Centennial of Academician Milenko Šušić’s Birth
A ceremonial session marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of Academician Milenko Šušić was held on Monday, 13 October, at the SASA Grand Hall.
Milenko Šušić was born on 23 March 1925 in Guča, Dragačevo. He graduated from the Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics in Belgrade in 1950.
His academic career began when he was elected a junior assistant at the Department of Chemistry within the Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics at the University of Belgrade. In 1951, he joined the Boris Kidrič Institute for the Study of the Structure of Matter in Vinča as an assistant, where he conducted research in chemistry and physical chemistry of uranium and related elements, focusing on the production of uranium compounds—oxides and fluorides—as precursors for metallic uranium. He earned his doctoral degree in 1955 under the mentorship of Academician Pavle Savić.
In 1956, he was appointed assistant professor at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Physics, University of Belgrade. He was promoted to associate professor in 1962 and to full professor in 1970. He introduced many new, primarily electrochemical courses, to the physical chemistry curriculum. Over the course of his career, he supervised more than 120 graduates, 20 master’s theses, and 25 doctoral dissertations. Many of his students went on to become prominent researchers, university professors, and academicians.
Professor Šušić was one of the founders of the Institute of Chemistry, Technology, and Metallurgy (IHTM), where he headed the Department of General and Physical Chemistry at this institution from January 1961 until 1978.
He led a number of scientific projects supported by the Republican Union of Science, IHTM and SASA. He published a large number of scientific papers and several practically applied patents.
He was elected a corresponding member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts on 21 March 1974, and a full member on 12 December 1985.
Milenko Šušić is the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions: the October Prize of the City of Belgrade (1966), the Order of Labor with the Red Banner (1980), the Order of Merit for the People with the Gold Star (1988), as well as a large number of charters, certificates of appreciation and plaques from scientific organizations, scientific societies and faculties.