A prominent geneticist, who had a decisive role in formulating the mission of the Open University in its earliest days, striving for decades to attain and maintain its academic excellence;
Avinoam Adam was a pioneer in the study of genetic diseases and disorders among different Israeli ethnic groups; in 1965, he established the Genetic Counseling Clinic at Tel Hashomer Hospital; his research on the genetic aspects of color-blindness in wide-ranging populations on four continents was based on field studies he conducted using portable measurement instruments; his scientific work was published in dozens of articles from the 1950s onwards;
The first to be awarded the rank of professor at the Open University, he initiated the development of the original program of study toward a B.A. in Life Sciences and broke new ground in writing texts for use in distance teaching; he composed study units on various aspects of biology for many Life Sciences courses; he left his mark on these texts through his unique, flowing style, his thought-provoking questions, and his subtle irony and humor;
A man of science and letters, master of the Hebrew language, pleasant and modest, a lover of truth.
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