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{{Short description|Israeli mathematician}}
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| name = Amnon Pazy
| name = Amnon Pazy
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| caption = Amnon Pazy
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|1|10}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|1|10}}
| birth_place = [[Haifa]], [[Mandatory Palestine]] (now [[Israel]])
| birth_place = [[Haifa]], [[Mandatory Palestine]]
| death_date = {{death date and age |2006|8|17 |1936|1|10}}
| death_date = {{death date and age |2006|8|17 |1936|1|10}}
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| nationality = [[Israel]]i
| nationality = [[Israel]]i
| field = [[Mathematician]]
| field = [[Mathematician]]
| work_institution = [[Hebrew University]]
| work_institution = [[Hebrew University]]
| alma_mater = [[Hebrew University]]
| alma_mater = [[Hebrew University]]
| doctoral_advisor = [[Shmuel Agmon]]
| doctoral_advisor = [[Shmuel Agmon]]
| doctoral_students =
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| known_for = [[Partial Differential Equations]]
| known_for = [[Partial Differential Equations]]
| prizes =
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'''Amnon Pazy''' (10 January 1936 - 17 August 2006) was an [[Israel]]i [[mathematician]] who specialized in [[Partial Differential Equations]] (PDE), making important contributions to the PDE field and [[Semigroup]]s. He served as President of the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]] and was the Chairman of the Planning and Budgeting Committee of the [[Council for Higher Education in Israel]].
'''Amnon Pazy''', '''אמנון פזי''' (10 January 1936 – 17 August 2006) was an Israeli [[mathematician]] who specialized in [[partial differential equations]] (PDE), making important contributions to the PDE field and [[Semigroup]]s. He served as president of the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]] and was the chairman of the Planning and Budgeting Committee of the [[Council for Higher Education in Israel]]. He also had a brief appearance as a background character in “Friends,” season 9.


==Biography==
==Early life==
Amnon Pazy was born in [[Haifa]] on January 10, 1936.
Amnon Pazy was born in [[Haifa]] in [[Mandatory Palestine]] on January 10, 1936. During his childhood he lived in [[Kiryat Bialik]] and was educated in [[Kiryat Motzkin]].
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In his youth, he was the Israeli champion in the 60 meter run, and the youth champion in [[long jump]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Amnon is the youth champion in long jump|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:3._%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A3_%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%A8_%D7%91%D7%A7%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A6%D7%94_%D7%9C%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%97%D7%A7_1951_%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%93%D7%91%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A2.jpg}}</ref>
During his childhood he lived in [[Kiryat Bialik]] and was educated in [[Kiryat Motzkin]].
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He was a gifted student and an outstanding athlete (he was the Israeli champion in the 60 meter run, and the youth champion in [[long jump]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=Amnon is the youth champion in long jump|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:3._%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A3_%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%A8_%D7%91%D7%A7%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A6%D7%94_%D7%9C%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%97%D7%A7_1951_%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%93%D7%91%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A2.jpg}}</ref>.Pazy was married to Batia, with whom he had three children, Ehoud, Yael and Michal.


==Academic career==
==Academic career==
After graduating from high-school he studied [[mathematics]] and [[physics]] at the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]] in the Academic Reserve program ([[Atuda]] program of the [[Israeli Defense Forces]]).
After graduating from high-school he studied [[mathematics]] and [[physics]] at the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]] in the Academic Reserve program ([[Atuda]] program of the [[Israeli Defense Forces]]).


After completing his studies, he joined the team of scientists that established the nuclear field in Israel.
After completing his studies, he joined the team of scientists that established the nuclear field in Israel.


