Ozer Schild
עוזר שילד
Born
Erling Ozer Schild

September 25, 1930
Copenhagen, Denmark
Died2006
NationalityIsraeli
Alma mater
Known for

Erling Ozer Schild (עוזר שילד; September 25, 1930 – 2006), a Danish-born Israeli academic, was president of the University of Haifa and president of the College of Judea and Samaria, known as "Ariel College".[1][2]

Biography

Schild was born in Copenhagen, Denmark.[2] He identified as an Orthodox Jew before the Holocaust, and was not affiliated after the WWII.[3] During the Holocaust he went into hiding under a false identity in Copenhagen, and in Saunte, Denmark.[3]

He completed a master's degree in economics in the University of Copenhagen in 1957, and then made aliyah and immigrated to Israel that year.[2][4][5] In 1965, he received a doctorate in psychology and sociology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[2][5] After post-doctoral work at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, he returned in 1968 to Israel to head the Psychology Department at Hebrew University.[2][6]

Together with Daniel Kahneman, Schild volunteered to assist the Israel Air Force Flight Academy in improving its selection and training procedures.[2] In 1973, he moved to Be'er Sheva to serve as Dean of the Humanities Department at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.[2] In 1974, he was appointed Chief Scientist of the Israel Education Ministry.[2]

In 1976, Schild moved to the University of Haifa to head the School of Education.[2] In 1978 he was appointed rector of the university.[2]

Schild was appointed president of the University of Haifa in 1990.[2]

In October 1993, Schild, with another four-year term ahead of him, resigned from the University of Haifa presidency and moved from Haifa to Ariel.[2][7][8][9] At the College of Judea and Samaria, known as "Ariel College," Schild taught statistics and research methods.[2][8][9] He later became president of the college there.[2][10]

He and his wife had two children.[2]

References

  1. ↑ bi-Yerushalayim, Universiṭah ha-ʻIvrit (1969). The Hebrew University of Jerusalem – via Google Books.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Dromi, Uri (December 21, 2006). "Professor Ozer Schild, 1930-2006 / He Devoted His Life to Higher Education". Haaretz.
  3. 1 2 "The USC Shoah Foundation Institute’sBiographical Profile"
  4. ↑ Fox, Robert (1993). The Inner Sea: The Mediterranean and Its People. Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 9780394574523 – via Google Books.
  5. 1 2 bi-Yerushalayim, Universiṭah ha-ʻIvrit (1969). The Hebrew University of Jerusalem – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ "Department of Psychology | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem | About us | History of the department". old.psychology.huji.ac.il.
  7. ↑ Israel Yearbook and Almanac. IBRT Translation/Documentation Limited. 1994 – via Google Books.
  8. 1 2 "Head of Haifa U. Moving to West Bank Israeli College". The Chronicle of Higher Education. November 3, 1993.
  9. 1 2 "Getting off the Sidelines". The Detroit Jewish News - Image 28. January 21, 1994.
  10. ↑ Nahost-Informationsdienst. Deutsches Orient-Institut. 1996 – via Google Books.
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