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JOSEF SINGER 1923–2009 Elected in 1981 "For contributions to knowledge of stability of reinforced thin-walled structures, international cooperation in mechanics, and design of Israeli aircraft." BY DANIEL WEIHS JOSEF SINGER, former president of the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology and founding faculty member and former dean of the university's Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, died on November 12, 2009, in Israel. Josi, as everyone called him, was born in Vienna on August 24, 1923, the second of two sons (his older brother Michael was a well-known painter)
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288 MEMORIAL TRIBUTES Josi was a founder of the Department of Aeronautical Engineering at the Technion, promoted to associate professor in 1961 and full professor in 1965. He was one of the designers of the unique "level engineer" concept, in which undergraduates got basic and advanced courses in a wide range of disciplines, as -- this being (then and still)
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JOSEF SINGER 289 initiated in those years. He was also a member of the board of directors for several years and at one point pro tem chairman of the company, which experienced phenomenal growth on his watch.
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