Shlomo Eckstein

Shlomo Eckstein
שלמה אקשטיין
Born	Shlomo Raber Eckstein (1929-11-01)1 November 1929 Wiesbaden, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia
Died	12 January 2020(2020-01-12) (aged 90)
Nationality	Israeli
Occupation	Economist
Known for	President of Bar-Ilan University

Shlomo Raber Eckstein (1 November 1929 – 12 January 2020) was an Israeli economist, and President of Bar-Ilan University.^[1][2]

Biography

Eckstein was born in Wiesbaden, Germany.^[1][3][4] His family emigrated from Germany before World War II to Mexico, which is where he was raised.^[4]

He earned a degree in Economics at the National University of Mexico in 1957, and earned a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 1964.^[1][4] His 1963 dissertation was on "Collective Farming In Mexico."^[1]

Academic career

Later, he made aliyah to Israel, becoming an Israeli citizen, and became a professor of Economics and founded the Department of Economics at Bar-Ilan University in 1960.^[5][4] He was Chairman of the Department from 1961 to 1965, and from 1968 to 1971.^[6] He was the Rector at the university from 1978 to 1982.^[6] He was the university’s President from 1992 to 1996, succeeding Zvi Arad and followed by Moshe Kaveh.^[4][6][7]

He died on 12 January 2020 at the age of 90.^[8][2]

References

1. Association, American Economic (1969). Directory of Members – via Google Books.
2. BnF 137378307
3. "Condemnation, Commemoration, Determination: Bar-Ilan Responds to a National Tragedy, November-December 1995". Bar-Ilan University, Spokesman's Office, English Communications. 1996 – via Google Books.
4. "Shlomo Eckstein, 91, Former President of Bar-Ilan University - Economics professor served in many philanthropic positions". Chabad News. January 20, 2020.
5. "Author Page - Shlomo Eckstein". Bar-Ilan University Press.
6. "Eckstein Shlomo | Department of Economics". Bar-Ilan University.
7. "Bar-Ilan Presidents | Bar Ilan University". .biu.ac.il. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
8. Bar-Ilan University death notice