Aharon Eviatar

Background

Aharon Eviatar was born on February 20, 1931 in Duluth, Minnesota, United States. He's a son of Abraham Ber and Rose (Reines) Shusterman. In 1949, Aharon arrived in Israel.

Education

1949-1952 Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, Faculty of Humanities, Degree: B.A.;

1956-1961 Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Degree: M.Sc.;

1962-1966 University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, Degree: Ph.D.

Career

1955-1957 Weather Forecaster and Meteorological Officer, Israel Air Force;

1957-1961 Teaching Assistant, Department of Meteorology and Climatology, Hebrew university of Jerusalem, Israel;

1961-1962 Graduate Assistant, Department of Meteorology and Climatology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel;

1962-1966 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Maryland, College

Park, Maryland;

1966-1968 Member Technical Staff, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey;

1968-1971 Senior Lecturer, Department of Environmental Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel;

1971-1980 Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences (since 1976 Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences) Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel;

1977-1980 Chairman, Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel;

1980-1999 Full Professor, Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel;

1999-date Professor Emeritus, Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel.

Achievements

• Aharon Eviatar has been listed as a noteworthy Geophysics educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Aharon is a member of American Geophysical Union; American Astronomical Society, Division for Planetary Sciences; The Planetary Society; European Geophysical Society; International Academy of Astronautics and New York Academy of Sciences.

Personality

Aharon Eviatar likes to spend time with his grandchildren. He also admitted that he used to spent a lot of time on the Internet corresponding with friends and family. Aharon and his wife used to enjoy travelling.

Connections

Aharon Eviatar was married to Daphne Ashbel (passed away on March 15, 2003). He has 3 children: Zohar, Hadass, Shaul.

Father:

Abraham Ber Shusterman

Mother:

Rose (Reines) Shusterman

child:

Zohar Eviatar

child:

Hadass Eviatar

child:

Shaul Eviatar

Wife:

Daphne Ashbel