiratory medicine is shocked and saddened by the unexpected and untimely death of Chris Bolliger who died on November 2, 2012, in Cape Town, South Africa. Up until his death he was the Director and Head of the Respiratory Research Unit and Co-head of the Division of Pulmonology of the Department of Medicine at the University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa.We have lost a good friend, an experienced researcher, a caring doctor, an excellent teacher and the most wonderful mentor that you could ask for. A complete representation of the life and achievements of Chris Bolliger is not possible. I have highlighted a couple of benchmarks as a reminder.Chris was born and grew up in Switzerland and attended school in Basel. After graduating from high school he went to medical schools in Basel and Lausanne. In 1976 he completed medical school and began his training in internal and pulmonary medicine in Switzerland. In the early1980s he moved to South Africa and in 1989 became an … ER -