Israel’s young engineers and scientists must become aware of their social responsibilities as well as adept in the use of their tools. Gen. Yaacov Dori, head of the Haifa Technical Institute of Israel, today told a luncheon meeting held here in his honor.
Gen. Dori, who resigned as Israelis first Army Chief of Staff to head the Institute, told the American college presidents, educators and scientists at the luncheon that the Technion aims at producing engineers who not only can handle their technical skills but can influence their country and the entire Middle East.
Pointing out that Israeli institutions of higher learning face the same problems of inflation and depreciation of equipment and plant as American colleges and universities, Gen. Dori stressed that Israeli educators do not permit these factors to deflect them from a concern with the cultural and spiritual heritages of the past.
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