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Former Chairs and Vice-Chairs of the Board of Governors   2008/09 Prof. Mina Teicher, Chair Brain Center Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan, Israel Prof. Thomas Crisman, Vice-Chair Patel Center for Global Solutions University of South Florida Tampa, Florida, USA 2007/08 Mr. Kenneth Ferguson, Chair (OES/STC) U.S. Dept. of State Washington, D.C., USA Prof. Mina Teicher, Vice-Chair Dept. of Mathematics Bar-Ilan University Ramat Gan, Israel 2006/07 Prof. Rami Rahamimoff, Chair Chief Scientist The Ministry of Health Jerusalem, Israel Mr. Kenneth Ferguson, Vice-Chair (OES/STC) U.S. Dept of State Washington, D.C., USA 2005/06 Dr. Albert H. Teich, Chair Director Science Policy Programs American Association of the Advancement of Science Washington, D.C., USA Prof. Rami Rahamimoff, Vice-Chair Chief Scientist The Ministry of Health Jerusalem, Israel 2004/05 Prof. Amnon Pazy, Chair Israel Academy of Sciences & Humanities Jerusalem, Israel Dr. Albert H. Teich, Vice-Chair Director, Science & Policy Programs American Association for the Advancement of Science Washington, D.C., USA 2003/04 Dr. Michael P. Crosby, Chair Executive Officer National Science Board NSF Arlington, VA, USA Prof. Amnon Pazy, Vice-Chair Israel Academy of Sciences & Humanities Jerusalem, Israel 2002/03 Prof. Hagit Messer-Yaron, Chair Chief Scientist The Ministry of Science Jerusalem, Israel Dr. Michael P. Crosby, Vice-Chair Senior Advisor for International Science Policy NOAA, HCHB Washington, D.C., USA 2001/02 Prof. Bracha Rager, Chair Chief Scientist The Ministry of Science Jerusalem, Israel Prof. Thomas Crisman, Vice-Chair Center for Wetlands University of Florida Gainesville, FL, USA 2000/01 Dr. Robert A. Eisenstein, Chair Assistant Director for Mathematical & Physical Sciences National Science Foundation Arlington, VA, USA Prof. Bracha Rager, Vice-Chair Chief Scientist Ministry of Health Jerusalem, Israel 1999/00 Prof. Amnon Pazy, Chair Israel Academy of Sciences & Humanities Jerusalem, Israel Dr. Robert A. Eisenstein, Vice-Chair Assistant Director for Mathematical & Physical Sciences National Science Foundation Arlington, VA, USA 1998/99 Dr. Jonathan Margolis, Chair Director, Office of Regional Policy Initiatives, OES United States Department of State Washington, D.C., USA Prof. Amnon Pazy, Vice-Chair Israel Academy of Sciences & Humanities Jerusaelm, Israel 1997/98 Dr. Jonathan Margolis, Chair Acting Director Office of Regional Policy OES, Department of State Washington, D.C., USA Prof. Leah Boehm, Vice-Chair Chief Scientist Ministry of Science & the Arts Jerusalem, Israel 1996/97 Prof. Michael Silbermann, Chair Chief Scientist Ministry of Health Jerusalem, Israel Mrs. Anne Solomon, Vice-Chair Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science Technology & Health U.S. Department of State Washington, D.C., USA 1995/96 Dr. Marcel Bardon, Chair Director, International Programs National Science Foundation Arlington, Virginia, USA Prof. Michael Silbermann, Vice-Chair Chief Scientist Ministry of Health Jerusalem, Israel 1994/95 Mr. Amnon Einav, Chair Chief Scientist, Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure Jerusalem, Israel Dr. Marcel Bardon, Vice-Chair Director, International Programs National Science Foundation Arlington, Virginia, USA 1993/94 Dr. Claude Lenfant, Chair Director, National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute National Institute of Health Bethesda, Maryland, USA Mr. Amnon Einav, Vice-Chair Chief Scientist, Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure Jerusalem, Israel 1992/93 Prof. Joshua Jortner, Chair President, Israel Academy of Sciences & Humanities Jerusalem, Israel Dr. Claude Lenfant, Vice-Chair Director, National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute National Institute of Health Bethesda, Maryland, USA 1991/92 Dr. F. Karl Willenbrock, Chair Assistant Director, Scientific, Technological & International Affairs National Science Foundation Washington, DC, USA Mr. Tanchum Grizim, Vice-Chair Director General, Ministry of Science & Development Jersualem, Israel 