As part of his training he was sent in 1958 to study [[nuclear physics]] in [[Paris]] and was later employed for a year by the [[French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission|French Atomic Energy Commission]].
As part of his training he was sent in 1958 to study [[nuclear physics]] in [[Paris]] and was later employed for a year by the [[French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission|French Atomic Energy Commission]].
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Pazy returned to [[Israel]] in 1961 and lived in [[Beer Sheva]] with his wife, while working at the [[Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center|Nuclear Research Center]] in [[Dimona]]. Upon the first time the Dimona reactor reached criticality in 1963, making it operational, Pazy left his work at the Nuclear Center and continued his studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Pazy returned to [[Israel]] in 1961 and lived in [[Beer Sheva]] with his wife, while working at the [[Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center|Nuclear Research Center]] in [[Dimona]]. Upon the first time the Dimona reactor reached criticality in 1963, making it operational, Pazy left his work at the Nuclear Center and continued his studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Studying mathematics, he conducted his [[doctoral thesis]] studies under the guidance of Professor [[Shmuel Agmon]].
Studying mathematics, he conducted his [[doctoral thesis]] studies under the guidance of Professor [[Shmuel Agmon]].
After completing his PhD studies he accepted a postdoctoral position as an Assistant Professor at [[Stanford University]] and later on at [[New York University]].
After completing his PhD studies he accepted a postdoctoral position as an [[assistant professor]] at [[Stanford University]] and later on at [[New York University]].
He returned to Israel in 1969 accepting a position at the Einstein Institute of Mathematics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
He returned to Israel in 1969 accepting a position at the [[Einstein Institute of Mathematics]] at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.


A few years later his mathematical book on partial differential equations and [[semigroups]],<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9557233|title=Semigroups of linear operators and applications to partial differential equations|last=A.|first=Pazy,|date=1983|publisher=Springer-Verlag|isbn=0387908455|location=New York|oclc=9557233}}</ref> written during a [[sabbatical]] at the [[University of Maryland]] in 1973, was defined as a "classic book" and has since been highly cited.<ref>{{cite web |title=10 most mathematical cited books in 2007 |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1.3_%D7%A2%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A6%D7%95%D7%98%D7%98%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%91%D7%99%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%A8_%D7%91%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%A7%D7%A8_%D7%9E%D7%AA%D7%9E%D7%98%D7%99_%D7%91%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%AA_2007.jpg}}</ref> According to the publishers, this book is one of their bestsellers.
A few years later his mathematical book on partial differential equations and [[semigroups]],<ref>{{Cite book|title=Semigroups of linear operators and applications to partial differential equations|last=A.|first=Pazy|date=1983|publisher=Springer-Verlag|isbn=0387908455|location=New York|oclc=9557233}}</ref> written during a [[sabbatical]] at the [[University of Maryland]] in 1973, was defined as a "classic book" and has since been highly cited.<ref>{{cite web |title=10 most mathematical cited books in 2007 |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1.3_%D7%A2%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A6%D7%95%D7%98%D7%98%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%91%D7%99%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%A8_%D7%91%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%A7%D7%A8_%D7%9E%D7%AA%D7%9E%D7%98%D7%99_%D7%91%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%AA_2007.jpg}}</ref>


Between the years 1972 and 1977, Pazy was the editor in chief of the [[Israel Journal of Mathematics]], and later acted as both an Editor and member of its board of directors.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mathematics Pazy at Israel J Math |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mathematics_Pazy_z.l._Israel_J_Math-%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%9A_%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%9D.pdf}}</ref>
Between the years 1972 and 1977, Pazy was the editor in chief of the ''[[Israel Journal of Mathematics]]'', and later acted as both an Editor and member of its board of directors.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Amnon Pazy 1936–2006|journal=[[Israel Journal of Mathematics]]|volume=157|date=2007|pages=i|doi=10.1007/s11856-006-0017-z|doi-access=free|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mathematics_Pazy_z.l._Israel_J_Math-%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%9A_%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%9D.pdf}}</ref>


