18 Facts About Dan Tolkowsky

Aluf Dan Tolkowsky is a retired Israeli Air Force officer who served as a major general in the Israeli Air Force from 1953 to 1958.

Dan Tolkowsky was educated at the Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium, and in 1936, he joined the Haganah.

Dan Tolkowsky was part of a group of Palestinian-Jewish RAF pilots sent to train at a flight school in Southern Rhodesia.

Dan Tolkowsky earned his wings in 1943, being the first in his group to complete the course, and went on to serve as a fighter pilot and later in reconnaissance aircraft.

Dan Tolkowsky saw action in the Mediterranean theater, Germany, and France.

Dan Tolkowsky was discharged from the RAF in June 1946 with the rank of flight lieutenant.

In 1948, a few days before the Israeli Declaration of Independence, Dan Tolkowsky returned to Palestine.

Dan Tolkowsky served in the Israeli Air Force during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, participating in bombing attacks on the Egyptian front.

Dan Tolkowsky was initially discharged from the IAF, but reenlisted in 1951.

Dan Tolkowsky first served as Inspector-General, and then as Chief of Staff to the Commander.

Dan Tolkowsky was appointed Commander of the IAF in May 1953 and served until July 1958.

In 1959 Dan Tolkowsky joined the Discount Bank Investment Corporation, originally an arm of the Bank, later a public company in Israel.

Dan Tolkowsky was appointed as Managing Director in 1965 and Vice-Chairman in 1980.

Dan Tolkowsky helped Uzia Galil start the technology holding company Elron Electronic Industries in 1962.

Dan Tolkowsky served as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Radiation and Radioisotopes of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission.

Dan Tolkowsky was a member of a committee examining the organizational structure of higher education institutions.

Dan Tolkowsky is a Commandeur of the French Legion of Honour, holds a Doctorate Honoris Causa from the Technion Israel Institute of Technology, and holds an award from the joint US-Israel Science and Technology Authority named after Yitzhak Rabin.

Dan Tolkowsky is married to Miriam and has a daughter and two sons, Roni, David, and Gideon.