{"id":1989,"date":"2016-05-03T13:27:16","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T03:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/encounter\/?p=1989"},"modified":"2016-05-03T13:27:16","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T03:57:16","slug":"building-on-the-bolaffi-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/encounter\/2016\/05\/03\/building-on-the-bolaffi-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Building on the Bolaffi legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2016\/05\/Allen-Bolaffi-small-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1990\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1990 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2016\/05\/Allen-Bolaffi-small-1.jpg\" alt=\"Allen Bolaffi\" width=\"275\" height=\"184\" \/><\/a>Allen Bolaffi was a man who defied the stereotypes of accountants as reserved and conservative \u2013 his close friend Dr Roger Sexton AM CUniv describes him as \u201can accountant who wouldn\u2019t stick to accounting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Bolaffi\u2019s death in June 2014 following a sudden illness came as a blow to Flinders University and to South Australia, but his commitment to realising the possibilities of the future will live on through the Memorial Fund established in his name.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Sexton said the Fund has been designed to reflect Mr Bolaffi\u2019s enthusiastic involvement in the key areas of venture capital, innovation and disruptive technologies, health care and university education, within the business community of South Australia and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>Raising $85,000 in just under\u00a0two years, the business community, family and friends are carrying on the Bolaffi enthusiasm. 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