{{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Moshe Many | honorific_suffix = | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> | image_upright = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | native_name = משה מני | native_name_lang = | pronunciation = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = 1928<!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living people supply only the year with {{Birth year and age|YYYY}} unless the exact date is already widely published, as per WP:DOB. For people who have died, use {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}}. --> | birth_place = Mandatory Palestine | death_date = 2015<!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (enter DEATH date then BIRTH date (e.g., ...|1908|31|8|1967|28|2}} use both this parameter and |birth_date to display the person's date of birth, date of death, and age at death) --> | death_place = | death_cause = | body_discovered = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline}} --> | burial_place = <!-- may be used instead of resting_place and resting_place_coordinates (displays "Burial place" as label) --> | burial_coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline}} --> | monuments = | other_names = | siglum = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = *Geneva University (M.D., 1952) *Tufts University (Ph.D. in renal physiology, 1969) | occupation = urologist | years_active = | era = | employer = | organization = | agent = <!-- Discouraged in most cases, specifically when promotional, and requiring a reliable source --> | known_for = *President of Tel Aviv University *President of Ashkelon Academic College | notable_works = <!-- produces label "Notable work"; may be overridden by |credits=, which produces label "Notable credit(s)"; or by |works=, which produces label "Works"; or by |label_name=, which produces label "Label(s)" --> | style = | height = <!-- "X cm", "X m" or "X ft Y in" plus optional reference (conversions are automatic) --> | television = | title = <!-- Formal/awarded/job title. The parameter |office=may be used as an alternative when the label is better rendered as "Office" (e.g. public office or appointments) --> | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | movement = | opponents = | boards = | spouse = <!-- Use article title or common name --> | partner = <!-- (unmarried long-term partner) --> | children = | parents = <!-- overrides mother and father parameters --> | mother = <!-- may be used (optionally with father parameter) in place of parents parameter (displays "Parent(s)" as label) --> | father = <!-- may be used (optionally with mother parameter) in place of parents parameter (displays "Parent(s)" as label) --> | relatives = | family = | callsign = | awards = Israeli Ministry of Health Lifetime Achievement Award | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | module = | module2 = | module3 = | module4 = | module5 = | module6 = | signature = | signature_size = | signature_alt = | footnotes = }} '''Moshe Many''' ({{Langx|he|משה מני}}; 1928-2015) was an Israeli urologist who was President of Tel Aviv University from 1983 to 1991, and President of Ashkelon Academic College from 2002 to 2012.
==Biography== Moshe was born in Hebron to Israel and Simcha Mani, of the well-established Mani family. His great-grandfather was Rabbi Eliyahu Mani, the renown scholar who led the Jewish community of Hebron for 40 years.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Auerbach|first=Jerold S.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ooUqc8snyZUC&dq=mani&pg=PA56|title=Hebron Jews: Memory and Conflict in the Land of Israel|date=2009-07-16|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-0-7425-6617-0|language=en}}</ref> His father was Dr. Israel Mani, who served as a judge.<ref>{{Citation|title=משה מני|date=2021-06-01|url=https://he.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%94_%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%99&oldid=31505823|work=ויקיפדיה|language=he|access-date=2021-06-21}}</ref> The family survived the 1929 Hebron massacre when he was a child.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|last=Gabison|first=Yoram|date=May 24, 2013|title=From Treating Kings and Shahs to Revolutionizing Israeli Medicine - the Enigmatic Life of Professor Moshe Many|url=https://www.haaretz.com/2013-05-24/ty-article/.premium/the-quiet-israeli-doctor-of-muslim-leaders/0000017f-ea50-d3be-ad7f-fa7b6be90000|work=Haaretz}}</ref>
Many attended Gymnasia Herzliya school in Tel Aviv, and then a Protestant English school in Jerusalem.<ref name="auto1" /> He earned an M.D. from Geneva University in Switzerland in 1952, and a Ph.D. in renal physiology from Tufts University in Massachusetts in 1969.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/818686/000119312513293657/d567130d6k.htm|title=Form 6-K|website=www.sec.gov}}</ref>
In the early 1960s Many was head of the urology department at Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer in Ramat Gan, Israel.<ref name="auto1" />
At the request of the Israeli government he flew to various Islamic countries and over the years and secretly treated Muslim dignitaries including shah of Iran.<ref name="auto1" /> In the 1980s he was asked to contact the Sudanese government in preparation for Operation Moses the 1984 airlift that rescued Jewish-Ethiopians.<ref>{{Cite web|title=פרופסור משה מני, הלך לעולמו בגיל 87|url=https://www.ashqelon.net/%d7%97%d7%93%d7%a9%d7%95%d7%aa/6373|access-date=2021-06-21|website=www.ashqelon.net|language=he}}</ref>
Many was President of Tel Aviv University, from 1983 to 1991, following Haim Ben-Shahar and succeeded by Yoram Dinstein.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aac.ac.il/en/about-us/academic-leadership/|title=Academic Leadership|publisher=Ashkelon Academic College}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.tau.ac.il/list_of_presidents|title=Presidents of Tel Aviv University|website=Tel Aviv University|date=10 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/02/08/world/universities-face-a-crisis-in-israel.html|title=Universities Face a Crisis in Israel|first=|last=|date=February 8, 1987|work=The New York Times}}</ref>
He served as President of Ashkelon Academic College, from 2002 to 2012.<ref name="auto2" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Health/Spread-public-health-in-South-with-higher-education-378605|title=Spread public health in South with higher education|work=The Jerusalem Post|date=October 11, 2014}}</ref><ref name="auto" />
Starting in 2010 he was Vice Chairman of the board of directors of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries.<ref name="auto1" /><ref name="auto" />
In 2010 Many received the Israeli Ministry of Health Lifetime Achievement Award for developing the urological field in Israel, and for promoting ties with other countries, including some Arab states.<ref name="auto2" /><ref name="auto" />
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