Eli Hurvitz
Eliyahu "Eli" Hurvitz (Hebrew: אליהו "אלי" הורביץ; 1932 – 21 November 2011) was an Israeli industrialist.He joined Assia Chemical Labs Ltd., a small firm of which Dalia's father was a managing partner, as a dishwasher in the laboratory.[1][2] After his graduation from Hebrew University in 1957 he began doing office work at Assia and moved to executive ranks.[citation needed] He resigned as CEO in 2002 and handed over the position to Israel Makov, and from then on until his death in 2011 had been the firm's chairman of the board.He has been a member of the board of governors of Tel Aviv University since 2001, a director of Vishay Technologies since 1997, and chair of the Israel Democracy Institute since 2002.