Hooter, Igor (Nahum-Zvi)

The only son of Joseph Wallis (Zivia), a Holocaust survivor. He was born on October 13, 1947, in the city of Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, where he graduated from elementary school and studied at a secondary school for two years. Together with his general studies he studied for nine years playing violin in a music school. His musical talent began to emerge when he was six years old. At the age of eight he participated in the Young violinists competition and won first place, and in the same year he even performed at a children’s concert. He excelled in the chess game and won twice his class championship. He also swims and plays ping-pong. In 1964 he immigrated to Israel with his family, who settled in Kiryat Sprinzak near Haifa. In spite of the difficulties of language, he managed to enter the third year of the professional secondary school, and at the end of the year he received a certificate of honor for his academic achievements. At the end of August 1967 and assigned to the Academic Reserve. After studying for four years at the Technion, studying electronics and computer science, he received the B.Sc. He studied easily and received a scholarship every year. Igor was full of joie de vivre, loved people and they gave him back love. He was always willing to help others and thanks to his many talents and warm Lev, he did help and helped many. His field of interest now included psychology, pre-psychology and yoga. After completing his BA studies, he returned to the army and served as an officer in the Ministry of Defense and engaged in electronic research. He was intelligent, with a sense of duty and responsibility and a strong character. He was fond of his co-workers who appreciated his knowledge and diligence. He was a devoted and loyal son to his parents, showed warm affection for parents, loved them and helped them as much as he could. Igor also began his research towards his M.Sc. degree. “Igor was an excellent student with excellent perception and great diligence. He quickly adapted to a subject that had been completely foreign to him earlier. “On September 4, 1973, Igor died while serving in the military cemetery in Haifa, head of the research team at the Defense Ministry, Wrote to the family: “Within a very short period of time, he became part of a work group that dealt with an important project for the IDF, and soon became a central figure in the project and his decisive contribution brought the subject to recent development stages. In a letter of condolences to the family, his commander wrote: “Igor served in this unit for nearly three years, excelled in his work and was one of the most talented officers. Igor was a beloved officer of his colleagues. “