Chaim Weizmann

Chaim Azriel Weizmann (???? ?????) (also: Chaijim W., Haim W.) (November 27, 1874 – November 9, 1952) chemist, statesman, President of the World Zionist Organization, first President of Israel (elected May 16, 1948, served 1949 - 1952) and founder of a research institute in Israel which eventually became the Weizmann Institute of Science.

External links

• Biography at the Jewish Agency site
• Biographical notes at the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Weizmann Institute of Science Website
• Webpage on Chaim Weizmann's laboratory at the Weizmann Institute (includes info and links on Weizmann's scientific work)