The Board of Governors of the Hebrew University failed to agree last night on a new president to succeed Dr. Binyamin Mazar and temporarily invested Prof. Yoel Rakah, the new rector, with all the powers of the presidency but not with the title.
The board postponed another attempt to name a successor to Dr. Mazar, who resigned for reasons of health from both posts of president and rector, until the next board session, to be held within one year.
Dr. Gerhard Liebes, a veteran member of the board and a noted Shakespeare and Plato translator, was named vice-president, replacing Prof. Aryeh Dvoretsky. Dr. Liebes is also El Salvador’s honorary consul in Jerusalem.
Dr. George Wise had been the strongest candidate for the University presidency but he reportedly made a unanimous vote a condition for his acceptance and such a vote was not achieved.
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