Josef Singer

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| known_for = President of Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

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Wilhelm Exner Medal (1994)
Israel Prize (2000)

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Josef ("Josi") Singer ({{Langx|he|יוסף זינגר}}; August 24, 1923 – November 12, 2009) is a former president and professor of Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.{{cite web|last=Sales |first=Ben |url=https://www.jta.org/2009/11/15/israel/josef-singer-former-technion-president-dies |title=Josef Singer, former Technion president, dies - Jewish Telegraphic Agency |publisher=Jta.org |date= 16 November 2009|accessdate=2020-02-16}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nae.edu/190280/JOSEF-SINGER-19232009 |title=NAE Website - JOSEF SINGER 1923–2009 |publisher=Nae.edu |date=2014-10-01 |accessdate=2020-02-16}}

Biography

Singer was born in Vienna. He and his family immigrated to Haifa, Israel in 1933 when he was 10 years old, and he served for three years as a pilot with Britain's Royal Air Force during World War II.

He completed his education at Imperial College London, and the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.{{cite web|url=http://shellbuckling.com/cv/singer.pdf |title=Professor Josef Singer (1923-2009) |publisher=Shellbuckling.com |accessdate=2015-06-04}}{{cite web|last=Oster |first=Marcy |url=http://www.jta.org/2009/11/15/news-opinion/israel-middle-east/josef-singer-former-technion-president-dies |title=Josef Singer, former Technion president, dies | Jewish Telegraphic Agency |publisher=Jta.org |date=2009-11-15 |accessdate=2015-06-03}}{{cite web|url=http://aerospace.technion.ac.il/?attachment_id=3518 |title=Prof. Josef Singer | Department of Aerospace Engineering |publisher=Aerospace.technion.ac.il |date=2014-02-17 |accessdate=2015-06-03}}{{cite web|url=http://aerospace.technion.ac.il/memoriam/josef-singer-in-memoriam/ |title=Josef Singer – In Memoriam | Department of Aerospace Engineering |publisher=Aerospace.technion.ac.il |date= |accessdate=2015-06-03}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4WghBQAAQBAJ&q=josef+singer+technion&pg=PR7 |title=Buckling of Structures: Theory and Experiment |date=2013-10-22 |isbn=9781483290133 |accessdate=2015-06-03|last1=Elishakoff |first1=I. |last2=Arbocz |first2=J. |last3=Babcock |first3=C. D. |last4=Libai |first4=A. |publisher=Elsevier }}

Singer was the President of Technion from 1982 to 1986.{{cite web|url=https://www.technion.ac.il/en/former-presidents/ |title=President | Technion - Israel Institute of Technology |publisher=Technion |date= 9 August 2015|accessdate=2020-02-16}} He replaced Amos Horev as President, and was in turn succeeded by Max Reis.

He was the recipient of the Israel Prize in 2000 for his lifetime achievement in the field of aeronautical engineering.