Abraham Izhak Kook

Background

Kook, Abraham Izhak was born on August 29, 1937 in Haifa, Israel. Son of Nahum and Hanah (Frank) Kook.

Education

Master of Science, Cornell Univercity, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, McGill University, 1970.

Career

Senior scientist, Weizmann Institute Science, Rehovot, Israel, 1972-1980; associate professor, Technion Faculty Medicine, Haifa, 1980-1981; director laboratories, Wolfson Hospital, Holon, 1981-1984; associate professor, Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans, 1984-1987; visiting professor, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1987-1988; director research wing, Rebecca Sieff Medical Center, Safed, Israel, since 1989.

Achievements

• Abraham Izhak Kook has been listed as a noteworthy Neuroimmunologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Israel Bio-chemical Association, Israel Immunol. Society, New York Academy Sciences M C.

Connections

Married Aya Ben-Yaakov, February 1960 (divorced October 1983). Three children.

Father:

Nahum Kook

Mother:

Hanah (Frank) Kook

Spouse:

Aya Ben-Yaakov