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Menahem Yaari
מנחם יערי
Menahem Yaari (2012)
Born

Menahem E. Yaari


April 26, 1935
NationalityIsraeli
EducationHebrew University of Jerusalem (BA)
Stanford University (PhD)
Title
Awards

Menahem E. Yaari (מנחם יערי; born April 26, 1935) is an Israeli economist who has been the S.A. Schonbrunn Professor of Mathematical Economics at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and was the President of the Open University of Israel from 1992 to 1997. [1] He was awarded the Israel Prize in 1987, the Rothschild Prize in the Social Sciences in 1994, and the EMET Prize in the Social Sciences in 2012.

Biography[edit]

Yaari was born in JerusaleminMandatory Palestine.[1]

He obtained a B.A. in Economics and Philosophy from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1958, and a Ph.D. in Economics and Statistics from Stanford University in 1962.[1]

From 1962 to 1967 Yaari was an Assistant Professor and Associate Professor at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, and a member of the Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics at the university.[1][2]

From 1967 to 1970 he was a Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor of Economics and Philosophy of Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[1] Since 1971 Yaari has been the S.A. Schonbrunn Professor of Mathematical Economics at the university (emeritus since 1998), and from 1971 to 1973 he was the Chairman of the university's Department of Economics.[1][3][4]

From 1968 to 1975 Yaari was an editor of Econometrica.[1]

Since 1969 he has been a Fellow of the Econometric Society, since 1988 Yaari has been a foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, since 1991 he has been a Member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, since 1993 he has been a foreign honorary member of the American Economic Association, since 1996 he has been a Fellow of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences.[5][1] He has been the founding Member of The International Scientific Council of IPSO (Israeli-Palestinian Science Organization) since 2003, the President of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities from 2004 to 2010, and a Member of the American Philosophical Society since 2008.[1][5][6][7][8][9]

Yaari was awarded the Israel Prize in 1987, the Rothschild Prize in the Social Sciences in 1994, and the EMET Prize in the Social Sciences in 2012.[1][10][11][12][13]

He was the director of Israel Institute for Advanced Studies.[14] Thereafter, he was the President of the Open University of Israel from 1992 to 1997, following Nehemia Levtzion, and was succeeded by Eliahu Nissim.[1][15]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Prof. Menahem E. Yaari" (PDF). Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
  • ^ Cass, David (2011). The Collected Scientific Work of David Cass. Emerald Group Publishing. ISBN 9780857246417 – via Google Books.
  • ^ "In memoriam: Herbert Scarf, pioneering economist and inspiring teacher". Yale News. December 1, 2015.
  • ^ "פרופ' יערי: "ככלכלן, אני לא מוצא היגיון בתוכנית"". Ynet.
  • ^ a b Judy Siegel-Itzkovich (July 2, 2017). "Holocaust survivor gives $1 million in scholarships to doctoral students". The Jerusalem Post.
  • ^ Shtull-Trauring, Asaf (June 22, 2010). "Academy of Sciences and Humanities Elects Prof. Ruth Arnon as Its First Woman President". Haaretz.
  • ^ Nadia El-Awady (November 8, 2006). "Israeli-Palestinian research: walking on eggshells". Science and Development Network.
  • ^ Bronner, Ethan (March 10, 2010). "Rewrite of Physics by Einstein on Display". The New York Times.
  • ^ דרור, יובל (September 20, 2004). "מנחם יערי - נשיא האקדמיה למדעים". Haaretz.
  • ^ "יערי מנחם". News1.
  • ^ ha-hasbarah, Israel Merkaz (1987). Israel Government Year Book. Central Office of Information, Israeli Prime Minister's Office – via Google Books.
  • ^ "פרס א.מ.ת. | פרס האמנות, המדע והתרבות". emetprize.com.
  • ^ "Menahem E.Yaari". National Library of Israel.
  • ^ Prof. Menahem E. Yaari's resume
  • ^ "Distance Education in the High-Tech Era". UNESCO Courier. February 12, 1996 – via Google Books.

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