Passing of Professor Arieh Bitan
2019-02-21 in IAUC Statements, Members
The IAUC is deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Professor Arieh Bitan in Israel on February 19, 2019.
“Professor Bitan was a wonderful gentleman and a distinguished member of the urban climate community. Professor Bitan was awarded the IAUC’s highest award, the 2006 Luke Howard Award, in recognition of his leading research into the climate of cities, the applied aspects of climate-sensitive urban and housing design, and his service to the urban climate community in Israel and internationally. He was also instrumental in the early development of the IGU Commission on Climatology. He will be sadly missed.” — IAUC Executive (Nigel Tapper, Andreas Christen, Ariane Middel) and Prof. Hadas Saaroni (Tel Aviv University).
A tribute will appear in the next Urban Climate Newsletter.
Professor Arieh Bitan