Background
Yaalon, Dan Hardy was born on May 11, 1924 in Uh.Hradiste, Czechoslovakia.
Yaalon, Dan Hardy was born on May 11, 1924 in Uh.Hradiste, Czechoslovakia.
Bachelor of Science, Royal Agricultural U., Copenhagen, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy in Soil Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1954; Postdoctorate Fellow, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, England, 1954-1955; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization fellow in Soil Salinity, Hydroingeo Institute, Tashkent, Russia, 1962.
Senior lecturer Institute Eart Sciences, Hebrew U., Jerusalem, Israel, 1961-1969;
associate professor, Hebrew U., Jerusalem, Israel, 1970-1977;
professor of pedology, Hebrew U., Jerusalem, Israel, 1978-1992;
emeritus professor, Hebrew U., Jerusalem, Israel, since 1993. Visiting lecturer U. Melbourne, Australia, 1968, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1968-1969. Associate professor Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba, 1974-1976.
Visiting professor U. Arizona, 1977, University of California, Davis, 1987, U. Ghent, Belgium,1993. Visiting fellow Australian National U., Canberra, 1981, U. Cambridge, England, 1992.
Member International Society Soil Science, Israel Soil Science Society (past president 1980), Israel Geological Society (past president 1959), Israel Pleistocene Association (past president 1976-1983), Russian Soil Science Society (Dokuchaev Soil Science Medal).
Married 1952; 2 children.