Rolf Ling Bolin (22 March 1901 – 23 August 1973) was an American academic ichthyologist.
[2] Bolin was born on 22 March 1901 in New York City to Scandinavian American parents.
He initially pursued a career in graphic arts, but then took courses in marine biology.
[1] Bolin was awarded a Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1934, and worked at Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove of Monterey County, California.
He was appointed Professor of Marine Biology and Oceanography in 1949 at Stanford, where he worked until his retirement in 1967.