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(master's degree in economics, 1957) *

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 ...

(doctorate in psychology and sociology, 1965) *

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(post-doctoral work) , occupation = , years_active = , era = , employer = , organization = , agent = , known_for = *President of the

University of Haifa The University of Haifa ( he, אוניברסיטת חיפה Arabic: جامعة حيفا) is a university located on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel. Founded in 1963, the University of Haifa received full academic accreditation in 1972, becoming Is ...

*President of the

College of Judea and Samaria Ariel University ( he, אוניברסיטת אריאל), previously a public college known as the Ariel University Center of Samaria, is an Israeli university located in the urban Israeli settlement of Ariel in the West Bank. The college preced ...

, known as "Ariel College" , notable_works = , style = , height = , television = , title = , term = , predecessor = , successor = , party = , movement = , opponents = , boards = , spouse = , partner = , children = , parents = , mother = , father = , relatives = , family = , callsign = , awards = , website = , module = , module2 = , module3 = , module4 = , module5 = , module6 = , signature = , signature_size = , signature_alt = , footnotes = Erling Ozer Schild (עוזר שילד; September 25, 1930 – 2006), a Danish-born Israeli academic, was president of the

and president of the

, known as "Ariel College".

Biography

Schild was born in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark ...

. He identified as an

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Jew before

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, and was not affiliated after the

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."The USC Shoah Foundation Institute’sBiographical Profile"
/ref> During the Holocaust he went into hiding under a false identity in Copenhagen, and in

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, Denmark. He completed a master's degree in economics in the

in 1957, and then made

aliyah Aliyah (, ; he, עֲלִיָּה ''ʿălīyyā'', ) is the immigration of Jews from Jewish diaspora, the diaspora to, historically, the geographical Land of Israel, which is in the modern era chiefly represented by the Israel, State of Israel ...

and immigrated to Israel that year. In 1965, he received a doctorate in psychology and sociology from the

. After post-doctoral work at

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, he returned in 1968 to Israel to head the Psychology Department at Hebrew University. Together with

Daniel Kahneman Daniel Kahneman (; he, דניאל כהנמן; born March 5, 1934) is an Israeli-American psychologist and economist notable for his work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making, as well as behavioral economics, for which he was award ...

, Schild volunteered to assist the

Israel Air Force The Israeli Air Force (IAF; he, זְרוֹעַ הָאֲוִיר וְהֶחָלָל, Zroa HaAvir VeHahalal, tl, "Air and Space Arm", commonly known as , ''Kheil HaAvir'', "Air Corps") operates as the aerial warfare branch of the Israel Defense ...

Flight Academy in improving its selection and training procedures. In 1973, he moved to

Be'er Sheva Beersheba or Beer Sheva, officially Be'er-Sheva ( he, בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע, ''Bəʾēr Ševaʿ'', ; ar, بئر السبع, Biʾr as-Sabʿ, Well of the Oath or Well of the Seven), is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. ...

to serve as Dean of the Humanities Department at

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) ( he, אוניברסיטת בן-גוריון בנגב, ''Universitat Ben-Guriyon baNegev'') is a public research university in Beersheba, Israel. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has five campuses: the ...

. In 1974, he was appointed Chief Scientist of the Israel Education Ministry. In 1976, Schild moved to the

to head the School of Education. In 1978 he was appointed rector of the university. Schild was appointed president of the University of Haifa in 1990. In October 1993, Schild, with another four-year term ahead of him, resigned from the University of Haifa presidency and moved from Haifa to

Ariel Ariel may refer to: Film and television *Ariel Award, a Mexican Academy of Film award * ''Ariel'' (film), a 1988 Finnish film by Aki Kaurismäki * ''ARIEL Visual'' and ''ARIEL Deluxe'', 1989 and 1991 anime video series based on the novel series ...

. At the

, known as "Ariel College," Schild taught statistics and research methods. He later became president of the college there. He and his wife had two children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schild, Ozer University of Copenhagen alumni University of Haifa faculty Ben-Gurion University of the Negev faculty Presidents of universities in Israel Danish emigrants to Israel 2006 deaths Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni Ariel University faculty Danish Holocaust survivors Israeli settlers People from Haifa People from Copenhagen 1930 births