New Member of the Board (introduces himself): Wouter Kolff (CBCB
XVIIIp4)
Twenty years or longer ago I did not care about the Family Association
at all, even though my father and other close family members were
in the board. I was taken to the family days but never expected I
would one day be a member of the board myself. Gradually, however,
I started to become interested in the Association. And recently I
have been appointed member of the board and this year I will even
become the treasurer. I got acquainted well with finance during my
voluntary activities while I was a student at Utrecht. At those times
I also started my own company, an employment agency for students which
now, six years later, still exists. The past four years I have been
notary-awaiting-appointment at Landwell, the legal branch of PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
After that at CMS Derks Star Busmann, where I was also estate planner.
A had a good time there, near to my home at Utrecht. Recently I felt
I needed a new challenge and more commerce and dynamics, so since
January 1, 2007, I am working as consultant at Legal Work Force at
Amsterdam. I am active in the Utrecht VVD. I plan to put a lot of
energy in the Association and after I have gotten myself acquainted
in the finances I can always be contacted for uestions you may have
in this field. See you at the next Family Day!
Two poems and Table Orders on the Heerendiners, by Cees Kolff
(CBCB XVIIIp)
On two of the first Heerendiners (Gentleman’s Dinners) of the Kolff
Family, March 9, 1920, and December 24, 1924, at Rotterdam, Cees Kolff
has contributed an article that includes poems. His article also includes
parts of the inaugural speech of the 1st General Meeting of the Association.
At this site, see: About the 'Heerendiners'
My practice at New York, by Quirine Kolff (CBB XVIIIj2)
As part of my medicine studies I left for New York on February 6,
2006, for scientific research. Thanks to my uncle Willem Johan Kolff
(uncle Pim) I got in touch with dr. Eli Friedman and dr. Moro Salifu
of the SUNY Downstate Medical Center at Brooklyn. I investigated the
effect of the small albumen F11R on the thrombocytes of dialysis patients.
I started without any knowledge of this matter so I had a lot to learn.
My research resulted in a publication of an article in ‘The Journal
of Investigative Medicine’ and an abstract at the American Society
of Nephrology annual conference at San Diego in November, 2006.
I have spent over half a year in New York. A great experience:
to live in this metropolis where many people came to visit me. A
highlight was my uncle Pim being awarded by the hospital where I
worked. For the ceremony some of the family members travelled to
New York. What was best of my stay at New York I can hardly say.
It was a great experience during which I have learnt a lot, done
a lot, and have seen a lot. My practice there was finished successfully
and I have now started the second part of my studies for a year
at Curaçao. After this I will continue them at Heerenveen, back
to the roots to say, both feet heavily embedded in the clay soil
of Frisia (Friesland) from where my ancestors come. After that?
I will see!
Website www.kolff.nl, by Marius Kolff (CBCD XVIIw4)
At the beginning of 2007 the site has been completely updated to comply
with the rules of w3c (World Wide Web Consortium). A big job but necessary
to stay up-to-date with the most recent browsers. The site remains
a great means of contact for Kolffs known and not-so-known to the
family. Unfortunately the Forum is not used much: I urge you to contribute
to the Forum: for example: start a discussion!Surfing the Genealogy
is an easy and informative. In a secured part of the site you can
find the names and addresses of all members. Contributions to the
site, such as to the section Biographies, are always welcome!
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Middelharnis: the youngest branch, by Dirk Kolff (CBCA XVIIIn)
In 1710 Cornelis Kolff (Xc, 1685-1759) moved from The Hague to Middelharnis
on the island of Overflakkee. This was the start of two centuries
of activities of members of the youngest branch (Branch C, to which
most of the present day Kolff’s belong) of the Kolff Family in Middelharnis
and the island. In his articles, of which this one is the first, Dirk
describes two centuries of public and commercial activities of Kolff’s
as part of the ‘elite’ in this small provincial town. Part two will
follow in the next De Colve.
This article is placed at this site at: History:
Geography: Things one finds to do
Check the Links, De Colve on this article. |
'Laantje van Middelharnis',
Meindert Hobbema. |
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