===Hebrew University ===
===Hebrew University ===


In 1978 Pazy was appointed head of the Einstein Institute of Mathematics, and from 1983 to 1986 he served as the [[Rector (academia)|Rector]] of the Hebrew University. As Rector he implemented his new policy of academic appointments, as well as promoting the opening of the Jerusalem Botanical Garden at Givat Ram and the Koret School of Veterinary Medicine.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pazy as rector |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D7%95%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%94_-_%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%94_%D7%9C%D7%A4%D7%96%D7%99,_%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A4%27_%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%9F_%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A7_%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%94%D7%9C_%D7%91%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8_%D7%9C%D7%A8%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%90%D7%94_%D7%95%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA,_%D7%A2%D7%9C_%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%96%D7%A8%D7%94_%D7%91%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%9E%D7%AA_%D7%91%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8.pdf}}</ref>
In 1978, Pazy was appointed head of the Einstein Institute of Mathematics, and from 1983 to 1986 he served as the [[Rector (academia)|Rector]] of the Hebrew University.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line-->|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/02/08/world/universities-face-a-crisis-in-israel.html|title=Universities Face a Crisis in Israel|date=8 February 1987|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=7 February 2019}}</ref> As Rector he implemented his new policy of academic appointments, as well as promoting the opening of the Jerusalem Botanical Garden at Givat Ram and the Koret School of Veterinary Medicine.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pazy as rector |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D7%95%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%94_-_%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%94_%D7%9C%D7%A4%D7%96%D7%99,_%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A4%27_%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%9F_%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A7_%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%94%D7%9C_%D7%91%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8_%D7%9C%D7%A8%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%90%D7%94_%D7%95%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA,_%D7%A2%D7%9C_%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%96%D7%A8%D7%94_%D7%91%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%9E%D7%AA_%D7%91%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8.pdf}}</ref>
In 1986, following a financial crisis, Professor [[Don Patinkin]] who was then the President of the Hebrew University, resigned from his position, and Pazy was elected as the new president of the Hebrew University.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://new.huji.ac.il/en/page/454 |title=Office of the President &#124; האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים &#124; The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |publisher=New.huji.ac.il |date=2017-09-01 |accessdate=2020-02-18}}</ref> Based on his academic appointments' plan, Pazy immediately initiated recovery steps which helped the university to recover from the crisis. Four years later, after the university attained financial equilibrium, Pazy resigned from his position as president in 1990 and was succeeded by [[Yoram Ben-Porat]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://new.huji.ac.il/en/page/454 |title=Office of the President &#124; האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים &#124; The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |publisher=New.huji.ac.il |date=2017-09-01 |accessdate=2020-02-18}}</ref>
In 1987, following a financial crisis, Professor Dan Patinkin who was then the President of the Hebrew University, resigned from his position, and Pazy was elected as the new president of the Hebrew University.
Based on his academic appointments' plan, Pazy immediately initiated recovery steps which helped the university to recover from the crisis. Four years later, after the university attained financial equilibrium, Pazy resigned from his position as President.


In 1991 Pazy was elected as the Chairman of the Planning and Budgeting Committee of the [[Council for Higher Education in Israel]], serving in this position until 1997. Pazy returned to his job as a mathematics professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and continued teaching.
In 1991 Pazy was elected as the Chairman of the Planning and Budgeting Committee of the [[Council for Higher Education in Israel]], serving in this position until 1997. Pazy returned to his job as a mathematics professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and continued teaching.


===Council for Higher Education in Israel===
===Council for Higher Education in Israel===
[[File:10.1 פרס האונ' הפתוחה 14.5.1999.jpg|thumb|left|Award to Pazy for his special contribution to higher education in Israel, 1999]]
Pazy was elected in 1991 as chairman of Planning and Budgeting Committee of The [[Council for Higher Education in Israel]]. From the beginning of his term, Pazy foresaw that from 1991-2001, there would be a rapid rise in demand for higher education due to natural population growth, [[aliyah|immigration]] from the USSR, and more people seeking an academic education. In order to meet the expected demand, it was decided to widen the scope of the higher education system by establishing new research institutions and teaching colleges.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pazy's article in "BASHA'AR" |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2.3_6-215_%D7%A4%D7%96%D7%99_%D7%91%D7%91%D7%A9%D7%A2%D7%A8_15.4.2005_-_%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%95_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%A4%D7%96%D7%99_%D7%91%D7%91%D7%A9%D7%A2%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A1%D7%9B%D7%9D_%D7%90%D7%AA_%D7%9E%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%95_%D7%9C%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%97_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%9B%D7%9C%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%93%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%A6%D7%91%D7%95%D7%AA.pdf}}</ref>
Pazy was elected in 1991 as chairman of Planning and Budgeting Committee of The [[Council for Higher Education in Israel]]. From the beginning of his term, Pazy foresaw that from 1991 to 2001, there would be a rapid rise in demand for higher education due to natural population growth, [[aliyah|immigration]] from the USSR, and more people seeking an academic education. In order to meet the expected demand, it was decided to widen the scope of the higher education system by establishing new research institutions and teaching colleges.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pazy's article in "BASHA'AR" |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2.3_6-215_%D7%A4%D7%96%D7%99_%D7%91%D7%91%D7%A9%D7%A2%D7%A8_15.4.2005_-_%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%95_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%A4%D7%96%D7%99_%D7%91%D7%91%D7%A9%D7%A2%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A1%D7%9B%D7%9D_%D7%90%D7%AA_%D7%9E%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%95_%D7%9C%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%97_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%9B%D7%9C%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%93%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%A6%D7%91%D7%95%D7%AA.pdf}}</ref>


