WHO'S WHO IN ISRAEL

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Hebrew University, '1946-49; Public Service
College of the Jewish Agency, 1947-48; with
Israel Defence Army; joined Ministry for
Foreign Affairs, 1949; Counsellor, Israel
Embassy, Mexico, 1956-60; Consul General,
Lisbon, 1960-62; Dep. Dir., Economic Div.,
Ministry for Foreign Affairs, 1962-65.
18 Bialik St., Jerusalem.
AMNIA, Binyamin A.; D.Sc. (Math.) ;
Professor of Mathematics, Hebrew Univer-
sity; Officier de l'Ordre des Palmes Acade-
miques; Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur;
b. Russia, June 3, 1896; m. Varda Finkel-
stein; Educ.: universities of Geneve and
Goettingen. Came to Israel, 1910; founder of
the Institute of Mathematics in Jerusalem,
1925; editor and founder, "Journal d'Analyse
Mathematique".
13 Abrabanel St., Jerusalem, Tel. 39939.
AMIRAN, David; Professor of Geography,
Hebrew University; b. Berlin, 1910; Educ.:
Berne University. Assistant Chief, Div. of
Climate, Palestine Meteorological Service,
1946-47; Director, Israel Research Council,
1956-59; visiting Professor, Chicago Univ.,
1960.
9 Alfasi St., Jerusalem, Tel. 31719.
AMIT, Jacob; journalist; Editor "Al-Ha-
mishmar"; b. Kaunas, March, 1904; in.
Breina Bavilskit; 2 d.; 1 s.; Educ.: courses
in literature, history and sociology. Came
to Israel, 1929; member, Presidium, Zionist
Council; member, Histadrut Council; mem-
ber, Presidium, Editors' Council; member,
Centre United Workers Party; executive,
Hakibbutz Haartzi. Author of numerous
articles on various topics.
Beth Zera, and "Al-Hamishmar", Tel-Aviv.
AMIT, Meir; Aluf (Brig. Gen.); M.B.A.;
b. Tiberias, 1921; m.; 3, d.; Educ.: Columbia
University (Adm.) ; various Haganah com-
mands, 1940-44, and in War of Independence,
1948; dep. commander and then commander,
Golani Brigade; head, tactical dept., I.D.F.
H.Q.; Chief of Manpower Branch, 1956-58;
officer commanding, Central Command,
1958-59.
H.Q., Israel Defence Forces.
A3IITAI, Haim; actor; b. 1898; Educ.:
religious school and dramatic school; in.
Came to Israel, 1920. Actor, Ohel Theatre,
1926-32; Habima, from 1932.
3 Ecron St., Tel-Aviv.
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A3IITAI, Isaac; painter, lecturer; b. Jeru-
salem; in. Esther Harari; 1 d.; T, s.; Educ.
Bezalel School of Art; Paris Art Academy,
Teacher at schools in Tel-Aviv, settlements,
as well as at workers' evening schools.
Lecturer, Popular University, Tel-Aviv.
Three exhibitions in England, at Tel-Aviv
Museum, art galleries in Tel Aviv, Haifa
and Jerusalem; during 1959-60 exhibition in
U.S.A., France, etc.
10 Zeitlin St., Tel-Aviv Artists' Quarter,
Safed,
AMITSUR, Shimshon Avraham; Professor
of Mathematics, Hebrew University, Jeru-
salem; Educ.: Hebrew University; member
of Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton,
1952-54; Visiting Professor, Notre Dame
University, 1958. Holder of Israel Prize
(1953) for Exact Sciences. Senior Foreign
Scientist Fellowship (Nat. Sci. Foundation-
USA) 1964; Visiting Prof., Univ. of Chicago
and Cornell Univ., 1964-65.
Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
AJIRAMY, Aaron; B.S. Civil Engineering,
M.S. Sanitary Engineering; b. Tel-Aviv, Jan.
31, 1918; m. Miriam Foguel; Educ.: Johns
Hopkins University; Illinois Institute of
Technology; California and Chicago Univer-
sities. Chief Sanitary Engineer, Ministry of
H, :~lth, 1948-1955; Visiting Professor of Pub-
lic Health Engineering, Madras, India, 1955-
1959; Short-term Consultant to U.N. Tech.
Assistance Board in Uganda during 1963 and
1964, and to World Health Org., in 1965.
Formerly, Chairman, cultural committee of
Federation of Engineers and Architects in
Israel; President, Israel Chapter of Water
Pollution Control Federation. Contributed
papers to professional and scientific pub-
lications in the United States, United King-
dom, Israel, and to United Nations press.
Participated in Second International Con-
ference, Tokyo, 1964.
1 Telalim St., Ramat-Gan.
ANBAR, Michael; M.Sc.; Ph.D.; physical
chemist; Director, Chem. Div., Isr. Atomic
Energy Comm.; Weizmann Institute of
Science, Rehovot; b. Danzig, 1927; in. Ada
Komet; 1 s.; Educ.: Hebrew University,
Jerusalem. Research Scientist, Weizmann
Institute, since 1950; research associate and
lecturer, University of Chicago, 1953-55;
member, Israeli delegation to Conference
on peaceful use of atomic energy, Geneva,