1969 CE: BEN–GURION UNIVERSITY

(Of the Negev) founded in Beersheba, Israel

Originally named University of the Negev…named, of course, after Israel’s iconic War Of Independence leader….the university mandated to promoting development of the Negev in 2008; 18,000 students….satellite mini–campuses near kibbutz Sde Boker (Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research) and in Eilat….