Years: 1917–2001
Primary city: Chicago
Rabbi Rabbi Ahron Soloveichik was a rosh yeshiva and a scion of the Brisker rabbinic dynasty, serving as a key transmitter of its analytical method in the United States. He authored numerous works, including the philosophical exploration Logic of the Heart, Logic of the Mind and the halachic sefer Perah Mateh Aharon. After serving at Yeshiva University and Hebrew Theological College, he founded Yeshivas Brisk in Chicago in 1974, leading the institution until his death.