Gunnar Heckscher
Heckscher was born in Djursholm, son of economist Eli Heckscher. He graduated from Uppsala University in 1927 and obtained a PhD 1934. He lectured in political science at Uppsala between 1933 and 1941 and at what later became Stockholm University between 1941 and 1948. He was Dean of the Social Institute of Stockholm 1945-1954. He became a professor in 1948 and worked at both the Social Institute and at Stockholm University.
Eli Lancman
Born in Tel Aviv in 1936. Studied seven years in Japan, graduate of the Jochi University (1960–1963) and Tokyo University (1964–1966). Specialized in curatorship and Japanese art conservation at the Yamato Bunkakan Museum in Nara. Served as an art critic for two of the largest newspapers in Japan: Yomiuri and Mainichi.