Obituary: Alexander Shalom Tahori (1919–2013)

Abstract

Alexander Shalom Tahori was born on 1919 in Memel, Lithuania. He immigrated to Israel in 1938, and attended the Mikve-Israel School of Agriculture where he took advanced courses in agriculture. In 1940, Tahori began to study biology at the Hebrew University-this period of study lasted only one year, because, when the British army established the Jewish Brigade, Tahori left the university to join the British army. He served until the end of World War II, in 1946 he returned to the Hebrew University for another year. He then moved to the University of California at Berkeley, for advanced studies, obtaining a M.Sc. degree and completing his Ph.D. in 1951. 
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Tahori passed away on 3 April 2013. He is survived by his wife Hava, two sons Michael and Dani, and three grandsons.

To cite: Galun, R. 2014 [2013]. Obituary: Alexander Shalom Tahori (1919–2013). Israel Journal of Entomology 43: 1–9.