Prof. Dan Patinkin, one of Israel’s top economists, has been elected president of Hebrew University. He succeeds Avraham Harman, who served in that post since 1968. Patinkin, 61, served as rector of the university since last October, He will now hold both titles. Harman will now serve as chancellor of the university.
Patinkin was born in Chicago and has been a member of the Hebrew University faculty since 1949. From 1956 to 1973 he was also director of research at the Maurice Falk Institute for Economic Research in Israel. Before immigrating to Israel, he was an associate professor of economics at University of Illinois. Patinkin is the author of numerous books and articles on monetary, employment and price theory.
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