The board of trustees of the Technion is also known as the “Curatorium.” Its responsibilities include budgetary decisions, the appointment of senior administrative officials, coordination of the activities of Technion societies in Israel and abroad, oversight, and all in accordance with the Technion’s constitution. The first Curatorium of the Technion was elected on March 5, 1908. Among its representatives were David Wissotzky from Moscow and Asher Ginsburg (Ahad Ha’am) from London as representatives of the Wissotzky Company, representatives of “Ezra,” and Dr. Shmarya Levin.
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1: Yehiel Chelnov, one of the leaders of Zionism in Russia, was a member of the first board of trustees of the Technion. He supported the adoption of Hebrew as the language of instruction at the Technion.
2: Dr. Shemaryahu Levin, a writer and leader of Zionism in Russia, worked in Germany from 1908 to establish the Technion and was a member of its first board of trustees. (Source: “The History of the Technion in its Early Years” brochure, public domain)
3: Achad Ha’am (Asher Ginsberg), a writer and the father of cultural Zionism, greatly influenced the Wissotzky Fund to donate the initial amount for establishing a technical school in Eretz Israel. He was a member of the Technion’s first board of trustees and was among those advocating for Hebrew as the language of instruction.