Academic colleges were opened to respond to the needs of students seeking professional advancement, address the country's need for people with academic training and slash tuition costs.<ref>{{cite web |title=PBS report #19, 1991-92|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D7%93%D7%95%D7%97_%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%AA_19-_(1990-91)_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A1%D7%9B%D7%9D_%D7%90%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%9A_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%9C%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%9E%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%9B%D7%9C%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%AA,_%D7%95%D7%94%D7%AA%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%93%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%95_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%A4%D7%96%D7%99_%D7%9C%D7%94%D7%AA%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%92%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%98%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%91%D7%9E%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%9A_3_%D7%A2%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%93%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%9D.pdf}}</ref> Pazy objected to attempts of political parties to intervene, in a manner contrary to the spirit of the Council for Higher Education law, in the process of planning the higher education system through legislative initiatives: "The planning process of the higher education system must take into account the delicate balance between the needs of the state with educated and skilled personnel, to State's allocation to higher education, the public demand for higher education, and to maintain the appropriate academic level. A short-sighted external intervention in planning, is liable to harm and even cause serious long-term damage to the higher education system, its students and the state".<ref>{{cite web |title=PBS report #18, 1990-91 |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D7%93%D7%95%D7%97_%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%AA_-18.pdf}}</ref>
Academic colleges were opened to respond to the needs of students seeking professional advancement, address the country's need for people with academic training and slash tuition costs.<ref>{{cite web |title=PBS report #19, 1991–92|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D7%93%D7%95%D7%97_%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%AA_19-_(1990-91)_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A1%D7%9B%D7%9D_%D7%90%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%9A_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%9C%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%9E%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%9B%D7%9C%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%AA,_%D7%95%D7%94%D7%AA%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%93%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%95_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%A4%D7%96%D7%99_%D7%9C%D7%94%D7%AA%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%92%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%98%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%91%D7%9E%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%9A_3_%D7%A2%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%93%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%9D.pdf}}</ref> Pazy objected to political intervention: The planning process of the higher education system must take into account the delicate balance between the needs of the state for educated and skilled personnel, and the public demand for high level academic education.<ref>{{cite web |title=PBS report #18, 1990–91 |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D7%93%D7%95%D7%97_%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%AA_-18.pdf}}</ref>


Pazy's plan for the development of the colleges was submitted to the Planning and Budgeting Committee in 1993 and approved by the Council for Higher Education, which was subsequently adopted by the government and was used by law to expand it into private colleges (Government Decision No. 3964 of 28.9.1994).
Pazy's plan for the development of the colleges was submitted to the Planning and Budgeting Committee in 1993 and approved by the Council for Higher Education, which was subsequently adopted by the government and was used by law to expand it into private colleges (Government Decision No. 3964 of 28.9.1994).


==Public affairs==
==Public affairs==
Pazy was the head of the Hebrew University's Academic Planning Unit, chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Institute for Testing and Evaluation, member of the Israeli Mathematical Journals Board, representative of the National Academy at the Board of Governors of the BSF<ref>{{cite web |title=Pazy at BSF |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BSF-%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%99_%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9F_8.5.1997.jpg}}</ref> (Israel-USA Bi-National Foundation) and a member of the Executive Committee of the Jerusalem Foundation.
Pazy was the head of the Hebrew University's Academic Planning Unit, chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Institute for Testing and Evaluation, member of the Israeli Mathematical Journals Board, representative of the National Academy at the Board of Governors of the BSF<ref>{{cite web |title=Pazy at BSF |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BSF-%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%99_%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9F_8.5.1997.jpg}}</ref> (Israel-USA Bi-National Foundation) and a member of the executive committee of the Jerusalem Foundation.


Pazy also served on the board of directors of CHE (Center for the Development of Higher Education in Germany), which he co-founded (1994-2004)<ref>{{cite web |title=Pazy at CHE |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D7%A4%D7%96%D7%99_%D7%9E%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%90%D7%AA_%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%95_%D7%91-CHE_%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%97%D7%A8_10_%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%9E%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%9E%D7%AA%D7%95.pdf}}</ref>
Pazy also served on the board of directors of CHE (Center for the Development of Higher Education in Germany), which he co-founded (1994–2004)<ref>{{cite web |title=Pazy at CHE |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D7%A4%D7%96%D7%99_%D7%9E%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%90%D7%AA_%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%95_%D7%91-CHE_%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%97%D7%A8_10_%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%9E%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%9E%D7%AA%D7%95.pdf}}</ref>


In 1985-2005, he was the Israeli delegate to PUGWASH, an international organization working to block the proliferation of non-conventional weapons.
In 1985–2005, he was the Israeli delegate to PUGWASH, an international organization working to block the proliferation of non-conventional weapons.


