PRESIDENT’S REPORT 2015
Wishing you all a Happy Independence Day 2011
from the entire Technion family.
A Message from Technion President Prof. Peretz Lavie.
| Prof. Peretz Lavie |
Spring in Israel is a time we mark great transitions.
Following Passover, comes Holocaust Memorial Day, in which we recall one of the greatest affronts to humanity in history. Out of this despair, we move a week later to honor Israel’s fallen – those men and women who lost their lives in building and securing our sovereign state. The culmination is Independence Day: the fulfillment of generations of yearning to have a place to call “Home”.
Following Passover, comes Holocaust Memorial Day, in which we recall one of the greatest affronts to humanity in history. Out of this despair, we move a week later to honor Israel’s fallen – those men and women who lost their lives in building and securing our sovereign state. The culmination is Independence Day: the fulfillment of generations of yearning to have a place to call “Home”.
That physical place – the Land of Israel – so often seems to have been won by wars, but this is only part of the story. The creation, independence and safety of the Land of Israel also depends on the wisdom and brainpower of its universities – in areas ranging from medicine, environment, energy, high-tech innovation and through to the most refined frontiers of research into nanotechnology. Welcome to Technion LIVE.
Happy Independence Day!
Technion President Prof. Peretz Lavie.
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| Technion workshop, 1940s. |
Some History
In the years preceding the establishment of the State, Technion was an active center for the Jewish underground and a source of technological defense solutions crucial to the struggle for independence.
In 1948, with a student body of 680, Technion celebrated Israel’s Declaration of Independence.
The developing state created new demands on the veteran university. To meet these needs, Technion launched a variety of ambitious projects, including the establishment of the Department of Aeronautical Engineering in 1949, which laid the foundation for Israel’s successful aerospace industries and insurmountable Air Force.
From electricity to telephone networks, from founding industries to producing rapid housing to meet the demands of immigration, Technion was the powerhouse behind the evolution of the state.
