Aronson (Aronsohn) Benyamin Shaevich (06.02.1938, Jelgava, Latvia)

Engineer.

Family Background

Benyamin Aronson was born into the family of Schaia Yakovlevich Aronson (1900, Jelgava – 1972, Riga) and Pesse Shmulevna Aronson (née Zamuel) (1898, Jaunjelgava).

Education and Early Career

1956 – Graduated from Riga Secondary School No. 15.

1957 – Worked as a process operator at the Bolderāja Gas Generator Laboratory, Institute of Forestry Problems, Latvian SSR Academy of Sciences.

1958–1963 – Worked as a factory worker at the Ausma Plastic Products Factory.

1963–1966 – Studied at the Day Department of the Faculty of Chemistry, Riga Polytechnic Institute.

Simultaneously worked as a musician:

1963–1966 – Republican House of Culture.

1966 – Donetsk Regional Philharmonic.

1966–1968 – Bureau of Variety Orchestras.

1968–1970 – Latvian State Philharmonic.

Engineering Career and Emigration

1970 – Worked as an engineer at the Rīgas Apavi shoe factory.

Resumed studies in the Evening Department at Riga Polytechnic Institute, graduating in 1972.

1971–1979 – Quality Control Engineer at Sputnik Industrial Association.

1979 – Received permission to emigrate to Israel, where his brother, Schmuel Schaevich Aronsohn (1930, Jelgava), had been living since 1972.

Family

Married to Natalya Alexandrovna Aronsohn (née Bloshenko) (1945, Zhdanov, Donetsk Oblast; today Mariupol).

Their daughters:

Geula Benyaminovna Aronson (1971, Riga)

Gabriella Benyaminovna Aronson (1976, Riga)

Relatives

Shaia Yakovlevich Aronson (1900–1972) – father
Pesse Shmulevna Aronson (née Zamuel) (1898) – mother
Shmuel Schaevich Aronson (1930, Jelgava) – brother
Leie Shaevna Aronson (1942, Kotelnich) – sister