EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Jerusalem, Israel

Founding Date:
1918

Official Website:
http://www.huji.ac.il/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Aharon Appelfeld	Author	16-Feb-1932		In the Wilderness
Ehud Barak	Head of State	12-Feb-1942		Prime Minister of Israel 1999-2001
Aaron Ciechanover	Scientist	1-Oct-1947		Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation
Dina Dublon	Business	1953		CFO of JP Morgan Chase, 1998-2004
Zvi Griliches	Economist	12-Sep-1930	4-Nov-1999	Technology, Education, and Productivity
Amiram Grinvald	Scientist	c. 1949		High-resolution optical imaging
David J. Gross	Physicist	19-Feb-1941		Deep structure of matter
David Grossman	Author	1954		The Smile of the Lamb
Efraim Halevy	Spy	1934		Head of the Mossad, 1998-2003
Avram Hershko	Scientist	31-Dec-1937		Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation
Ehud Houminer	Business	c. 1940		CEO of Philip Morris USA, 1988-90
Daniel Kahneman	Psychologist	5-Mar-1934		The psychology of economics
Moshe Katsav	Head of State	5-Dec-1945		President of Israel
Ehud Olmert	Politician	30-Sep-1945		Prime Minister of Israel
Amos Oz	Novelist	4-May-1939		Elsewhere, Perhaps
Chris Ruddy	Journalist	c. 1965		CEO, NewsMax Media
Dan Senor	Government	6-Nov-1971		Senor Strategies LLC
Yitzhak Shamir	Head of State	15-Oct-1915		Two-time Israeli Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon	Head of State	26-Feb-1928		Prime Minister of Israel, 2001-06
Avraham Stern	Military	23-Dec-1907	12-Feb-1942	Founder of Lohamei Herut Israel
Amos Tversky	Psychologist	16-Mar-1937	2-Jun-1996	Cognitive psychologist, studied risks
Jerry Wind	Educator	c. 1939		Director, SEI Center, Wharton

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Robert J. Aumann	Economist	8-Jun-1930		Game theorist
Martin Buber	Philosopher	8-Feb-1878	13-Jun-1965	Ich und Du
Saul Friedländer	Historian	11-Oct-1932		Holocaust historian
Efraim Halevy	Spy	1934		Head of the Mossad, 1998-2003
Hans Jonas	Philosopher	10-May-1903	5-Feb-1993	Gnostic philosopher
Daniel Kahneman	Psychologist	5-Mar-1934		The psychology of economics
Roger D. Kornberg	Scientist	24-Apr-1947		Molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription
Gershom Scholem	Historian	5-Dec-1897	21-Feb-1982	Revolutionized the study of Kabbalah
Raymond Tanter	Scholar	?		Iran Policy Committee founder

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Hayyim Nahman Bialik	Poet	9-Jan-1873	4-Jul-1934	Foremost Hebrew poet
Charles H. Goodman	Business	c. 1934		Vice Chairman of Henry Crown & Co.
Michael Walzer	Philosopher	3-Mar-1935		Just and Unjust Wars
Felix M. Warburg	Business	14-Jan-1871	20-Oct-1937	Kuhn, Loeb and Co.
Chaim Weizmann	Head of State	27-Nov-1874	9-Nov-1952	First President of Israel

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