Aryeh Leo Olitzki (; 4 June 1898 – 1983) was an Israeli bacteriologist. Biography Aryeh Olitzki was born in 1898 in Allenstein, East Prussia, Germany (now Olsztyn, Poland). He studied medicine at the universities of Berlin and Breslau, and was appointed assistant at the Institute of Hygiene of the University of Breslau, from where he obtained his doctorate. In 1924, he immigrated to Mandate Palestine. Olitzki headed the bacteriology laboratories at the Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem and in Safed. In 1928, he joined the faculty of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and became a professor in 1949, and dean of the Medical School from 1961 to 1965. Awards and recognition In 1967, Olitzki was awarded the Israel Prize, in medicine. Olitzki Street in Beersheba is named after him. Published works Yesodot Torat ha-Ḥaidakkim ve-ha-Ḥasinut (A. L. Olitzki and N. Grossowicz), a textbook on microbiology and immunology in two volumes (1964–68) See also List of Israel Prize recipients References External links Olitzki, Aryeh Leo (a biography) Jewish Virtual Library Antigenic Structures Of Haemophilus Aegyptius and Haemophilus Influenzae Demonstrated by the Gel Precipitation Technique, by Aryeh Leo Olitzki and Ada Sulitzeanu Journal of Bacteriology website 1898 births 1983 deaths People from Olsztyn 19th-century German Jews German emigrants to Mandatory Palestine Humboldt University of Berlin alumni University of Breslau alumni Academic staff of the University of Breslau Academic staff of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israeli bacteriologists Israel Prize in medicine recipients People from East Prussia