O. Thier. During Reinharz's 17-year tenure, the university underwent major physical changes including the construction of the Village Residence Hall, Abraham Shapiro Academic Complex, Carl and Ruth Shapiro Campus Center, Carl Shapiro Science Center, Carl Shapiro Admissions Center, Mandel Center for the Humanities, Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education, and many other major capital improvements. He raised $1.2 billion during his presidency and quadrupled the endowment, from $194 million to $772 million. Reinharz announced his resignation as President of Brandeis University at midnight on September 25, 2009 after serving the Brandeis community for seventeen years. He stayed on as President until a successor was selected and ready to assume office. On January 1, 2011, Reinharz was officially replaced by Frederick M. Lawrence, and on that date he became president of the Mandel Foundation. Upon stepping down, he made a $5 million personal gift to Brandeis for scholarships and fellowships. Awards and recognition Reinharz is the recipient of the President of Israel Prize, awarded by the Israeli Parliament (Knesset) in 1990. He was also elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1995 and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations in 1999. He twice received the National Endowment for the Humanities to enable him to pursue his research. He also received a Guggenheim Research Fellowship. In 1998, Reinharz was appointed by President Bill Clinton to serve on the Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United States. Reinharz is the recipient of honorary doctorates from Hebrew Union College, the Jewish Theological Seminary, Fairfield University, Ben Gurion University in Israel, Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, Brandeis University, Hebrew College, Tel Aviv University and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. In 2017, Reinharz was elected chairman of the International Board of the Weizmann Institute in Israel and served until 2020. He still serves on its international Board. He also serves on many other Boards in the United States and Israel. Other awards 1985 Present Tense/Joel H. Cavior Literary Award 1985 Kenneth B. Smilen Literary Award 1986 National Jewish Book Award 1988 Shazar Prize in History (Israel). 1990 First recipient of the President of Israel Prize awarded by the Knesset (Israeli parliament). 1992 Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (England). 1993 Fellow of the American Academy for Jewish Research. 1995 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 1996 National Jewish Book Award in the Biography