Shaul Foguel

Shaul Reuven Foguel
שאול פוגל
Born(1931-12-05)December 5, 1931
Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine
DiedDecember 19, 2020(2020-12-19) (aged 89)
New York City, USA
NationalityIsraeli
Alma materHebrew University of Jerusalem, Yale University
Known forStudies in Spectral Operators and the Basis Problem
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsHebrew University of Jerusalem
Doctoral advisorNelson Dunford

Shaul Reuven Foguel was an Israeli mathematician (Hebrew: שאול פוגל, December 5, 1931 - December 19, 2020). Shaul Foguel was born to one of the founding families of the City of Tel Aviv[1][2] and his mother Dora Malkin was a direct descendant of Saul Wahl.[3] He received his B.S. and M.S. in Mathematics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and his PhD in Mathematics from Yale University in 1958. He wrote his dissertation under Nelson Dunford on "Studies in Spectral Operators and the Basis Problem". Shaul Foguel was Professor Emeritus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a supporter of the Israeli Left. He ran in the 1969 Knesset elections on the Peace List along with Gadi Yatziv, although it failed to win a seat. He spent his retirement in New York City, where his two sons, Professor Tuval Foguel of Adelphi University, and Sy Foguel, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies live.[4]

  1. ^ Who killed Abraham Fogel 70 years ago?http://www.haaretz.co.il/misc/1.1270464
  2. ^ "Founders of Tel Aviv". Geni. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  3. ^ Interview with Shaul Foguel, Nov 26, 2015
  4. ^ "Leadership".