About:
Shlomo Eckstein
Personal:
Born in Germany, 1929
Married, three children
Israeli citizen
Present Position:
Professor of Economics, Bar-Ilan University
Advanced Degrees:
• Ph.D. in Economics, 1964, Harvard University
• Licenciado en Economia, 1957, Universidad Nacional Automoma de Mexico
Professional Work and Public Assignments:
1995-
Member, Board of Governors, The Jewish Agency for Israel
1991-
Member,Interregional Network on Privatization, United Nation Development Program (UNDP), New York
1992-96:
President, Bar-Ilan University
1986-95:
Member, Board of Directors, United Mizrachi Bank, Israel
1970-92:
Member, Board of Directors, Israel Chemicals, Ltd.
1988-89:
Visiting Scholar, MIT and Boston University
1976-78; 87-89
Member, Council for Higher Education, Israel
1984-89:
Member, National Council for Research and Development, Israel
1985-86:
Member, Executive Committee for the Introduction of Nuclear Power into Israel; Chair of Economic Appraisal Subcommittee
1978-82:
Rector, Bar-Ilan University
1974-78:
Chair, Public Steering Committees of the Mediterranean-Dead Sea Hydroelectric Project
1970-78:
Member, Board of Directors, Negev Phosphates, Ltd.
1970-75:
Member, Board of Directors, Dead Sea Works, Ltd.
1972-73:
Economist, Development Economics Department, World Bank,Washington, DC, in charge of Research Project on Land Reform in Latin America
1972:
Consultant to the President of Mexico on Agricultural and Agrarian Programs and Policy
1971-72:
Chair, Public Committee on Budgeting and Reporting of State-Controlled Enterprises in Israel
1969:
Consultant to the President of Peru on Land Reform Projects
1961-65; 68-71:
Chair, Department of Economics, Bar-Ilan University
1966-68:
Senior Researcher, Program on Land Tenure and Development in Mexico, the Inter-American Committee of Agricultural Development (IDB/CIDA),Washington, DC
1966:
Consultant to the United Nations for the World Land Reform Conference in Rome
1964-65:
Lecturer on Agricultural Planning and Cooperatives in Venezuela and Chile under the OAS/Israel Program
1964-65:
Coordinator, Subcommittee on Research in Agricultural Economics, The National Science Foundation, Israel