Moshe Prywes

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Moshe Prywes
משה פריבס
Warsaw, Poland
DiedMarch 1998
NationalityIsraeli
CitizenshipIsrael, Poland
Alma mater
Known forphysician and educator; first President of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Notable workPrisoner of Hope
Awards
  • Knight of the
    French Legion of Honor
  • Israel Prize in Life Sciences

Moshe Prywes (משה פריבס; January 3, 1914 - March 1998) was a Polish-Israeli physician and educator. He was the first President of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (1973-1975).

Biography

Prywes was born in

Warsaw, Poland.[1][2] He studied medicine for two years at the University of Tours in France, and graduated from the University of Warsaw in 1939.[1][3][2]

After the outbreak of World War II and the

In 1951 Prywes immigrated to Israel, joined the

Ben-Gurion University was founded in the Negev, he served as its first president from 1973 to 1975, succeeded by Yosef Tekoah.[5][1][4] In 1973 he established a medical school, the Center of Health Services of the Ben Gurion University of the Negev, where medical studies were combined with the treatment of community clinics at all stages of the study.[6][4] He was the first Dean of the school.[4]

In 1990 he was awarded the

Israel Journal of Medical Sciences.[1][7][8] He was a member of the World Health Organization (WHO).[1] In 1995, he was awarded the Ben-Gurion Foundation's Ben Gurion Prize.[1]

Prywes published his autobiography Prisoner of Hope in English in 1996.[9] He was married to dentist Isabelle Priwes who died in 1965 and later to nurse Raquela Levy Brzezinski Prywes who died in 1985.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Prywes, Moshe". Jewish Virtual Library.
  2. ^ a b Encyclopaedia Judaica: Year book. Encyclopaedia Judaica. 1982 – via Google Books.
  3. – via Google Books.
  4. ^ a b c d "The Moshe Prywes Center for Medical Education - About Us". in.bgu.ac.il.
  5. ^ "Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Former Presidents". In.bgu.ac.il. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  6. – via Google Books.
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  9. – via Google Books.