Bidspirit auction | Professor Andreas Fodor and his

Professor Andreas Fodor and his wife Mrs. Maria Fodor (Potok) - Large lot of documents and passports including: 1) Birth certificates of Andreas and Maria 2) Document from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem 3) Palestine passport belonging to Professor Andreas Fodor 4) German Reich passport belonging to Mrs. Maria Fodor, issued before World War II (without the letter 'J') 5) Travel certificate belonging to Professor Andreas Fodor. Rare items!!!! - * Passports contain a lot of signatures from around the world (we have never encountered such a large number of signatures!) Andor Fodor (March 3, 1884 – December 30, 1968) was a Hungarian-born Israeli chemist, one of the founders of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a professor of biological and colloidal chemistry. He focused on the study of enzymes, proteins and colloids. Biography Fodor was born in 1884 in Budapest, Hungary. He attended high school in Graz, and upon graduating he went to study chemistry at the Zurich Institute of Technology, where he received a doctorate and an engineering degree in 1907. He worked in Switzerland and later in Sweden with Nobel Prize winner Hans von Euler-Schleppin. He later moved to the University of Halle in Germany, and worked as the first assistant to Prof. Emil Abderhalden and engaged in enzyme research. In 1922, he was appointed professor of biochemistry in Halle, but shortly afterwards he accepted Chaim Weizmann's request to participate in the founding of the Hebrew University and the Institute of Chemistry. While still in Europe, Fodor ensured the purchase of the necessary equipment for the Institute of Chemistry; he visited factories and personally took care of purchasing the necessary instruments for the appropriate equipment of the Institute. He also ensured the training of expert workers for the future Institute. In March 1923, Fodor arrived in Jerusalem and settled in the mansion of John Gray Hill on Mount Scopus, which had been purchased for the University, and began to be converted into an Institute of Chemistry. He also supervised and managed the construction of another modern building on the site for the Institute. During 1924, the necessary instruments and tools arrived at the institute, but since the construction work had not yet been completed, they were housed in his house. Shortly after the university's official opening, classes began at the Institute of Chemistry, which was the first institute at the Hebrew University. In this way, he became the first professor at the university, even before its official establishment. He initially served as head of the Department of Natural Sciences, and with the establishment of the Department of Biochemistry and Colloidal Chemistry in 1931, he became its first faculty member. He also served as the first dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences. He retired in 1952. Fodor was Grand President of the Masonic Lodge in Israel. In 1955, he was awarded the Weizmann Prize, and in 1968, the Jerusalem Municipality awarded him the title of Yakir of the City. In 1964, he was awarded an honorary doctorate in philosophy from the Hebrew University. Died in Jerusalem at the age of 84. He was married to Maria Potok and father of an only son, Prof. Paul Joseph Fodor, also a chemist. Sources: from Wikipedia.