Chaim Elata
Chaim Elata | |
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| חיים אילתה | |
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| Born | 1929 (age 96–97) |
| Alma mater | Technion Israel Institute of Technology (Master's Degree '57; Doctorate of Science '61) |
| Occupation | Professor of mechanical engineering |
| Known for | President of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Chairman of the Israel Public Utility Authority for Electricity |
Chaim Elata (Hebrew: חיים אילתה) is an Israeli professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, and former president of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He is also the former chairman of the Israel Public Utility Authority for Electricity.
Biography
[edit | edit source]When Elata was 13 years old and living in the Netherlands, the Nazis invaded.[1] They took away his father and stepmother.[1] Elata immigrated to Palestine in the late 1940s and worked as a kibbutz truck driver.[2]
Elata graduated from the Technion Israel Institute of Technology, receiving a master's degree in 1957, and a Doctorate of Science in 1961.[3] In 1973, he married Gerda Elata-Alster.
Academic career
[edit | edit source]Elata is a professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, and former president of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.[4][5][6] In 1961 he became an associate professor at the Technion.[3] He then joined Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in 1974 as the head of the Mechanical Engineering Department and the dean of the Faculty of Engineering Sciences.[3] He left Ben-Gurion University for a short period of time in order to serve as the chief scientist for the Israeli Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure.[3] In 1984 he returned to Ben-Gurion University to serve as Rector.[3] He was then elected president in 1985, following Shlomo Gazit, serving until 1990 when he was succeeded by Avishay Braverman.[3]
Public positions
[edit | edit source]Elata was the head of the Israel Public Utility Authority for Electricity's administration from 1995 until 1996, and chairman of the authority from 1996 until 2001.[7] He was the chief scientist of the Energy Ministry and founder of Hydronautics.[8]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Michael Poreh, Chaim Elata (1965). "An Analytical Derivation of Darcy Law," Volume 64, Tekhniyon - Makhon tekhnologi le-Yisra'el. ha-Fakultah le-handasah ezrahit
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- Living people
- Academic staff of Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
- Academic staff of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- Technion – Israel Institute of Technology alumni
- Dutch emigrants to Israel
- Israeli people of Dutch-Jewish descent
- Israeli mechanical engineers
- Presidents of universities in Israel
- 1929 births