The American Technion Society is an organization that was founded in 1940 with the purpose of aiding the technological advancement of Israel. It achieved this by helping the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, and ensuring its ability to be at the forefront of research and teaching of science and technology. The Technion itself was founded in 1912 and held its first classes in 1924, offering degrees in engineering and the sciences. 2
The Women’s Division of the American Technion Society was subsequently founded in 1956 to help support the work and development of Technion-Israel Institute of Technology by focusing on three main national programs: faculty recruitment, medical engineering, and student aid. In the 1970s, the group took a special interest in supporting the Medical Engineering Project in the Medical School, raising funds for its Biomedical Engineering Program, a field which had quickly grown since 1968. 3 The Boston Chapter of the Women’s Division was founded in 1961.
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1912:
Technion Israel Institute of Technology founded
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1924:
The first classes held at the newly completely Technion in Haifa.
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1940:
American Technion Society founded.
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1956:
The Women’s Division of the American Technion Society founded.
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1961:
The Boston Chapter of the Women’s Division of the American Technion Society is established.
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Footnotes
- 1 Information used in this finding aid is from the following sources and other sources as indicated:
Materials from the collection.
- 2Technion Israel Institute of Technology. “Fast Facts.” <http://www1.technion.ac.il/en/about> May 31, 2012
- 3Department of Biomedical Engineering Technion, Israel. “About BME.” <http://www.bm.technion.ac.il/Pages/Information_BME_Department.aspx> May 31, 2012
From the guide to the American Technion Society, Boston Chapter, Women’s Division, Records, undated, 1975-1991, (American Jewish Historical Society)
