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Charlotte de Grünberg

Professor Charlotte de Grünberg served as president of Universidad ORT Uruguay 1977 to 2024.

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    General Director of the Universidad ORT Uruguay (
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    He played a pivotal role in the educational development of Universidad ORT Uruguay, the country's first private university.

    His life, a model of personal growth and tireless dedication to education, leaves an indelible legacy in the educational community and in Uruguayan society.

    Charlotte de Grünberg, whose life began in Belgium and was marked by the hardships of the Holocaust, found in Uruguay not only a refuge but also fertile ground in which to cultivate her passion for education.

    We are sharing the calendar for the new Jewish year 5785 dedicated to the memory of Prof. Charlotte de Grünberg.

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The Life and Career of an Inspiring Figure

Born in Liège, Belgium. A resident of Uruguay since 1952. Married to Prof. Dr. José Grünberg, she had one son and three grandchildren.

Charlotte, her brother, and her parents survived the Holocaust while living in hiding in France. The Uruguayan writer Ruperto Long wrote a book about this period of her life, The Girl Who Watched the Trains Depart, published in Spanish throughout Latin America and Spain. The book has been translated and published in Italy, Israel, and Romania. 

Prof. Charlotte de Grünberg

After arriving in Uruguay, she completed a degree in French Language and Culture Education and a degree in English Language and Applied Linguistics Education.

From 1965 to 1967, she served as secretary of culture at the Alliance Française. From 1973 to 1977, she was a member of the neurolinguistics research team at the Hospital de Clínicas, University of the Republic.

In 1977, she became the general director of ORT Uruguay.

Since 1988, he has led international projects funded by the European Union and Canada in disadvantaged neighborhoods of Montevideo and other cities, in collaboration with local governments.

In 1995, she became the general coordinator of World ORT Latin America.

The 21st Century

In 2000, she was appointed by World ORT a member of the International Commission on the Future of ORT in the 21st Century.

She was recognized for her contributions to education and Jewish life at the national and international levels by the Punta del Este Jewish Film Festival, the University of Arts and Communication Sciences of Chile, WIZO, and KKL, among other institutions.

In August 2018, he received the Scopus Award from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, which was presented for the first time in Uruguay.

*Charlotte de Grünberg at the ORT School of Communication and Design's Creativity and Innovation Awards - 2019*

Since October 2019, he has been a member of the Honorary Committee of the Uruguayan Holocaust Memorial Center.

In December 2019, he received the Jerusalem Award from the Zionist Organization of Uruguay. And in October 2020, World ORT presentedWorld ORT with the Robert Singer Award for Outstanding Senior ORT Professionals.

Under his leadership, by February 2024, Universidad ORT Uruguay become the largest private educational institution in the country.

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