Yehuda Hayuth
{{Short description|Israeli geographer (1946–2022)}}
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Yehuda Hayuth ({{Langx|he|יהודה חיות}}; April 10, 1946 - December 20, 2022) was an Israeli professor of geography, and a former President of the University of Haifa.
Early life
Hayuth was born in Jerusalem in Mandatory Palestine, and fought for Israel as a paratrooper in the battle for the Old City of Jerusalem in the Six Day War.{{Cite web|url=http://research.haifa.ac.il/~focus/1998-autumn/f01.html|title=PROF. YEHUDA HAYUTH RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT|website=research.haifa.ac.il}} He and his family later moved to the Haifa area.
Education
He earned an undergraduate degree at the University of Haifa. He was a graduate student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.{{Cite web|url=https://artsci.washington.edu/news/2002-10/same-time-next-year|author=Nancy Joseph|title=Same Time, Next Year|date=July 14, 2016|website=College of Arts and Sciences - University of Washington}} Hayuth then earned a Ph.D. in ports and maritime transportation planning at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington.{{Cite web|url=http://haifamed.haifa.ac.il/index.php/he/2015-08-11-14-03-36/43-2015-10-27-12-12-26|title=פרופ' יהודה חיות|website=haifamed.haifa.ac.il}}
Academia
He then taught at the University of Rhode Island.
Hayuth has been a member of Haifa's Geography Department since the late 1970s. He became a full professor in 1994. He also was head of the university's Wydra Shipping and Aviation Research Institute. In 1992, he became Vice President for Administration; and in 1993 he became Acting President.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pckUkJIHjiQC&q=Yehuda+Hayut+president+haifa&pg=PR10|title=Caesarea Maritima: A Retrospective After Two Millennia|first1=Avnēr|last1=Rabbān|first2=Kenneth G.|last2=Holum|date= 1996|publisher=BRILL|isbn=9004103783|via=Google Books}} He was elected President of the University of Haifa for the first time in February 1995, and then again in 1998.{{Cite web|url=http://www.port2port.com/article/Sea-Transport/Prof-Hayuth-to-head-a-special-committee-to-study-strategic-alternatives-for-Eilat-port/|title=Prof. Hayuth to head a special committee to study strategic alternatives for Eilat port|date=June 25, 2007|website=port2port}}
Hayut died on December 20, 2022. He was married, and had two children.
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Category:Social scientists from Jerusalem
Category:Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni
Category:University of Washington alumni
Category:University of Haifa alumni
Category:Academic staff of the University of Haifa
Category:University of Rhode Island faculty
Category:Presidents of universities in Israel