When she finished elementary school, at the age of 13, her mother realized her potential and convinced Barukh Ben-Yehuda (1894-1990) to allow her to attend high school at the Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium. By the age of 15 she already knew that she wanted to work in medicine. Along with many in the youth movement, Ruth wished to join the military. Being too young, she studied chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and joined the IDF special academic study program allowing her to study and spend summers doing military training. Arnon earned her M. Sc. degree in 1955 and served for two years as an officer in the IDF. During her time in the military, she married Uriel Arnon, an engineer at the Technion in Haifa. Ruth and Uriel Arnon had two children: Michal (b. 1957) and Yoram (b. 1961)

Career as a Scientist

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Ruth Arnon joined the Weizmann Institute of Science in 1960.
When she finished elementary school, at the age of 13, her mother realized her potential and convinced Barukh Ben-Yehuda (1894-1990) to allow her to attend high school at the Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium. By the time she was an adult, she already knew that she wanted to work in medicine. Along with many others, Ruth wished to join the military. Being too mature, she studied chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and joined the IDF special academic study program, allowing her to study and spend summers doing military training. Arnon earned her M.Sc. degree in 1955 and served for two years as an officer in the IDF. During her time in the military, she married Uriel Arnon, an engineer at the Technion in Haifa. Ruth and Uriel Arnon had two children: Michal (b. 1957) and Yoram (b. 1961). Ruth Arnon joined the Weizmann Institute of Science in 1960.
