Harold Hill, executive vice president of the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science (ACWIS), died last week following a heart attack. He was 57 years old. He had been associated for the past nine years with the ACWIS.
Born and bred in Baltimore, Hill devoted his entire career to the growth and development of Israel. He went on aliya as a young settler in the early 1950’s shortly after graduating from Johns Hopkins University with a degree in economics.
Upon returning to the U.S. 14 years later, he utilized his economic expertise and first-hand knowledge of Israeli society to help upgrade Israel’s exports and increase trade with the U.S. Hill served as vice president of ATID (American Trade and Industrial Development with Israel), an Israel govemment sponsored organization, before joining ACWIS.
Under his management, ACWIS expanded into a nationwide organization — growing from one regional office to 14. He initiated extensive outreach programs, including the pioneering “Impact of Science” symposiums for corporate leaders worldwide, held biannually on the campus of the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot.
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