Claim: Ephraim Stern returned to the Hebrew University as a professor in 1971 but did not take up any administrative position.
Evidence: He returned to the Hebrew University as a professor in 1971, at the invitation of Yigael Yadin. Stern served as the chairman of the Hebrew University's Institute of Archaeology, the director of the Yad Ben Zvi Institute for the Research of the Land of Israel, the chairman of the Archaeological Committee of the State of Israel, and the chairman of the board of directors of the Israel Exploration Society.