The role of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem in promoting stability and peace by preparing the emerging nations of Africa and Asia to govern themselves was stressed here tonight by Dr. Bernard Cherrick, executive vice-president of the University.
Dr. Cherrick, who addressed the Scopus Award dinner of the American Friends of the Hebrew University, said that “virtually every program we have at the Hebrew University, including the medical school, takes into consideration the obligation we feel and the opportunity we have to contribute to the development of these countries.”
The Scopus Award was presented at the dinner to Dr. Albert B. Sabin, the developer of oral polio vaccine, who lauded the university medical center as “an indispensable component” of the “future growth and development of Israel.” Dr. Sabin said that the university medical center “has unique opportunities for contributing knowledge that can benefit all mankind.”
A guest at the event was the Earl of Balfour, nephew of the late author of the historic Balfour Declaration who urged support of the Hebrew University from all quarters. Nathaniel Goldstein, president of the American Friends organization, called the Hebrew University Medical School “an international focus for the dissemination of medical knowledge.”
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