Moshe Many
Moshe Many was an Israeli urologist who was President of Tel Aviv University from 1983 to 1991, and President of Ashkelon Academic College from 2002 to 2012.Biography
His surname "Many" is a Hebrew acronym for Mi’geza Nin Yishai, which means "from the stump of Jesse". Many's great-grandfather, Rabbi Eliyahu Mani, was born in Iraq in 1818, and moved to Palestine in 1858. Many attended Gymnasia Herzliya school in Tel Aviv, and then a Protestant English school in Jerusalem. Many earned an M.D. from Geneva University in Switzerland in 1952, and a Ph.D. in renal physiology from Tufts University in Massachusetts in 1969.
In the early 1960s Many was head of the urology department at Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer in Ramat Gan, Israel.
Many was President of Tel Aviv University, from 1983 to 1991, following Haim Ben-Shahar and succeeded by Yoram Dinstein.He was also President of Ashkelon Academic College, from 2002 to 2012. Starting in 2010 he was Vice Chairman of the board of directors of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries.
In 2010 Many received the Israeli Ministry of Health Lifetime Achievement Award for developing the urological field in Israel, and for promoting ties with other countries, including some Arab states.
