Background
Elhanan I. Meir was born on 1936 in Jerusalem.
Elhanan I. Meir was born on 1936 in Jerusalem.
After his army service in Israel Defense Forces he studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Bachelor in Psychology, Statistics, Sociology. Master of Arts in Psychology).
He retired as a full professor from the Department of Psychological at the Tel Aviv University. He was the president of the Israeli Psychology Association (10 years) and chairman of the Council of Psychology in Israel (6 years). He received his PH.D at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands (1968).
Meir"s specialty was Vocational and Counseling Psychology.
Most of his articles were published in the Journal of Vocational Behavior and in the Journal of Career Assessment. Meir also was the head of the research unit of the Hadassah Vocational Counseling Institute.
After 39 years at the Tel Aviv University, Meir retired as a full professor In 2002, at the age 66, Meir started to study at the Yeshivat Otniel.
On February 17, 2014, Meir died after a long battle with cancer.