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Ephraim Katzir (born Ephraim Katchalsky on 16 May 1916) is an Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
i biophysicist
Biophysics

Biophysics is an interdisciplinary science that employs and develops theories and methods of the physical sciences for the investigation of biology systems....
 and former Israeli Labor Party politician
Politics

Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions. The term is generally applied to behaviour within civil governments, but politics has been observed in all human group interactions, including corporation, academia, and religion institutions....
. He served as the President of Israel for a five-year term, from 1973 until 1978.

ir was born in Kiev
Kiev

Kiev, also known as Kyiv , is the Capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River....
 in the Russian Empire
Russian Empire

File:Russian Emperor Flag.jpgFile:Romanov Flag.svgThe Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917....
 (today in Ukraine
Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
). In 1925 he immigrated with his family to Israel. He studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is Israel's oldest university.The First Board of Governors included Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Martin Buber, and Chaim Weizmann....
, where he received a Ph.D.
Doctor of Philosophy

Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated Ph.D. or PhD for the Latin , meaning "teacher of philosophy", is an postgraduate academic degree awarded by University....
 degree. After studying abroad, he returned to Israel and became head of the Department of Biophysics at the Weizmann Institute of Science
Weizmann Institute of Science

The Weizmann Institute of Science , known as Machon Weizmann is a university and research institute in Rehovot, Israel. It differs from other List of universities in Israel in that it offers only graduate student and post-graduate studies in the sciences....
 in Rehovot.






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Ephraim Katzir (born Ephraim Katchalsky on 16 May 1916) is an Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
i biophysicist
Biophysics

Biophysics is an interdisciplinary science that employs and develops theories and methods of the physical sciences for the investigation of biology systems....
 and former Israeli Labor Party politician
Politics

Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions. The term is generally applied to behaviour within civil governments, but politics has been observed in all human group interactions, including corporation, academia, and religion institutions....
. He served as the President of Israel for a five-year term, from 1973 until 1978.

Biography

Katzir was born in Kiev
Kiev

Kiev, also known as Kyiv , is the Capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River....
 in the Russian Empire
Russian Empire

File:Russian Emperor Flag.jpgFile:Romanov Flag.svgThe Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917....
 (today in Ukraine
Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
). In 1925 he immigrated with his family to Israel. He studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is Israel's oldest university.The First Board of Governors included Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Martin Buber, and Chaim Weizmann....
, where he received a Ph.D.
Doctor of Philosophy

Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated Ph.D. or PhD for the Latin , meaning "teacher of philosophy", is an postgraduate academic degree awarded by University....
 degree. After studying abroad, he returned to Israel and became head of the Department of Biophysics at the Weizmann Institute of Science
Weizmann Institute of Science

The Weizmann Institute of Science , known as Machon Weizmann is a university and research institute in Rehovot, Israel. It differs from other List of universities in Israel in that it offers only graduate student and post-graduate studies in the sciences....
 in Rehovot. In 1966 he became Chief Scientist of the Israel Defense Forces
Israel Defense Forces

The Israel Defense Forces , commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew Acronym and initialism Tzahal , are Israel's military forces, comprising the GOC Army Headquarters, Israeli Air Force and Israeli navy....
. His brother Aharon
Aharon Katzir

Aharon Katzir was an Israeli pioneer in the study of the electrochemistry of biopolymers.Born 1914 in L?dz, Poland, he moved to British Mandate of Palestine in 1925, where he taught at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem....
, an internationally renowned chemical physicist
Chemical physics

Chemical physics is a subdiscipline of chemistry and physics that investigates physicochemical phenomena using techniques from atomic, molecular, and optical physics and condensed matter physics; it is the branch of physics that studies chemical processes from the point of view of physics....
, was murdered in 1972 during the Lod Airport Massacre
Lod Airport massacre

The Lod Airport massacre was a terrorism attack that occurred on May 30, 1972, in which three members of the Japanese Red Army, on behalf of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, killed 24 people and injured 80 others at Tel Aviv's Lod airport ....
.

Katzir was at Harvard University
Harvard University

Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States, and a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1636 by the colonial Massachusetts legislature, Harvard is the Colonial Colleges institution of higher learning in the United States....
 when Golda Meir
Golda Meir

Golda Meir was the fourth prime minister of the Israel.Meir was elected Prime Minister of Israel on 17 March 1969, after serving as Minister of Labour and Foreign Minister....
 contacted him about being the President of Israel. Once elected president, he adopted a Hebrew surname, Katzir.

In 1977, Katzir was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society
Royal Society

The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, or even the Royal, is a learned society for science that was founded in 1660 and is considered by most to be the oldest such society still in existence....
. In 1985, he was awarded the Japan Prize
Japan Prize

The Japan Prize is awarded to people from all parts of the world whose "original and outstanding achievements in science and technology are recognized as having advanced the frontiers of knowledge and served the cause of peace and prosperity for mankind."...
.

External links

  • Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs