Bob Jolly

{{Short description|New Zealand veterinary pathologist}}

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| birth_name = Robert Dudley Jolly

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| birth_place = Hamilton, New Zealand

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| fields = Veterinary pathology

| workplaces = Massey University

| alma_mater = University of Sydney

| thesis_title = The pathogenesis and immunology of corynebacterium ovis infection of sheep

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| thesis_year = 1964

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| awards = Hector Medal (1995)

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Robert Dudley Jolly {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MNZM|size=85%}} (born 1 October 1930) is a New Zealand veterinary academic, currently an emeritus professor at Massey University, specialising in animal pathology. Much of his research has been into animal models of human disease, including Batten's Disease and mannosidosis.{{cite web |url=http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/news/article.cfm?mnarticle=honour-for-vet-professor-28-05-2005 |title=Honour for vet professor |date=28 May 2008 |publisher=Massey University |accessdate=18 October 2014}}

Born in Hamilton in 1930,{{cite news | url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH19301003.2.2.1 | title=Births | date=3 October 1930 | work=New Zealand Herald | accessdate=18 October 2014 | page=1}} Jolly was educated at King's College, Auckland from 1945 to 1948.{{cite journal |date=Winter 2005 |title=Old collegian updates |url=http://www.kcoca.com/courier.cfm?page=courierarticle&courierarticleid=359 |journal=Kings Courier |publisher=King's College Old Collegians Association |issue=98 |accessdate=18 October 2014}} He studied veterinary science at the University of Sydney, graduating BVSc with second class honours in January 1955.{{cite news | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18462774 | title=Results of vet. science exams | date=25 November 1954 | work=Sydney Morning Herald | accessdate=18 October 2014 | page=14 }} He then spent five years in veterinary practice in Rotorua, before returning to Sydney for doctoral studies and completing his PhD in 1964. Jolly was appointed a senior lecturer at Massey University the following year,{{cite web |url= http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/news/article.cfm?mnarticle_uuid=8AF97311-A248-F572-CAA0-35D31F07F71F |title=Medals honour esteemed vet alumni |date=24 June 2013 |publisher=Massey University |accessdate=18 October 2014}} retiring in 1995 with the title of emeritus professor.

Jolly was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1985,{{cite web |url=http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/organisation/academy/fellowship/fellows-1919-present/j-l/ |title=The Academy: J–L |publisher=Royal Society of New Zealand |accessdate=18 October 2014}} and in 1995 he won the society's Hector Medal.{{cite web |url=http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/programmes/awards/hector-medal/recipients/ |title=Hector Medal |publisher=Royal Society of New Zealand |accessdate=18 October 2014}} In the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to veterinary science.{{cite web |url=http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/node/377 |title=Queen's Birthday honours list 2005 |date=6 June 2005 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |accessdate=18 October 2014}}