Ruth Flinkman-Marandy Receives BGU Honorary Doctorate
Ruth Flinkman-Marandy Receives BGU Honorary Doctorate
May 9, 2013
Leadership, Awards & Events, Nanotechnology, Press Releases
LOS ANGELES, CA, May 9, 2013 – Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) presented Los Angeles philanthropist and real estate management executive Ruth Flinkman-Marandy with a prestigious honorary doctoral degree at the 43rd Annual Board of Governors Meeting this week in Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Ruth Flinkman-Marandy is a pioneering supporter of BGU’s “Nano in the Negev” initiative. Ruth and her husband, Ben Marandy, are supporting a new Atom Chip and Quantum Optics Research and Development Facility at BGU.
Ruth Flinkman-Marandy was presented her honorary degree by BGU President Prof. Rivka Carmi and BGU Rector Prof. Zvi HaCohen.
At the ceremony, BGU President Prof. Rivka Carmi said that “Ruth Flinkman-Marandy is an accomplished and generous woman with dedication and allegiance to numerous noble causes, including the promotion of health, education and culture, and higher education.”
Additionally, she is receiving the doctoral degree for “her significant contribution to the promotion of research and deepening of knowledge, especially in the realms of advanced technologies and nanotechnology, and the fostering of promising young scientists at the University for the advancement of the Negev and the country as a whole.”
“I am deeply honored that BGU has chosen me as a recipient of the honorary doctoral degree,” said Flinkman-Marandy. “I have been involved with BGU for more than 20 years and am proud of the innovative, amazing accomplishments that are taking place in the Negev that will help the world. BGU now attracts some of the best and brightest faculty and students from around the globe.”
Flinkman-Marandy is president of Flinkman Management, Inc., a successful family-owned real estate management company based in Santa Monica. She currently serves as a national vice president of American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Americans for Ben-Gurion University), and has also been the campaign chair for Americans for Ben-Gurion University’s Southwest Region for several years.
Flinkman-Marandy was elected to BGU’s Board of Governors in May of 2012. She and her husband reside in Century City.
Read about BGU’s five other distinguished honorary doctorate recipients>>>
ABOUT AMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY
By supporting a world-class academic institution that not only nurtures the Negev, but also shares its expertise locally and globally, Americans for Ben-Gurion University engages a community of Americans who are committed to improving the world. David Ben-Gurion envisioned that Israel’s future would be forged in the Negev. The cutting-edge research carried out at Ben-Gurion University drives that vision by sustaining a desert Silicon Valley, with the “Stanford of the Negev” at its center. The Americans for Ben-Gurion University movement supports a 21st century unifying vision for Israel by rallying around BGU’s remarkable work and role as an apolitical beacon of light in the Negev desert.
About Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev embraces the endless potential we have as individuals and as a commonality to adapt and to thrive in changing environments. Inspired by our location in the desert, we aim to discover, to create, and to develop solutions to dynamic challenges, to pose questions that have yet to be asked, and to push beyond the boundaries of the commonly accepted and possible.
We are proud to be a central force for inclusion, diversity and innovation in Israel, and we strive to extend the Negev’s potential and our entrepreneurial spirit throughout the world. For example, the multi-disciplinary School for Sustainability and Climate Change at BGU leverages over 50 years of expertise on living and thriving in the desert into scalable solutions for people everywhere.
BGU at a glance:
20,000 students | 800 senior faculty | 3 campuses | 6 faculties: humanities & social sciences, health sciences, engineering sciences, natural sciences, business & management, and desert research.
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