ALOJZ BENAC Archaeologist; (b. Plehan (Derventa), 20 October 1914 – d. Sarajevo, 6 March 1992)

university professor: Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo, full professor (from 1967); director of the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1957−1967); director of the Centre for Balkan Studies within the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ANUBiH) (1962−1989)

Membership of SASA: Department of Historical Sciences: corresponding member from 27 April 1972; external member from 7 May 1976

Biographies, bibliographies: Godišnjak/SANU 83 (1976) 181−186; Bibliografija radova akademija Alojza Benca / A. Škegro // Zbornik radova posvećenih akademiku Alojzu Bencu. – Sarajevo: ANU BiH, 1991. Pp. 15−39. (Posebna izdanja / ANU BiH; 95. Department of Historical Sciences; 27)

Awards and recognitions: AVNOJ Award (1976); the 27th July Award of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina; Order of the Merit to the People with golden star (1970); Order of the Republic with golden wreath (1977); Ordine “al Merito della Republica Italiana” (1979)

Photograph: SANU-F 452