Yehuda Elkana | |
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President and Rector of Central European University | |
In office 1999–2009 | |
Preceded by | Josef Jarab |
Succeeded by | John Shattuck |
Personal details | |
Born | Subotica, Vojvodina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now Serbia) | 16 June 1934
Died | 21 September 2012[1] Jerusalem, Israel | (aged 78)
Spouse | Yehudit Elkana |
Alma mater | Hebrew University, Brandeis University |
Yehuda Elkana (Hebrew: יהודה אלקנה; 16 June 1934 – 21 September 2012)[2] was a historian and philosopher of science, and a former president and rector of the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary.