The American Technion Society provides financial support to the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. With more than $1.3 billion raised since its founding in 1941, it is one of the fastest growing fund-raising organizations in the United States.

In 1924, Albert Einstein became chairman of the world's first Technion Society in Germany. Today there are 30 Technion Societies around the world. The American Technion Society - the largest - was launched by a group of visionary entrepreneurs and scientists that included Einstein. Today, the New York City-based organization has thousands of supporters - many of them prominent business leaders - and 21 offices around the country.

In addition, the American Technion Society conducts public information and education programs, such as hosting events with Technion faculty and students in cities across the U.S. It is driven by the belief that the future of Israel is in high technology and the future of high technology in Israel is at the Technion.

To ensure the Technion's continued excellence and growth, the American Technion Society has been raising increasingly more funds. After completing a three-year campaign in 1996 in which it raised $210 million, it extended that campaign to a 10-year, $750 million campaign - "Shaping Israel's Future" - which was completed in 2006. To take advantage of the impressive momentum that success generated, the ATS extended its campaign to $1 billion.

On the university's campus on Mount Carmel in Haifa, the American Technion Society's supportive presence is clearly visible in a vast network of buildings, laboratories, classrooms, libraries, dormitories and recreational facilities, as well as in numerous research and academic projects.

These include Centers of Excellence - multidisciplinary research centers that focus on cutting-edge fields such as optoelectronics, nanotechnology, genetic engineering and composite materials; scholarships, academic chairs and lectureships; the Samuel Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology, the Middle East's leading think-tank; the Stephen and Nancy Grand Water Research Institute that helps set standards for water technologies worldwide; the Irwin and Joan Jacobs Graduate School, which provides elite study and research programs for its 3500 masters and doctorate students; the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute the umbrella for the university's world-leading nano research activity; the the Lorry I. Lokey Interdisciplinary Center for Life Sciences and Engineering, which will be led by Nobel laureate Aaron Ciechanover, and a business incubator that turns Technion innovations into successful companies.

The American Technion Society offers supporters many opportunities to participate in the university's achievements. On missions to the Technion, they meet students whose scholarships they support and professors whose chairs they endow; marvel at the teaching and research they fund in action; and see the impact of Technion's best minds in the Israeli marketplace.

Governed by a national board of directors whose officers are elected by the membership, the American Technion Society is directed by Melvyn H. Bloom, executive vice president, Joan Seidel, national president and Dr. Stephen A. Laser, chairman of the board. Board members are actively involved in expanding the organization's base, developing new leaders and enhancing fund raising.

The American Technion Society is committed to providing the highest level of support to the Technion, the university that drives its economy and guarantees its security and helps people around the world lead better, safer lives.

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