Yoram Ben-Porath

Yoram Ben-Porat (also, Ben-Porath; ; 1937 – October 18, 1992) was an Israeli academic and economist. He served as president of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem from 1990 until his death in 1992 in an automobile accident at the age of 55.

Biography Ben-Porath was born in Ramat Gan, Israel.

He was an economist. Ben-Porath specialized in the problems of the Israeli economy.

Ben-Porath obtained both a bachelor's degree and a master's degrees at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

He became a member of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Department of Economics faculty in 1967, where he was the William Haber Professor of Economics. In 1987, Ben-Porath became Rector of the university.

He was also President of the Israel Economic Association, Director of the Maurice Falk Institute for Economic Research in Israel from 1979–84, and a consultant to the Rand Corporation. They were buried at the Har Hamenuhot cemetery in Jerusalem.