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September 23, 2026
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The Technion’s story has been intertwined with Israel’s for more than a century, from laying the foundations for a new nation to shaping its future.
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Tips from an Estate Planning Expert
Joel S. Rothman, an estate planning attorney and longtime supporter of ATS, offers important tips on estate planning in the following Q&A, including how Technion supporters can include ATS in their charitable plans.
Building a Sustainable Future
Maggie Kaplan is committed to advancing innovative solutions to environmental challenges. Her gifts are empowering Technion researchers to develop new, more sustainable manufacturing methods, and her estate commitment will extend this support in the future.
Putting Her Retirement Savings to Work
After three decades working as a psychiatrist, Irene Kitzman enjoys spending her semi-retirement behind a telescope, gazing into distant stars and galaxies from her home in Arizona.
A Technion Family Tradition
Barbara Dahl's desire to support Israel is in her blood. She grew up watching her grandfather, Mortimer May, rally support for the nation as president of the Zionist Organization of America in the 1950s. At age nine, she traveled with him to Israel and mixed with dignitaries like President Yitzhak Ben-Zvi and future Prime Minister Golda Meir.
In Loving Memory
After Louise Gambrell passed away in 2021 at age 93 following a battle with cancer, her husband of 61 years, Tom Gambrell, made a planned gift in her memory: an estate commitment to support research at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.
The Gift of Security
"We see our support for the Technion as an investment in a country that is not only a wellspring of innovation, but also central to our heritage as Jewish people. With our estate gift, we hope to ensure the security of the Jewish homeland for generations to come."
Like Father, Like Daughter: Second-Generation ATS supporter Debra Javit follows her father's footsteps
When other little girls were playing with dolls, Debra Javit was walking with her Dad through the shopping malls he developed in suburban Connecticut. "I always wanted to be like him and to be with him," Debra said.
Yoram Benbarak: Engineer, Entrepreneur, and Changemaker Planned Giving Donor and Alum Gives Back to the University that Helped Shape his Career
Yoram Benbarak B.S. '71, M.S.'73 was an undergraduate student when computer technology was going through a momentous revolution that helped catapult Israel into its famed status as Startup Nation and a leader in innovation. The Technion was on the front lines.
Dr. Eric Albin recounts in this first-person piece why he chose to support Technion in his estate plans.
Some time ago, I read that hedge fund manager John Paulson had gifted Harvard University's engineering school the fantastic sum of $400 million. My thought was, and is, that the Harvard endowment fund has more than $40 billion, so Paulson's gift, though very generous, would make absolutely no difference in the world.
Planned Giving Donor Doris Brown Recounts the "Miracle" that Started It All
The Technion became Dori Brown's cause of choice after taking a friend to an American Technion Society (ATS) event. She and her late sister Judi Gottesman invited their friend, suffering from early onset of Parkinson's, to hear Technion Professor Emeritus Moussa Youdim speak about his then-breakthrough drug for the condition.
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