Dan David Prize
The Dan David Prize is a $ 1 million award that the Dan David Foundation and Tel Aviv University award annually to three recipients for outstanding contributions in the fields of science , technology , culture or social affairs . There are three price categories: past, present and future. The winners in turn donate ten percent of their prize money to outstanding doctoral students and researchers in their own field.
history
The founder Dan David (1929–2011) joined a Zionist youth movement in Romania at the age of 16 . He studied economics, then switched to photography, worked for Romanian television and then for a newspaper that fired him when they heard about his Zionist past. David first emigrated to Paris and in 1960 to Israel. With $ 200,000 borrowed from a cousin, David acquired franchise rights for photo booths in Europe in 1961 . After branches in Israel, Spain, Romania and Italy, he finally took over the entire company.
In 2000, David established the Dan David Foundation with $ 100 million in capital. Founding director was Professor Gad Barzilai ; Today, Itamar Rabinovich , former President of Tel Aviv University, heads the foundation. The first award ceremony took place in May 2001 at Tel Aviv University; 2007 at the Paris Opera .
In 2016, Catherine Hall of University College London turned down the Dan David Prize. She said: "It is an independent political decision that I made after numerous discussions with people who have a lot to do with politics in Israel and Palestine." The British Committee for Universities of Palestine (BRICUP) described her approach as "important support to the campaign to break ties with Israeli institutions".
Award winners
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- ^ The true worth of Dan David - Haaretz - Israel News
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