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On Tuesday, November 5, 2024, the Technion inaugurated the Uzia Galil Foyer in the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The foyer was named after the founder of Elbit Systems and other companies. The ceremony was attended by Galil’s family and Elbit Systems management including president and CEO Bezhalel (Butsi) Machlis and former Elbit Systems Board Chairman Miki Federman. Technion President Prof. Uri Sivan, Dean of the Viterbi Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering Prof. Idit Keidar, and Chairman of the Israel Friends of Technion Association, Prof. Peretz Lavie, were also in attendance.
The foyer, which honors the legacy of Uzia Galil z”l and showcases advanced defense technology developed by Elbit Systems, was made possible thanks to support from the Galil family and Elbit Systems. The display in the hall highlights the connection between Galil’s legacy and Elbit products, which are at the forefront of Israel’s defense technology.
Uzia Galil (1925–2021) was an alumnus of the Technion’s Viterbi Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering and one of the founding figures of Israel’s high-tech industry. He was born in 1925 in Bucharest and immigrated to Israel at age 16 as part of the Youth Aliyah movement. In 1943, he was accepted to the Technion, and upon completing his studies, served in the Israeli Navy for many years. After earning a master’s degree from Purdue University, he worked in Chicago on Motorola’s color television development, and upon returning to Israel, rejoined the Israeli Navy as the head of the Electronics R&D Department.