Božidar VUJANOVIĆ Professor of theoretical and applied mechanics; (b. Smederevo, 8 September 1930 – d. Belgrade, 11 March 2014)

Assistent of Mechanics at the Mechanical Engineering Faculty in Belgrade (1958–1963); professor of the Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, associate professor (from 1963), full professor (from 1972); retired (from 1995)

Membership of SASA: Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics: corresponding member from 29 May 1991; *Department of Mathematics, Physics and Geosciences from 28 May 1998; full member from 26 October 2000; VANU: Department of Natural Sciences: corresponding member from 3 December 1990

Accession speech: department presentation: Application of Variational Principles in the Study of Conservative Dynamic Processes. Delivered at VANU on 7 November 1991; Speech: Variational Principle with Non-Commutative Rules of Variations. Delivered on 24 May 2001

Membership of SASA boards: Commission for Cultural and Artistic Events and Scientific Forum of the SASA Branch in Novi Sad, president (1990–2009)

Awards and recognitions: The October’s Prize of the City of Novi Sad for Science (1970); The Golden Plaquette of the Faculty of Technical Sciences 1990, for the distinguished contribution to the field of Mechanics, (1990); the Golden Plaquette of the Association of the University Professors of Serbia, (1997); Plaquette of the Yugoslav Society of the Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (2004); Saint Sava’s Diploma of the City of Smederevo (2009); Diploma on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Faculty of Technical Sciences for outstanding contribution to the Faculty’s development (18 May 2010); Saint Sava’s Diploma of the City of Smederevo for science (2009)

Photograph: SANU F–877