Franz Ollendorff

Franz Ollendorff

Born 15 May 1900
Berlin, Germany
Nationality Israeli
Fields Physics
Notable awards Israel Prize (1954)

Franz Heinrich Ollendorff, also known as Haim Ollendorff (Hebrew פרנץ אולנדורף or חיים אולנדורף; born 15 May 1900; died 9 December 1981) was an Israeli physicist.

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Biography

Ollendorff was born in 1900 in Berlin, Germany. Following the rise of the Nazi Party to power, he emigrated to then British Mandate of Palestine, now Israel, in 1937. He founded the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in the Technion, Haifa.[1]

Awards

In 1954, Ollendorff was awarded the Israel Prize, in exact sciences.[2]

References

  1. ^ http://www.netsivi.org/olendorf.htm
  2. ^ "Israel Prize recipients in 1954 (in Hebrew)". Israel Prize Official Site. Archived from the original on 11 February 2010 by WebCite. http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashyag/Tashkab_Tashyag_Rikuz.htm?DictionaryKey=Tashyad. 

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