Chaim Elata

Chaim Elata is an Israeli professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, and former president of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He is also the former chairman of the Israel Public Utility Authority for Electricity.

Biography

When Elata was 13 years old and living in the Netherlands, the Nazis invaded. They took away his father and stepmother.

Elata graduated from the Technion Israel Institute of Technology, receiving a master's degree in 1957, and a Doctorate of Science in 1961. In 1973, he married .

Academic career Elata is a professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, and former president of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. In 1961 he became an associate professor at the Technion. He was the chief scientist of the Energy Ministry and founder of Hydronautics.