David Stitchkin Branover (October 25, 1912 — July 12, 1997) was a Chilean attorney and rector of the

University of Concepción Universidad de Concepción (UdeC) is a traditional Chilean private university. The work of the Penquista community, it is one of the most prestigious in Chile, and considered complex due to its extensive research in the various areas of knowled ...

from 1956 to 1962.

Background and education

He was born in

Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the country's central valley and is the center of the Santiago Metropolitan Regi ...

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

, on October 25, 1912. He attended the Law School of the

University of Chile The University of Chile () is a public university, public research university in Santiago, Chile. It was founded on November 19, 1842, and inaugurated on September 17, 1843.

Career

At age 27, Branover became a professor at the Law School of the

University of Chile The University of Chile () is a public university, public research university in Santiago, Chile. It was founded on November 19, 1842, and inaugurated on September 17, 1843.

. In 1956 he was named rector of the

Concepción, Chile Concepción (; originally: ''Concepción de la Madre Santísima de la Luz'', "Conception of the Blessed Mother of Light") is a city and Communes of Chile, commune in south-central Chile, and the geographical and demographic core of the Greater Co ...

. He is remembered for his role in founding the university's Casa del Arte museum during his tenure as Rector. Stitchkin also contributed to establish the

metallurgical engineering Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their inter-metallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are known as alloys. Metallurgy encompasses both the ...

degree in 1961 by inviting Alexander Sutulov to work in the university.

Personal life

Branover married Fanny Litvak and the couple had four children, Sergio, Eliana, Lilian and Claudio. Branover died on July 12, 1997.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stitchkin Branover, David Chilean scholars and academics 1912 births 1997 deaths People from Santiago, Chile Academic staff of the University of Chile