Mihailo MARKOVIĆ Philosopher; (b. Belgrade, 24 February 1923 – d. Belgrade, 07 February 2010)

University professor: full professor of the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade from 1963 (dean 1966-67; suspended on political basis 1975; fired from the Faculty in 1981); Institute of Philosophy, director 1967 – 1975; principal research fellow at the Centre for Philosophy and Social Theory of the Institute for Social Sciences in Belgrade, 1981-1986, retired in 1986

Membership of SASA: Department of Social Sciences: corresponding member from 5 December 1963; full member from 15 December 1983; Department of Social Sciences – deputy secretary, 1985-1989; Department of Social Sciences, secretary from 28 May 1998 until 2 October 2001; SASA Presidency member from 30 May 2002; SASA representative in the International Union of Academies, Brussels

Accession speech: Department paper presentation: On the Concept of Subject of Science. Posebna izdanja. Spomenica. 377 : 26 (1964) 155-165. Speech: On the Concept of Freedom. Glas / SANU. Department of Social Sciences. 351 : 25 (1988) 1-10.

Biography and bibliography: God. / SANU 85 (1979) 513-525; 97 (1991) 363-370; 105 (1999) 569-580.

Membership of SASA boards: Board for Philosophy and Sociological Theory, president; Board for the Protection of the Environment ; Board for the Population Studies; Group for Constitutional and Legal Issues; Interacademy Board for Philosophy and Sociological Theory; Board for the Dictionary of Fine Arts Terms; Interdepartmental Board for the Study of Human Rights and National Minorities, member

Awards and recognitions: Dr. h. c. of the University of London, 1985; the 7th July Award of SR Serbia, 1962 (for his work ‘Dijalektička teorija značenja’ [Dialectical Theory of Meaning]); October Prize of the City of Belgrade, 1989; Medal of Courage; Order of the Merit to the People of the third degree; Order of Brotherhood and Unity of the second degree; Order of Labour of the third degree