Aryeh Leo Olitzki ( he, אריה ליאו אוליצקי; 4 June 1898 – 1983) was an Israeli
bacteriologist.
Biography
Aryeh Olitzki was born in 1898 in
Allenstein
Olsztyn ( , ; german: Allenstein ; Old Prussian: ''Alnāsteini''
* Latin: ''Allenstenium'', ''Holstin'') is a city on the Łyna River in northern Poland. It is the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, and is a city with county rights. ...
,
East Prussia
East Prussia ; german: Ostpreißen, label=Low Prussian; pl, Prusy Wschodnie; lt, Rytų Prūsija was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 187 ...
,
Germany (now
Olsztyn,
Poland). He studied medicine at the universities of
Berlin and
Breslau, and was appointed assistant at the Institute of Hygiene of the University of Breslau, from where he obtained his doctorate.
In 1924, he
immigrated to
Mandate Palestine.
Olitzki headed the bacteriology laboratories at the
Hadassah Hospital
Hadassah Medical Center ( he, הָמֶרְכָּז הָרְפוּאִי הֲדַסָּה) is an Israeli medical organization established in 1934 that operates two university hospitals in Jerusalem – one in Ein Karem and one in Mount Scopus –, ...
,
Jerusalem and in
Safed
Safed (known in Hebrew language, Hebrew as Tzfat; Sephardi Hebrew, Sephardic Hebrew & Modern Hebrew: צְפַת ''Tsfat'', Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation, Ashkenazi Hebrew: ''Tzfas'', Biblical Hebrew: ''Ṣǝp̄aṯ''; ar, صفد, ''Ṣafad''), i ...
.
Hadassah Physicians Honored With the "Laureates in Medicine" Israel Prize
''Hadassah International'', 20 June 2011 In 1928, he joined the faculty of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...
, and became a professor in 1949, and dean of the Medical School from 1961 to 1965.
Awards and recognition
* In 1967, Olitzki was awarded the Israel Prize
The Israel Prize ( he, פרס ישראל; ''pras israél'') is an award bestowed by the State of Israel, and regarded as the state's highest cultural honor.
History
The Israel Prize is awarded annually, on Israeli Independence Day, in a state cer ...
, in medicine.
Published works
* ''Yesodot Torat ha-Ḥaidakkim ve-ha-Ḥasinut'' (A. L. Olitzki and N. Grossowicz), a textbook on microbiology and immunology in two volumes (1964–68)
See also
* List of Israel Prize recipients
This is a complete list of recipients of the Israel Prize from the inception of the Prize in 1953 through to 2022.
List
For each year, the recipients are, in most instances, listed in the order in which they appear on the official Israel Prize ...
References
External links
Olitzki, Aryeh Leo (a biography)
Jewish Virtual Library
Antigenic Structures Of Haemophilus Aegyptius and Haemophilus Influenzae Demonstrated by the Gel Precipitation Technique, by Aryeh Leo Olitzki and Ada Sulitzeanu
Journal of Bacteriology website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Olitzki, Aryeh Leo
1898 births
1983 deaths
People from Olsztyn
People from East Prussia
20th-century German Jews
20th-century German people
German emigrants to Mandatory Palestine
Humboldt University of Berlin alumni
University of Breslau alumni
Academic staff of the University of Breslau
Academic staff of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Israeli bacteriologists
Israel Prize in medicine recipients
Burials at Har HaMenuchot