Shamir, Dan

Dan, son of Tamar and Yitzhak z “l, was born on Kibbutz Beit Oren on June 12, 1941. When he was only a year old, his father volunteered for service in the British Army Transport Corps and served outside the country for four and a half years, When Dan was eight years old, his family moved to Ashkelon, Dan was drafted into the IDF at the beginning of November 1959. After completing basic training he served as a sports instructor, and his commander wrote about him, which was “a clear example of the source of the spirit of our army.” After his regular service he was stationed in a reserve unit. “As a student, he stood out for his knowledge of the material he studied and the geology, mathematics, and general education he brought with him from home … He often surprised his teachers in his original way of thinking. .. complicated experiments have become in his hands to simple methods, and he has obtained an identification results Ruth … paved new paths in the field of research … “In 1966, his father passed away, and in that year he was awarded the title of” graduate “with high grades, and his first son Tzachi was born in 1968. In 1968, And in 1971 he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Science (Ph.D.), when he succeeded in constructing mathematical models for the chemical reactions he had performed, thereby developing new mathematical methods that enabled the explanation of the phenomena obtained in his work, Magnetism is essential for industry. In 1972, his daughter Inbal was born, and despite his studies, which robbed most of his time, he was an exemplary father, a devoted and loving husband and a good and caring son who was very attached to his family and his mother. After completing his studies, he moved with his family to Rishon Letzion and was hired as a senior researcher in the development department of the “HydroNotics” plant in Ness Ziona. His co-workers remember him as a gentle-minded, sensitive human being who was willing to do his best for others. Before the Yom Kippur War he was invited to work at the University of Cambridge in England, but did not have time to leave. The war broke out and he was called to his unit. During the Yom Kippur War, his unit participated in battles against the Egyptians in Sinai. On the tenth day of the war, members of his unit came to the rescue of another unit that encountered an ambush by Egyptian commandos in the northern sector on the axis of the “Budapest” outpost. On October 15, 1973, when Danny came out to rescue a soldier who was hit by enemy fire, a sniper hit his head and he was killed. He was brought to eternal rest in the cemetery in Rishon Letzion. Survived by a wife, son and daughter, mother and two brothersA. After his fall, he was promoted to sergeant.