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==People==
 
==People==
 
===Presidents===
 
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[[File:ChaimWeizmann1948.jpg|thumb|170px|[[Chaim Weizmann]]]]
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[[File:Adi Shamir 2009 crop.jpg|thumb|170px|[[Adi Shamir]]]]
 
 
*[[Chaim Weizmann]] (1949–1952; 1934–1952 if predecessor Daniel Sieff Institute included)
 
*[[Chaim Weizmann]] (1949–1952; 1934–1952 if predecessor Daniel Sieff Institute included)
 
*[[Abba Eban]] (1959–1966)
 
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*[[Daniel Zajfman]] (2006–present)<ref>Weizmann Institute [http://www.weizmann.ac.il/homepage/pages/pastofficers.shtml Past officers of the Weizmann Institute]</ref>
 
*[[Daniel Zajfman]] (2006–present)<ref>Weizmann Institute [http://www.weizmann.ac.il/homepage/pages/pastofficers.shtml Past officers of the Weizmann Institute]</ref>
  
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==Resources==
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*Institute for Research - Middle Eastern Policy [http://irmep.org/ILA/weizmann/default.asp The Weizmann Institute of Science: FBI counterespionage file] Israel Lobby Archive.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 21:52, 8 February 2014

The Weizmann Institute of Science is an institution of higher education in Rehovot, Israel.

History

The Institute, originally called the Daniel Sieff Research Institute was founded in 1934 by Chaim Weizmann an academic chemist formerly at Manchester University and a leading Zionist activist. It was renamed the Weizmann Institute of Science in his honor on November 2, 1949 after he became the first President of the newly created Israeli state.


People

Presidents

Resources

See also

Weizmann UK

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