Elchanan Meir

Professor Elchanan Israel Meir (10 July 1936 – 17 February 2014; Hebrew: אלחנן ישראל מאיר) was an Israeli psychologist who was a professor in the Department of Psychological at the Tel Aviv University. He was the president of the Israeli Psychology Association for 10 years and chairman of the Council of Psychology in Israel for 6 years.

Elchanan Meir
Born(1936-07-10)July 10, 1936
Jerusalem, Israel
Died(2014-02-17)February 17, 2014
Otniel, Israel

Biography

Elhanan I. Meir was born on 1936 in Jerusalem. After his army service in the IDF he studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (B.A. in Psychology, Statistics, Sociology; M.A. in Psychology). He received his Ph.D. at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands (1968).

Meir's specialty was Vocational and Counseling Psychology. Most of his articles were published in the Journal of Vocational Behavior and in the Journal of Career Assessment. Meir also was the head of the research unit of the Hadassah Vocational Counseling Institute.

After 39 years at the Tel Aviv University, Meir retired as a full professor.

In 2002, at the age of 66, Meir started to study at the Yeshivat Otniel.

On February 17, 2014, Meir died after a long battle with cancer.

Publications

Among Meir's publications and the books "Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences" (16 editions, in Hebrew),"Shabath Vayinafash" (five books on the Torah, in Hebrew), and "Minor Personalities in the book of Bereshit: Psychological insights".

In 2007, The Journal of Vocational Behavior ranked Meir as first among authors of articles during the previous 34 years.[1]

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References
  1. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2007, 70, 602-613
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