1990/91 Dr.. Leo Sachs, Chair Israel Academy of Sciences & Humanities, Jerusalem, Israel Dr. F. Karl Willenbrock, Vice-Chair Assistant Director, Scientific, Technological & International Affairs National Science Foundation Washington, DC, USA 1989/90 Dr. James Barnes Wyngaarden, Chair Former Director, National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland, USA Prof. Oded Abramsky, Vice-Chair Chief Scientist, Ministry of Health Jerusalem, Israel 1988/89 Prof. Oded Abramsky, Chair Chief Scientist, Ministry of Health Jerusalem, Israel Dr. William A. Nierenberg, Vice-Chair Director Emeritus Scripps Institutuion of Oceanography La Jolla, CA, USA 1987/88 Dr. Richard J. Green, Chair Assistant Director, Scientific, Technological & International Affairs, National Science Foundation Washington, D.C., USA Dr. Leo Sachs, Vice-Chair Israel Academy of Sciences & Humanities, Jerusalem, Israel 1986/87 Dr. Henry N. Neufeld, Chair Director, Department of Cardiology Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Israel National Science Foundation Dr. Richard J. Green, Vice-Chair Assistant Director, Scientific Technological & International Affairs Washington, D.C., USA 1985/86 Dr. Richard J. Green, Chair Assistant Director, Scientific Technological & International Affairs National Science Foundation Washington, D.C., USA Dr. Henry N. Neufeld, Vice-Chair Director, Department of Cardiology Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Israel 1984/85 Dr. Henry N. Neufeld, Chair Director, Department of Cardiology Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Israel Dr. Richard J. Green, Vice-Chair Assistant Director, Scientific, Technological & International Affairs, National Science Foundation Washington, D.C., USA 1983/84 Dr. Richard J. Green, Chair Assistant Director, Scientific, Technological, & International Affairs, National Science Foundation Washington, D.C., USA Dr. Henry N. Neufeld, Vice-Chair Director, Department of Cardiology Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Israel 1982/83 Dr. Henry N. Neufeld, Chair Director, Department of Cardiology Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Israel Dr. Richard J. Green, Vice-Chair Assistant Director, Scientific, Technological & International Affairs National Science Foundation Washington, D.C., USA 1981/82 Dr. Harvey Averch, Chair Assistant Director for Scientific Technological & International Affairs National Science Foundation Washington, D.C., USA Dr. Henry N. Neufeld, Vice-Chair Director, Department of Cardiology Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Israel 1980/81 Dr. Henry N. Neufeld, Chair Director, Department of Cardiology Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Israel Prof. Charles B. Bell, Jr., Vice-Chair Dept. of Biostatistics University of Washington Seattle, Washington, USA 1979/80 Dr. Harvey Averch, Chair Assistant Director for Scientific Technological & International Affairs National Science Foundation Washington, D.C., USA Dr. Henry N. Neufeld, Vice-Chair Chief Scientist Ministry of Health Israel (Retired) 1978/9 Dr. Aryeh Dvoretzky, Chair President, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Israel Dr. Thomas R. Pickering, Vice-Chair Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of State Washington, D.C., USA 1977/8 Dr. John P. Schaefer, Chair President, University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona, USA Dr. Aryeh Dvoretzky, Vice-Chair President, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Israel 1976/7 Dr. Aryeh Dvoretzky, Chair President, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Israel Dr. John P. Schaefer, Vice-Chair President, University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona, USA 1975/6 Dr. H. Guyford Stever, Chair Director, National Science Foundation Washington, D.C., USA Dr. Ernst D. Bergmann, Vice-Chair Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Israel 1974/5 Dr. Ernst D. Bergmann, Chair Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Israel Dr. H. Guyford Stever, Vice-Chair Director, National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., USA