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Rachel Shalon
Rachel Shalon was the first woman engineer in Mandatory Palestine and Israel and a professor of structural engineering at the Technion.
1904 to 1988First woman engineer in IsraelRector of the TechnionFounding the Building Research Station
- Occupation
- engineer, activist
- Education
- Warsaw University of Technology, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Rachel Shalon was born in 1904 in Kalush
Rachel Znamirowska was born in 1904 in Kalush, Poland, to a Hassidic family. Her father, Hanoch, was a lumber merchant. She moved to her aunt's home in Warsaw and finished high school there.
She studied chemical engineering at the Warsaw polytechnic. In 1925 she toured Mandatory Palestine with Jewish students and decided to stay. She studied structural engineering at the Technion and graduated in 1930.
She was a member of the Haganah. After the state was founded, she served as an IDF officer with the rank of major.
From 1931 to 1973 she taught in the Technion's civil engineering faculty. She held senior posts there, became a professor in 1956 and Rector in 1965. She founded the Building Research Station and headed it for 20 years.
She founded the Israeli chapter of Soroptimist in 1954 and led RILEM from 1959. With her husband, engineer Uriel Shalon, she set up a fund for student dorms in Haifa. She lit a torch on Independence Day in 1980 and died in 1988.
Rachel Shalon's life in 10 milestones
- 1904
Born in Kalush, Poland.
- 1925
Came to Mandatory Palestine.
- 1930
Graduated from the Technion.
- 1931
Joined the Technion's academic staff.
- 1954
Founded the Israeli Soroptimist chapter.
- 1956
Became a full professor.
- 1959
Elected president of RILEM.
- 1965
Appointed Rector of the Technion.
- 1980
Lit a torch at the Independence Day ceremony.
- 1988
Received an honorary doctorate from the Technion.
Rachel Shalon served in the military
She was a member of the Haganah and later served as an IDF officer with the rank of major.
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Based on English Wikipedia, Rachel Shalon and Hebrew Wikipedia, רחל שלון, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The facts are Wikidata's.
Photograph: Boris Carmi, CC BY 4.0