Moshe Prywes
Moshe Prywes | |
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משה פריבס | |
Warsaw, Poland | |
Died | March 1998 |
Nationality | Israeli |
Citizenship | Israel, Poland |
Alma mater | |
Known for | physician and educator; first President of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
Notable work | Prisoner of Hope |
Awards |
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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
French Legion of Honor.[1]
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
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Prywes, Moshe". Jewish Virtual Library.
- ^ a b Encyclopaedia Judaica: Year book. Encyclopaedia Judaica. 1982 – via Google Books.
- ISBN 9780300133127– via Google Books.
- ^ a b c d "The Moshe Prywes Center for Medical Education - About Us". in.bgu.ac.il.
- ^ "Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Former Presidents". In.bgu.ac.il. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
- ISBN 9780309077576– via Google Books.
- ISBN 9780520022249– via Google Books.
- PMID 2199403.
- ISBN 9780874516531– via Google Books.