Yoram Ben-Porat
יורם בן-פורת
Born1937
Ramat Gan, Israel
DiedOctober 18, 1992 (55 years old)
Eilat, Israel
Resting placeHar Hamenuhot cemetery, Jerusalem
NationalityIsraeli
Alma mater
Occupationeconomist
Known forPresident of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
TitleWilliam Haber Professor of Economics
SuccessorHanoch Gutfreund
SpouseDr. Yael Cohen Ben-Porath
Children1

Yoram Ben-Porat (also, Ben-Porath; Hebrew: יורם בן-פורת; born 1937; died October 18, 1992) was an Israeli academic and economist. He served as president of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem from 1990 until his death in 1992 in an automobile accident at the age of 55.

Biography

Ben-Porat was born in Ramat Gan, Israel.[1]

He was an economist.[1][2] Ben-Porat specialized in the problems of the Israeli economy.[1][3][4]

Ben-Porat obtained both a bachelor's degree and a master's degrees at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[1] He then obtained a Ph.D. at Harvard University in 1967, studying with Simon Kuznets.[1][5]

He became a member of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Department of Economics faculty in 1967, where he was the William Haber Professor of Economics.[6][1][7] In 1987, Ben-Porat became Rector of the university.[1]

Ben-Porat was the president of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem from 1990 to 1992, following Amnon Pazy and succeeded by Hanoch Gutfreund.[8][9]

He was also President of the Israel Economic Association, Director of the Maurice Falk Institute for Economic Research in Israel from 1979–84, and a consultant to the Rand Corporation.[6]

He died on October 18, 1992, in an automobile accident in Eilat, Israel, at the age of 55, along with his 42-year-old wife Dr. Yael Cohen Ben-Porath (a lecturer in logic in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Philosophy Department) and their five-year-old son, Yahali.[8][1][10] They were buried at the Har Hamenuhot cemetery in Jerusalem.[6]

He was succeeded as President of the university by Hanoch Gutfreund.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Obituary: Professor Yoram Ben-Porath". The Independent. October 26, 1992. Archived from the original on 2022-05-07.
  2. ^ Friedman, Thomas L. (November 3, 1984). "Israel Reaches Accord to Help Cut Inflation". The New York Times.
  3. ^ "Archives, p. 16". Madison Wisconsin State Journal. February 3, 1985.
  4. ^ The Israel Economist; Volume 43. Kollek. January 22, 1987.
  5. ^ The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Springer. 2016. ISBN 9781349588022.
  6. ^ a b c "Thousands Mourn Death in Israel of Hebrew University's President". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. October 22, 1992.
  7. ^ Shamir, Shimon (January 22, 1974). Communications and Political Attitudes in West Bank Refugee Camps. Tel Aviv University, Shiloah Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies.
  8. ^ a b "Yoram Ben-Porath, 55; A Top Israeli Academic". The New York Times. October 19, 1992.
  9. ^ "Office of the President | האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem". new.huji.ac.il.
  10. ^ "IN ISRAEL, ROADS ARE DEADLY, BUT IS ANYONE PAYING ATTENTION?", The Washington Post, October 31, 1992.
  11. ^ "Hebrew University Names Physics Professor As President". AP News. June 7, 1993.
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