Fridolin-Sulser-Obituary

Dr. Fridolin Sulser

Nashville, Tennessee

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Dr. Fridolin SulserNashville, TNDr. Fridolin Sulser, who devoted his life to understanding the physiological basis of mental disorders and their treatment, died on 1-3-2016 at age 89, surrounded by loving family. He is survived by his brother, Emil Sulser of Maienfeld, Switzerland, wife, Johanna...

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WE HAD A GREAT TIME TOGETHER. I WAS AT THAT TIME AT NIMH AND WE HA GREAT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MENTAL DISORDERS.
SO SOORRY FOR HIS DEPARTURE. BY THE WAY, WE SHARDE SWISS CITIZENSHIP!!

I worked with Dr. Sulser at Vanderbilt, he was my supervisor. He was the best supervisor, very kind, and considerate person. I pray for the family peace. I just learned of his passing.

We will miss dinners, stimulating conversation, good wine, and the opera with Fridolin. Our deepest sympathy to Johanna, and to Adrian and his family, all dear friends.

I want to express our condolences to Johanna and the rest of the Sulser family. I remember Fridolin for not only his brilliant work in the laboratory, but perhaps more for the caring and compassionate colleague and friend he was to my father, Sydney Spector. My father (and mother) adored Fridolin and Johanna. When my father's vision failed to the point where he could no longer drive, Fridolin stepped in picked him up everyday and drove him to and from the lab at Vanderbilt. He was a kind...

Goodbye to a dear old friend and colleague. His wit, wisdom and support will be sorely missed.

S.J. Enna

Dr. Sulser was my mentor and friend. As his first graduate student at Vanderbilt we worked closely together and I owe much to him in the role he played in my career. Fridolin was a man of boundless enthusiasm, inquisitiveness, with an engaging personality. His contributions in the field of pyschopharmacology towards bettering our understanding of the biochemical and molecular basis for mental illness and the drugs that are used to treat mental disease were extraordinary. There are very few...