Chaim Weizmann (1874 - 1952) was the first President of Israel (elected May 16, 1948). He was also a chemist of international renown, and founded a research institute in Israel which eventually became the Weizmann Institute of Science.
- Official Biography at the Jewish Agency site
- Weizmann Institute of Science website
- webpage on Chaim Weizmann's laboratory at the Weizmann Institute (includes info and links on Weizmann's scientific work).