Yehuda Hayuth (04/10/1946 - יהודה חיות ;12/20/2022) was an Israeli professor of geography, and a former President of the University of Haifa.

Yehuda Hayuth
יהודה חיות
Born1946/04/10
Died2022/12/22
Burial placeHaifa, Israel
NationalityIsraeli
Alma mater
Occupationprofessor of geography
Known forPresident of the University of Haifa

Early life

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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

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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

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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]

Hayut died on December 20, 2022. He was married, and had two children.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "PROF. YEHUDA HAYUTH RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT". research.haifa.ac.il.
  2. ^ a b c d 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. ISBN 9004103783 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Prof. Hayuth to head a special committee to study strategic alternatives for Eilat port". port2port. June 25, 2007.