The Scopus Award, the highest honor which can be conferred by the American Friends of the Hebrew University, was presented tonight to Daniel G. Ross, prominent New York attorney, at a dinner here. Eliahu Elath, the new president of the Hebrew University, was welcomed at the dinner. He is a former Israeli Ambassador to the United States and to Britain.
Individual scholarships for students at Hebrew University, totaling about $170,000, were contributed at the dinner. The scholarship gifts included 50 one-year tuition and full maintenance scholarships at $1,000, and about 400 one-year tuition scholarships at $300.
The Scopus Award was presented to Mr. Ross by Dr. George S. Wise, former chairman of the board of governors of Hebrew University. Mr. Ross was honored for his services as president and chairman of the board of the American Friends and as deputy chairman of the university’s board of governors.
Dr. Abram L, Sachar, president of Brandeis University, addressed the dinner. Heads of leading American Jewish academic institutions presented greetings to Mr. Elath. They included Dr. Samuel Belkin, president of Yeshiva University; Dr. Louis Finkelstein, chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and Dr. Nelson Glueck, president of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Other speakers included Philip G. Whitman, president of the American Friends, and M. Riklis, who presided.
Mr. Elath told the dinner guests that the various schools and laboratories of the university “are currently at work on more than 300 research projects commissioned by foreign governments and institutions, most of them American,” He said “we are very happy indeed that we can share some of our knowledge and experience with other countries. This is particularly true with regard to some of the emerging states in Asia and Africa who look to Israel for assistance infields where our experience as a young nation can help them in their efforts to raise their standard of living.”
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