2008 Honorary Fellowship Recipients

Yehiel Ben-Zvi

Yehiel Ben-Zvi was born in Poland and immigrated to Palestine as a child. A career soldier in the Israel Defense Forces from 1948 to 1972, he served his final tour of duty as Deputy Military Governor of the Gaza Strip and Northern Sinai. He retired at the rank of colonel. During the First Lebanon War, he was recalled to active duty and served as the IDF spokesman in Beirut. Mr. Ben-Zvi joined Tel Aviv University in 1972 and founded the Public Affairs Division. He became TAU Vice President of Public Affairs in 1980, a role in which he served until 2007. Today he continues to serve TAU as Vice President. He holds a degree in the social sciences from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

John Landerer CBE AM

John Landerer was born in Czechoslovakia, emigrated to Australia at a young age in 1951, and earned a law degree at Sydney University. He is a senior legal practitioner who has specialized in corporate and commercial advisory work for over 30 years, and has served on the boards of some of Australia’s largest public and private companies. A strong advocate of higher education, he is – among other roles – an Honorary Fellow of Sydney University and a Visiting Professor at Macquarie University, and has supported numerous projects at these and other institutions of higher learning. For his endeavors, Mr. Landerer has been named a Member of the Order of Australia and a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. He is President of the New South Wales Chapter of the Australian Friends of Tel Aviv University, and a Vice Chairman of the Tel Aviv University Board of Governors.

Alan Selwyn