Moshe Many
Moshe Many | |
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| משה מני | |
| Born | 1928 |
| Died | 2015 |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Alma mater |
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| Occupation | urologist |
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| Awards | Israeli Ministry of Health Lifetime Achievement Award |
Moshe Many (1928-2015) was an Israeli urologist who was President of Tel Aviv University from 1983 to 1991, and President of Ashkelon Academic College from 2002 to 2012.
Biography
[edit]Moshe was born in Hebron to Israel and Simcha Mani, of the well-established Mani family. His great-grandfather was Rabbi Eliyahu Mani, the renown scholar who led the Jewish community of Hebron for 40 years.[1] His father was Dr. Israel Mani, who served as a judge.[2] The family survived the 1929 Hebron massacre when he was a child.[3]
Many attended Gymnasia Herzliya school in Tel Aviv, and then a Protestant English school in Jerusalem.[3] He earned an M.D. from Geneva University in Switzerland in 1952, and a Ph.D. in renal physiology from Tufts University in Massachusetts in 1969.[4]
In the early 1960s Many was head of the urology department at Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer in Ramat Gan, Israel.[3]
At the request of the Israeli government he flew to various Islamic countries and over the years and secretly treated Muslim dignitaries including shah of Iran.[3] In the 1980s he was asked to contact the Sudanese government in preparation for Operation Moses the 1984 airlift that rescued Jewish-Ethiopians.[5]
Many was President of Tel Aviv University, from 1983 to 1991, following Haim Ben-Shahar and succeeded by Yoram Dinstein.[6][7][8]
He served as President of Ashkelon Academic College, from 2002 to 2012.[6][9][4]
Starting in 2010 he was Vice Chairman of the board of directors of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries.[3][4]
In 2010 Many received the Israeli Ministry of Health Lifetime Achievement Award for developing the urological field in Israel, and for promoting ties with other countries, including some Arab states.[6][4]
References
[edit]- ^ Auerbach, Jerold S. (2009-07-16). Hebron Jews: Memory and Conflict in the Land of Israel. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7425-6617-0.
- ^ "משה מני", ויקיפדיה (in Hebrew), 2021-06-01, retrieved 2021-06-21
- ^ a b c d e Gabison, Yoram (May 24, 2013). "From Treating Kings and Shahs to Revolutionizing Israeli Medicine - the Enigmatic Life of Professor Moshe Many". Haaretz.
- ^ a b c d "Form 6-K". www.sec.gov.
- ^ "פרופסור משה מני, הלך לעולמו בגיל 87". www.ashqelon.net (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2021-06-21.
- ^ a b c "Academic Leadership". Ashkelon Academic College.
- ^ "Presidents of Tel Aviv University". Tel Aviv University. 10 December 2013.
- ^ "Universities Face a Crisis in Israel". The New York Times. February 8, 1987.
- ^ "Spread public health in South with higher education". The Jerusalem Post. October 11, 2014.
- Presidents of universities in Israel
- Israeli urologists
- Israeli people of Iraqi-Jewish descent
- Academic staff of Tel Aviv University
- University of Geneva alumni
- Tufts University alumni
- Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium alumni
- 1928 births
- 20th-century Israeli physicians
- Israeli expatriates in Switzerland
- Israeli expatriates in the United States
- 2015 deaths