on childhood endocrinology. Work as endocrinologist in Israel End of 1957, Laron returned to Israel and joined André de Vries in founding the pediatric endocrinological clinic and research in Israel. In 1958 he was the founder of the Institute for Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology at the Beilinson Medical Center in Petah Tikva, affiliated to Tel Aviv University, and led it until 1992. Laron was one of the first members of the teaching staff of the School of Medicine at Tel Aviv University and had a leading role in elaborating the pediatric teaching program at that institution. From 1983 to 1997 Laron was Incumbent of the Irene and Nicholas Marsh Chair in Endocrinology and Juvenile Diabetes, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University. He also founded the All-Country Center for Juvenile Diabetes and an endocrinological laboratory aimed to develop new methods of detecting hormones in blood. This laboratory worked in the frame of the Felsenstein Institute of Research. Since 1998 Laron has been Professor Emeritus of Pediatric Endocrinology, Tel Aviv University and Director of Endocrinology and Diabetes Research Unit, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel. In 1966 together with A. Pertzelan and S. Mannheimer, they described a new type of dwarfism (subsequently named "Laron Syndrome") of growth hormone resistance characterized by high levels of GH in serum, and low IGF-I levels, Laron et al. so described the GH receptor defect, The Institute of Pediatric Endocrinology founded and led by him was among the first medical centers to produce and use in therapy the GH and IGF hormones and gonadotropin analogues. Prof. Laron was among the founders of the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes, (ISPAD) He founded and served as Editor in Chief The European Society of Pediatric Endorinology (ESPE) and the Growth Hormone Research Society (GRS) of the scientific journals Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology and Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews. to present Awards Zvi Laron has received many honours, among them: 1982 Paul Langerhans Medal and Memorial Lecture, German Diabetes Association 1987 Member, German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina 1993 Award of Merit conferred by ISPAD (International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetology) 1995 Honorary Member of the Medical and Scientific Academy of Romania 1998 Doctor Honoris Causa conferred by the University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Iuliu Hatieganu", Cluj-Napoca, Romania 1998 Centennial Medal, Italian Pediatric Society 1999 Andrea Prader Prize – ESPE (European Society of