Yehuda Hayuth

Yehuda Hayuth (יהודה חיות; born 1946) is an Israeli professor of geography, and a former President of the University of Haifa.

Yehuda Hayuth
יהודה חיות
Born1946 (age 73–74)
Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
NationalityIsraeli
Alma mater
Occupationprofessor of geography
Known forPresident of the University of Haifa

Early life

Hayuth was born in Jerusalem in Mandatory Palestine, and fought for Israel as a paratrooper in the battle for the Old City of Jerusalem in the Six Day War.[1] He and his family later moved to the Haifa area.[1]

Education

He earned an undergraduate degree at the University of Haifa.[1] He was a graduate student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[2] Hayuth then earned a Ph.D. in ports and maritime transportation planning at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington.[1][2][3]

Academia

He then taught at the University of Rhode Island.[1][2]

Hayuth has been a member of Haifa's Geography Department since the late 1970s. He became a full professor in 1994.[1] He also was head of the university's Wydra Shipping and Aviation Research Institute.[1] In 1992, he became Vice President for Administration; and in 1993 he became Acting President.[2][4] He was elected President of the University of Haifa for the first time in February 1995, and then again in 1998.[1][5]

He is married, with two children.[1]

References
  1. "PROF. YEHUDA HAYUTH RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT". research.haifa.ac.il.
  2. Nancy Joseph (July 14, 2016). "Same Time, Next Year". College of Arts and Sciences - University of Washington.
  3. "פרופ' יהודה חיות". haifamed.haifa.ac.il.
  4. Rabbān, Avnēr; Holum, Kenneth G. (1996). Caesarea Maritima: A Retrospective After Two Millennia. BRILL – via Google Books.
  5. "Prof. Hayuth to head a special committee to study strategic alternatives for Eilat port". port2port. June 25, 2007.
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