Professor Max Kurrein of the Haifa Institute of Technology, a specialist in metallurgy, Prof. S. Agmon, an authority on analytical mathematics and Prof. D. Patinkin, an economist, were awarded Rothschild Foundation prizes for work in their fields. Professors Agmon and Patinkin are members of the Hebrew University faculty. Each prize was 5,000 pounds.
The presentations were made in a park surrounding the burial place of Baron and Baroness Edmond Rothschild near Zichron Yaakov. The prizes were presented by Prof. James de Rothschild of Cambridge University, a cousin of the late James de Rothschild who set up the Foundation. Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, who was unable to attend, sent greetings to the participants and congratulated the three scientists on their contributions.
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