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The signing ceremony of the School of
Management and the Honors MBA Strategic
Development Plan took place in the presence of
President Prof. Rivka Carmi, Rector Prof. Jimmy
Weinblatt and Prof. Arie Reichel, Dean of the School
of Management. Prof. Amos Drory moderated a
panel discussion of “The Future of Management in
Israel,” participants in which included Roy J.
Zuckerberg and Prof. Ehud Houminer, Chairman of
the Advisory Board of the Honors MBA Program at
BGU and Columbia University.
The Zlotowski Annual Lecture, held in the presence
of Suzanne Zlotowski and Adelene Zlotowski, was
given by Prof. Rafael Mechoulam of the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem, who spoke on “The
Discovery of a New Major Regulatory System in
Biology.”
The Adam Klug Memorial Lecture, entitled “Economic
Growth in Developing Countries: Prospects
and Challenges in the Coming Decade,”
was delivered by Nobel laureate and
Honorary Doctorate recipient Prof. A.
Michael Spence of Stanford
University. The audience was
comprised of colleagues, friends
and University staff and students,
as well as family members, including
Prof. Aaron and Liebe Klug, parents of the
late Prof. Adam Klug, and family.
At the Irene and Hyman Kreitman Annual Memorial
Lecture, President of the Supreme Court of Israel
Justice Prof. Aharon Barak spoke on “The Role of a
Judge in a Democracy” to a packed auditorium that
included students, faculty and members of the legal
profession in the Southern region.
A ceremony was held marking the inauguration
of a Career Development Chair in Engineering
Sciences, established by Dr. Gabi and Eng. Max
Lichtenberg from Israel and Florida. Incumbent of
the Chair is Dr. Yuval Elovici from the Department
of Information Systems Engineering.
The Sylvia A. Brodsky Psychological Walk-In
Service Within the Psychological Services Unit of
the Dean of Students Office was dedicated in the
presence of Sylvia Brodsky and her daughter Sandra
from Philadelphia. This much-needed service will
provide students under stress with immediate
recourse to guidance and counseling. At the
ceremony, Dr. Eva Shinar, Head of the Student
Psychological Services, lectured on “A University
Psychological Service – An Answer to the Emotional
Difficulties of the Young Student.”
The Stanley and Jeanne Abensur Molecular and
Cell Biology Teaching Laboratory was dedicated in
the presence of Stanley and Jeanne Abensur of
Switzerland. Also from Switzerland, Laurence and
Dan Ohayon represented their father, Abraham
Chief Justice Prof. Aharon Barak lectures at the Irene
and Hyman Kreitman Annual Memorial Lecture.
Seated: Prof. Ilan Troen, Director of the Kreitman
Foundation Fellowships
Ben-David Ohayon, at the cornerstone-laying
ceremony of the Abraham Ben-David Ohayon
Behavioral Sciences Building.
A symposium on the subject of “Biotechnology
– Industry and Academia” was held in honor of
Yair Green, Advocate, and Morris S. Kahn, under
the auspices of the National Institute for
Biotechnology in the Negev (NIBN), founded by
Edgar D. de Picciotto. Moderated by Prof. Raymond
Dwek FRS, Head of the Department of Biochemistry
at the University of Oxford, UK, members of the
panel included BGU President Prof. Rivka Carmi;