About Yehuda Hayuth
Lived 1946 – 2022 (aged 75–76). Yehuda Hayuth was an Israeli geographer, known for University of Haifa.
Yehuda Hayuth (; April 10, 1946 - December 20, 2022) was an Israeli professor of geography, and a former President of the University of Haifa.
Early life 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. He and his family later moved to the Haifa area. Hayuth then earned a Ph.D. in ports and maritime transportation planning at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington.
Academia He then taught at the University of Rhode Island. He was elected President of the University of Haifa for the first time in February 1995, and then again in 1998.
Hayut died on December 20, 2022. He was married, and had two children.
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Israeli geographer (1946–2022)
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Yehuda Hayuth was born in 1946 in Jerusalem.
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Yehuda Hayuth died on 22 December 2022 in Haifa.
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Yehuda Hayuth was known for University of Haifa.
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