Menachem Magidor

Menachem Magidor
Magidor in 2006
Born (1946-01-24) January 24, 1946 (age 78)
NationalityIsraeli
Alma materHebrew University
Known forMathematical logic, Set theory, Large cardinal property
Scientific career
FieldsMathematician
InstitutionsHebrew University
Doctoral advisorAzriel Lévy
Doctoral students
President of the ASL
In office
1996–1998
Preceded byGeorge Boolos
Succeeded byDonald A. Martin
President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
In office
1997–2009
Preceded byHanoch Gutfreund
Succeeded byMenachem Ben-Sasson
President of the DLMPST/IUHPST
In office
2016–2019
Preceded byElliott Sober
Succeeded byNancy Cartwright

Menachem Magidor (Hebrew: מנחם מגידור; born January 24, 1946) is an Israeli mathematician who specializes in mathematical logic, in particular set theory. He served as president of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, was president of the Association for Symbolic Logic from 1996 to 1998 and as president of the Division for Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology of the International Union for History and Philosophy of Science (DLMPST/IUHPS) from 2016 to 2019. In 2016 he was elected an honorary foreign member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2018 he received the Solomon Bublick Award.