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Kolff

American  
[kohlf, kolf] / koʊlf, kɒlf /

noun

  1. Willem J(ohan) 1911–2010, U.S. physician and inventor, born in the Netherlands: developed the artificial kidney machine.


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He was hired on the recommendation of his predecessor at Princeton, Butch van Breda Kolff, who had coached Mr. Carril at Lafayette and went on to a long coaching career in the NBA.

From Washington Post Aug. 15, 2022

Peter Joseph Carril was born on July 10, 1930, to Spanish immigrant parents in Bethlehem, Pa. He played at Lafayette College under a venerable coach in Butch Van Breda Kolff.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2022

He played at Lafayette College under a venerable coach in Butch Van Breda Kolff.

From Seattle Times Aug. 15, 2022

About 225 people turned out to see the 45-minute film at the Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship sanctuary in Port Townsend, according to Kees Kolff, chair of the fellowship’s Green Sanctuary committee.

From Washington Times Mar. 25, 2017

The first article, cotton cloth, is most in demand and M. Kolff suggests that a European merchant might carry on an advantageous trade here.

From Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1 by George Grey

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