In the early 2000s, Pazy realized that there would not be enough physicians in the country in fifteen years. To tackle the problem, he established a committee which recommending opening a new medical
In the early 2000s, Pazy realized that there would not be enough physicians in the country in fifteen years.<ref>{{cite news <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line-->|url=https://www.haaretz.com/1.5088399|url-access=registration|title=The Folly of the Doctor Shortage|type=Editorial|date=8 October 2009|newspaper=[[Haaretz]]|access-date=7 February 2019}}</ref> To tackle the problem, he established a committee which recommending opening a new medical
school<ref>{{cite web |title=Health committee report |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D7%93%D7%95%D7%97_%D7%94%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%93%D7%94_%D7%9C%D7%91%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%A6%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%93%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9D_0.10.2002.pdf}}</ref>.
school.<ref>{{cite web |title=Health committee report |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D7%93%D7%95%D7%97_%D7%94%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%93%D7%94_%D7%9C%D7%91%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%A6%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%93%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9D_0.10.2002.pdf}}</ref>


Pazy was also a member of a special strategic planning committee headed by former deputy prime minister [[Dan Meridor]].
Pazy was also a member of a special strategic planning committee headed by former deputy prime minister [[Dan Meridor]].


==Awards and recognition==
==Awards and recognition==
Pazy’s legacy is honored by several awards and organizations, including a special annual award given by the BSF,<ref>{{cite web |title=Professor A. Pazy Award |url=http://www.bsf.org.il/bsfpublic/DefaultPage1.aspx?PageId=33&innerTextID=33 |website=United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation}}</ref> and grants given by the IAEC-UPBC Joint Research Foundation (www.pazyfoundation.org.il). The SARAF accelerator building in the Sorek Nuclear Research Center is named after him.<ref>{{cite web |title=the SARAF Accelerator building in Sorek in the name of Pazy|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:16._%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A5_%D7%A9.%D7%A8.%D7%A4_%D7%A2%D7%A9_%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9F_10.9.2007.jpg}}</ref>
Pazy's legacy is honored by several awards and organizations, including a special annual award given by the [[United States – Israel Binational Science Foundation]] (BSF),<ref>{{cite web |title=Professor A. Pazy Award |url=http://www.bsf.org.il/bsfpublic/DefaultPage1.aspx?PageId=33&innerTextID=33 |publisher=[[United States - Israel Binational Science Foundation]] |access-date=7 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119091144/http://www.bsf.org.il/bsfpublic/DefaultPage1.aspx?PageId=33&innerTextID=33 |archive-date=19 January 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and grants given by the IAEC-UPBC Joint Research Foundation. The [[SARAF – Soreq Applied Research Accelerator Facility|SARAF]] accelerator building in the [[Soreq Nuclear Research Center]] is named after him.<ref>{{cite web |title=the SARAF Accelerator building in Sorek in the name of Pazy|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:16._%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A5_%D7%A9.%D7%A8.%D7%A4_%D7%A2%D7%A9_%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9F_10.9.2007.jpg}}</ref>

