Branko ŽEŽELJ Civil engineer; (b. Benkovac, 14 March 1910 – d. Belgrade, 19 February 1995)

Principal research fellow at the Institute for Testing of Materials in Belgrade (1954–1979); university professor: Faculty of Civil Engineering, Belgrade, full professor from 1964

Membership of SASA: Department of Technical Sciences; corresponding member from 21 December 1961; full member from 7 March 1968

Accession speech: The Idea of Construction of Concrete Arch Bridge with the Span of 320 m in Dubrovnik. Posebna izdanja / SANU. Spomenica. 434: 44 (1970) 13–21.

Biography and bibliography: God. / SANU 77 (1972) 769–771; 78 (1973) 649–658; 87 (1981) 205–224.

Membership of SASA boards: Board for Civil Engineering, president; Interdepartmental Board for Kopaonik related issues; Interacademy Board for Industrialization of Residential Construction, president

Awards and recognitions: October Prize of the City of Belgrade (1956); the 7^th July Award (1957); AVNOJ Award, (1966); Order of Labour of the second degree (1949); Order of Labour of the first degree (1956); Order of the Merit to the People with golden star (1963); Order of the Republic with golden wreath (1968)

Obituary: God. / SANU 102 (1996) 575–576 (B. Petrović)

Photograph: SANU F–534