The Jewish Agency announced today the inauguration of a three-year work and fellowship program in Israel for American college graduates in industrial engineering and business administration leading to a Master of Science degree at the Technion, Israel’s Institute of Technology. The fellowships will be offered beginning August by the Committee on Manpower Opportunities in Israel of the Jewish Agency.
An American Advisory Board has been set up for this program by Prof. Sebastian B. Littauer, chairman of Columbia University’s Department of Industrial Engineering. This program will provide opportunities for young American college graduates in industrial engineering and management to apply their skills and abilities in the challenging industrial and social environment which Israel offers.
Full transportation expenses to and from Israel for the successful Fellows, and their families will be provided as well as loans and salaries that should cover all expenses including tuition and housing. Living expenses are provided during the orientation period, the announcement said. This is the first time that Israeli industry has offered any fellowship program to American engineers. Industrial Engineering graduates and students who will receive their degree in 1964 or 1965 are eligible to submit applications.
The program is divided into three phases: a five-month introductory program at an Ulpan that will include the study of Hebrew, travel throughout the country and orientation in local engineering practices and projects; a seven-month on-the-Job training program; and two years of employment by industrial enterprises for specific engineering and research projects. During the two-year employment period, the Fellows will work toward their Master’s or Doctor of Science degree at the Graduate School of Israel Institute of Technology.
Among the leading American educators from industrial engineering colleges and universities serving on the Advisory Board with Prof. Littauer are: Prof. Norman W. Barish, New York University; Dr. Lawrence Cohen, Columbia University; Prof, Edward Coleman, University of California; Prof. William Evan, M. I. T.; Prof. William Gomberg, University of Pennsylvania; Prof. W. G. Ireson, Sanford University; Prof. William Jaffe, Newark College of Engineering; Prof. James Monroe, Northeastern University; and others.
Moshe Certzberg, a leading management consultant in Israel, and Israeli represent to live to this program, is now in the United States to present the program in a series of lectures to students at leading universities throughout the country. He will also interview candidates for this program in Israel.
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