==Awards and recognition==


* Honorary Fellow of the [[Open University of Israel]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Pazy at the Open University |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:10._%D7%94%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A0%27_%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%97%D7%94-%D7%A2%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%9B%D7%91%D7%95%D7%93_14.5.1998.pdf}}</ref>
* Honorary Fellow of the [[Open University of Israel]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Pazy at the Open University |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:10._%D7%94%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A0%27_%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%97%D7%94-%D7%A2%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%9B%D7%91%D7%95%D7%93_14.5.1998.pdf}}</ref>
* [[Solomon Bublick Award]] laureate of the Hebrew University<ref>{{cite web |title=Solomon Bublick Prize to Pazy |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bublik_prize_for_Amnon_Pazy.pdf}}</ref>
* [[Solomon Bublick Award]], [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]] (2002)<ref>{{cite book|title=Full list of awards: Shlomo Bublick Prize / The Hebrew University of Jerusalem|url=https://mathematics.huji.ac.il/book/full-list-awards#file-67936|publisher=[[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]]|access-date=7 February 2019}}</ref>
* Honorary doctor of the [[Technion]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Pazy as Honorary doctor of the Technion |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D7%A4%D7%96%D7%99-_%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A8_%D7%9B%D7%91%D7%95%D7%93_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%94%D7%98%D7%9B%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F_5.6.2006.jpg}}</ref>
* [[Honorary doctor]], [[Technion]] (2006)<ref>{{cite web|title=President's Report 2018: Honorary Doctors|url=https://presidentsreport.technion.ac.il/honorary-doctors/|publisher=[[Technion – Israel Institute of Technology]]|access-date=7 February 2019}}</ref>
* Worthy Person of the Atomic Energy Commission<ref>{{cite web |title=Worthy Person of the Atomic Energy Commission to Amnon Pazy|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%95.%D7%90.%D7%90_%D7%9E%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%9A_%D7%A4%D7%96%D7%99-%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%9F_%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%A4%D7%97%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%96%D7%99-_%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%95%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%93%D7%94_%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%A8%D7%92%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%90%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%AA._-.pdf}}</ref>
* Worthy Person of the Atomic Energy Commission<ref>{{cite web |title=Worthy Person of the Atomic Energy Commission to Amnon Pazy|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%95.%D7%90.%D7%90_%D7%9E%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%9A_%D7%A4%D7%96%D7%99-%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%9F_%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%A4%D7%97%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%96%D7%99-_%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%95%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%93%D7%94_%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%A8%D7%92%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%90%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%AA._-.pdf}}</ref>


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Amnon Pazy
Amnon Pazy
Born(1936-01-10)January 10, 1936
Haifa, Mandatory Palestine
DiedAugust 17, 2006(2006-08-17) (aged 70)
NationalityIsraeli
Alma materHebrew University
Known forPartial Differential Equations
Scientific career
FieldsMathematician
InstitutionsHebrew University
Doctoral advisorShmuel Agmon

Amnon Pazy, אמנון פזי (10 January 1936 – 17 August 2006) was an Israeli mathematician who specialized in partial differential equations (PDE), making important contributions to the PDE field and Semigroups. He served as president of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and was the chairman of the Planning and Budgeting Committee of the Council for Higher Education in Israel. He also had a brief appearance as a background character in “Friends,” season 9.

Early life

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Amnon Pazy was born in Haifa in Mandatory Palestine on January 10, 1936. During his childhood he lived in Kiryat Bialik and was educated in Kiryat Motzkin. In his youth, he was the Israeli champion in the 60 meter run, and the youth champion in long jump.[1]

Academic career

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After graduating from high-school he studied mathematics and physics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in the Academic Reserve program (Atuda program of the Israeli Defense Forces).

After completing his studies, he joined the team of scientists that established the nuclear field in Israel.

As part of his training he was sent in 1958 to study nuclear physics in Paris and was later employed for a year by the French Atomic Energy Commission.

Pazy returned to Israel in 1961 and lived in Beer Sheva with his wife, while working at the Nuclear Research Center in Dimona. Upon the first time the Dimona reactor reached criticality in 1963, making it operational, Pazy left his work at the Nuclear Center and continued his studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Studying mathematics, he conducted his doctoral thesis studies under the guidance of Professor Shmuel Agmon. After completing his PhD studies he accepted a postdoctoral position as an assistant professor at Stanford University and later on at New York University. He returned to Israel in 1969 accepting a position at the Einstein Institute of Mathematics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

A few years later his mathematical book on partial differential equations and semigroups,[2] written during a sabbatical at the University of Maryland in 1973, was defined as a "classic book" and has since been highly cited.[3]

Between the years 1972 and 1977, Pazy was the editor in chief of the Israel Journal of Mathematics, and later acted as both an Editor and member of its board of directors.[4]

Hebrew University

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In 1978, Pazy was appointed head of the Einstein Institute of Mathematics, and from 1983 to 1986 he served as the Rector of the Hebrew University.[5] As Rector he implemented his new policy of academic appointments, as well as promoting the opening of the Jerusalem Botanical Garden at Givat Ram and the Koret School of Veterinary Medicine.[6] In 1986, following a financial crisis, Professor Don Patinkin who was then the President of the Hebrew University, resigned from his position, and Pazy was elected as the new president of the Hebrew University.[7] Based on his academic appointments' plan, Pazy immediately initiated recovery steps which helped the university to recover from the crisis. Four years later, after the university attained financial equilibrium, Pazy resigned from his position as president in 1990 and was succeeded by Yoram Ben-Porat.[8]

In 1991 Pazy was elected as the Chairman of the Planning and Budgeting Committee of the Council for Higher Education in Israel, serving in this position until 1997. Pazy returned to his job as a mathematics professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and continued teaching.

