Arens, Moshe

Born in Lithuania, Moshe Arens immigrated to the United States with his family in 1939 and became an American citizen. As a youth, Arens became a leader in the Betar youth movement. He studies engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and aeronautical engineering at the California Institute of Technology. After Israel independence in 1948, Arens immigrated to Israel and worked as a Professor for aeronautics at the Technion and then as Deputy Director General at Israel Aircraft Industries. He won the Israel Defense Prize in 1971. In 1982 he was appointed ambassador to the United