Aharon Doron

Aharon Doron
Native name	אהרון דורון
Born	(1922-02-17)February 17, 1922 Ludwigshafen, Germany
Died	December 14, 2016(2016-12-14) (aged 94)
Allegiance	Israel
Service/branch	Haganah Israel Defense Forces Jewish Settlement Police
Years of service	1939-1963
Rank	Aluf
Commands held	Battalion commander of Givati Brigade Battalion commander of Yiftach Brigade Battalion commander of Golani Brigade Battalion commander of Nahal Brigade Head of the Manpower Directorate, April 1961 – July 1963
Battles/wars	1948 Arab–Israeli War Sinai War
Other work	Director of Beit Hatfutsot Vice President of Tel Aviv University Chairman of the Chairman of the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces Office of the Ombudsman
Sports career
Personal information
Education	Columbia University
Alma mater	In lumine Tuo videbimus lumen
Sport	Handball, Soccer
Handball	Israeli Handball League
Team	Hapoel Haifa F.C. Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C..

Aharon Doron (Hebrew: אהרון דורון‎; February 17, 1922 – December 14, 2016) was a major general in the Israel Defense Forces and an educator. He served as the head of the Manpower Directorate under the General Staff from April 1961 to July 1963.^[1] After his release from the military, Doron was involved in various roles in the University of Tel Aviv and association Sports in Israel. In 1992 he was appointed military ombudsman by the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

Biography[]

Aharon Doron was born in Ludwigshafen, Germany to Erwin and Iloimer.^[2][3] His parents engaged in the trade of tobacco. Doron immigrated to Israel in 1939 during the Youth Aliyah.^[3][4] After learning in "Ludwig Tietz" a vocational school, he became a member of Kibbutz Yagur. He later joined the Haganah, becoming a commander and a trainer.^[3] In 1941 he stopped his studies to become a Notar for the Jewish Settlement Police.^[4] During these years he played professional football for the Hapoel Haifa and later handball where he played for Hapoel Petah Tikva and Hapoel Tel Aviv.

Doron was involved in various operations in an attempt to secure transportation routes in the north during the Battle of Haifa. During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Doron was the commander of (Camp 80), a training came for newly enlisted high school graduate students. After the war he commanded the Battalion Commanders School of Nahal. In 1952 he was appointed battalion commander of the Givati Brigade.^[2]

In February 1954 he was appointed commander of the Nahal Command, a position he held until October 1955. During the Sinai War he commanded the Yiftach Brigade (11th Brigade) to the occupation of Gaza.^[3][4] After the war, Doron left for a training school for senior officers in England. In 1957 he was appointed commander of the Golani Brigade and in 1958 was appointed head of the faculty. From 1959 until he was released from the military in 1963, he served as the head of the Manpower Directorate.^[4][5]

After his release from the IDF[]

After his release from the IDF in 1963, Doron went to study in the United States where he received an MBA in business administration from Columbia University.^[3][4] After returning to Israel, Doron had various positions in the Jewish Agency for Israel and the United Jewish Appeal.^[4] He later became the director of Beit Hatfutsot and later the Vice President of Tel Aviv University.^[4][6] During his years in the University, he helped establish the athletics club which initiated the establishments of various sports centers in the 1970s. Between 1966 and 1970 he served on the . He later became the Chairman of the for six years.^[2][3]

In the days leading to the Six-Day War, Doron headed the Emergency Committee of the Municipality of Tel Aviv which attempted to prepare the city. In 1979 he was elected chairman of the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces.

In 2007 Doron was struck by a car while crossing a road, leaving him with a severe shoulder injury.^[5] Doron died in December 2016 at the age of 94.^[7]

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