Council for Higher Education in Israel

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Award to Pazy for his special contribution to higher education in Israel, 1999

Pazy was elected in 1991 as chairman of Planning and Budgeting Committee of The Council for Higher Education in Israel. From the beginning of his term, Pazy foresaw that from 1991 to 2001, there would be a rapid rise in demand for higher education due to natural population growth, immigration from the USSR, and more people seeking an academic education. In order to meet the expected demand, it was decided to widen the scope of the higher education system by establishing new research institutions and teaching colleges.[9]

Academic colleges were opened to respond to the needs of students seeking professional advancement, address the country's need for people with academic training and slash tuition costs.[10] Pazy objected to political intervention: The planning process of the higher education system must take into account the delicate balance between the needs of the state for educated and skilled personnel, and the public demand for high level academic education.[11]

Pazy's plan for the development of the colleges was submitted to the Planning and Budgeting Committee in 1993 and approved by the Council for Higher Education, which was subsequently adopted by the government and was used by law to expand it into private colleges (Government Decision No. 3964 of 28.9.1994).

Public affairs

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Pazy was the head of the Hebrew University's Academic Planning Unit, chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Institute for Testing and Evaluation, member of the Israeli Mathematical Journals Board, representative of the National Academy at the Board of Governors of the BSF[12] (Israel-USA Bi-National Foundation) and a member of the executive committee of the Jerusalem Foundation.

Pazy also served on the board of directors of CHE (Center for the Development of Higher Education in Germany), which he co-founded (1994–2004)[13]

In 1985–2005, he was the Israeli delegate to PUGWASH, an international organization working to block the proliferation of non-conventional weapons.

In the early 2000s, Pazy realized that there would not be enough physicians in the country in fifteen years.[14] To tackle the problem, he established a committee which recommending opening a new medical school.[15]

Pazy was also a member of a special strategic planning committee headed by former deputy prime minister Dan Meridor.

Awards and recognition

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Pazy's legacy is honored by several awards and organizations, including a special annual award given by the United States – Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF),[16] and grants given by the IAEC-UPBC Joint Research Foundation. The SARAF accelerator building in the Soreq Nuclear Research Center is named after him.[17]

References

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  1. ^ "Amnon is the youth champion in long jump".
  2. ^ A., Pazy (1983). Semigroups of linear operators and applications to partial differential equations. New York: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 0387908455. OCLC 9557233.
  3. ^ "10 most mathematical cited books in 2007".
  4. ^ "Amnon Pazy 1936–2006" (PDF). Israel Journal of Mathematics. 157: i. 2007. doi:10.1007/s11856-006-0017-z.
  5. ^ "Universities Face a Crisis in Israel". The New York Times. 8 February 1987. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Pazy as rector" (PDF).
  7. ^ "Office of the President | האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem". New.huji.ac.il. 2017-09-01. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  8. ^ "Office of the President | האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem". New.huji.ac.il. 2017-09-01. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  9. ^ "Pazy's article in "BASHA'AR"" (PDF).
  10. ^ "PBS report #19, 1991–92" (PDF).
  11. ^ "PBS report #18, 1990–91" (PDF).
  12. ^ "Pazy at BSF".
  13. ^ "Pazy at CHE" (PDF).
  14. ^ "The Folly of the Doctor Shortage". Haaretz (Editorial). 8 October 2009. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  15. ^ "Health committee report" (PDF).
  16. ^ "Professor A. Pazy Award". United States - Israel Binational Science Foundation. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  17. ^ "the SARAF Accelerator building in Sorek in the name of Pazy".
  18. ^ "Pazy at the Open University" (PDF).
  19. ^ Full list of awards: Shlomo Bublick Prize / The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  20. ^ "President's Report 2018: Honorary Doctors". Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  21. ^ "Worthy Person of the Atomic Energy Commission to Amnon Pazy" (PDF).
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