12 Facts About Zvi Arad

Zvi Arad was an Israeli mathematician, acting president of Bar-Ilan University, and president of Netanya Academic College.

Zvi Arad began his academic studies in the Mathematics Department of Bar-Ilan University.

Zvi Arad received his first degree in 1964 and after army service went on to complete a second and third degree in the Mathematics Department of Tel Aviv University.

In 1968 Arad joined the academic staff at Bar-Ilan University as an assistant and in 1983 was appointed a full professor.

Zvi Arad held a variety of senior academic posts at Bar-Ilan University.

Zvi Arad served as chairman of the Mathematics and Computer Science Department, dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, rector and president of the university.

Zvi Arad serves on the editorial board of various international publications: South East Asian Bulletin of Mathematics of the Asian Mathematical Society, the IMCP of Contemporary Mathematics published by the American Mathematical Society, and the publication Cubo Matematica Educacional, Temuco, Chile.

Zvi Arad initiated numerous agreements of cooperation with universities and institutions throughout the world including academic institutes in the former Soviet Union, universities and research centers in America, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Russia, China, South Africa, etc.

Zvi Arad was a member of Israel's first official delegation to the former USSR, under the leadership of President Ezer Weizman.

Zvi Arad served as president of the college for 24 years.

Together with his colleague Professor Marcel Herzog, Zvi Arad wrote Products of Conjugacy Classes, published by Springer-Verlag.

Zvi Arad coauthored two other books on the subject of table algebra.