Prof. Dan Yaron
In Memoriam
IN MEMORY OF
Dan Yaron
1922 - 1999
Regional and agricultural planning, industrialization of agricultural sector, water economy, resource economics.
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The Department of Environmental Economics and Management
The Robert H. Smith Faculty
of Agriculture, Food and Environment
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Herzl 229, Rehovot 7610001
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Curriculum Vitae
ACADEMIC DEGREES
1955 - M.Sc. (Agr.), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (with honorary
citation).
1960 Ph.D., Major in Agricultural Economics, Iowa State University
(E.O. Heady, supervisor).
1960 Member of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, and of the Honor
Society of Gamma Sigma Delta.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
1960 Lecturer in Agricultural Economics, The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem.
1965 Senior Lecturer in Agricultural Economics, The Hebrew University
of Jerusalem.
1996 Visiting Associate Professor in Agricultural Economics, North
Carolina State University (on leave from the Hebrew University).
1966-1967 Research Associate in Economics, Harvard University (on leave from
the Hebrew University).
1971 Visiting Professor in Agricultural Economics, Iowa State University
(on leave from the Hebrew University).
1973-1975 Member of the Editorial Council, The Israel Economic Quarterly.
1974 Associate Professor in Agricultural Economics, The Hebrew
University of Jerusalem.
1974 Visiting Professor in Agricultural Economics, Colorado State
University, Fort Collins, Colorado (on leave from the Hebrew
University).
1973-1975 Chairman, Agricultural Economics and Management Studies,
The Hebrew University.
1976-1977 Visiting Associate Professor in Economics, The University of
Chicago, (on leave from the Hebrew University).
1979 Chairman, Programme Committee, ORAGWA, International
Conference on Operations Research in Agriculture and Water
Resources, Jerusalem, November, 1979.
1978-1980 Chairman, Agricultural Economics and Management Studies, The
Hebrew University.
1981-1991 Professor of Agricultural Economics, The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem.
1985-1986 Visiting Fellow, University of Oxford.
1987-1999 Member of Editorial Council, Water Resources Management.
1988-1990 Head, Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, The
Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
1988-1998 Member of Editorial Council, Oxford Agrarian Studies.
1990 Visiting Professor, University of Minnesota.
Sept. 91 - Professor Emeritus in Agricultural Economics, The Hebrew
University of Jerusalem.
ADVISORY APPOINTMENTS AND APPLIED EXPERIENCE
1964-1965 Advisor to the Israel Ministry of Agriculture on Agricultural
Planning and Development.
1967-1969 Advisor to the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture on Agricultural
Planning and Development.
1968 Analysis of the Diffusion of Agricultural Technology to Arab Farms
in Israel and the Evaluation of the Refugees Resettlement Potential.
Report submitted to the Government of Israel (with E. Sheloh).
1969-1973 Advisor to Research Department of Mekoroth, Israel Water Company.
1971-1985 Member, Public Committee on Water Projects Planning in Israel.
1975-1976 Advisor to Tahal, Israel Water Planning Co.
1975-1976 Member of Central Advisory Committee on Agricultural Policy
and Agricultural Development, Israel Ministry of Agriculture.
1979-1982 Chairman, Agricultural Economics Projects Evaluation Panel,
BARD - Binational US-Israel Agricultural Research and
Development Fund.
1984-1991 Joint Coordinator, Trinational Egypt-Israel-US Research Project
on Exchange of Agricultural Technology (funded by A.I.D.).
1986 Member of Advisory Committee to Water Commission on Water
Policy in Israel.
1991-1993 Coordinator, Continuous Workshop on Water Issues in Israel.
1993-1994 Coordinator, Continuous Workshop on the Future of Israel Agriculture.
1992-1993 Chairman, and
1996-1999 Co-Chairman, Water Commissioner Committee of Low Quality Water.