Andrija Štampar
(an excerpt from 'Selected Papers of Andrija Štampar': "Life and Achievements of Andrija Štampar, Fighter for the Promotion of Public Health" by M.D. Grmek)

President of the Former Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts

A great part of Štampar's activities after World War II was devoted to the former Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts, a member of which he became on February 11, 1947 (Section of Philosophy and Social Sciences). On April 4 of the same year, he was already the President of this prominent scientific institution. The idea behind his election was to give the Academy a new, more active life, and Štampar's enterprising spirit, his organizational abilities, and his world-wide scientific reputation were the guarantees. Under his management the Academy's research, creative, and publishing activities in all fields of sciences and arts were flourishing. Owing to his endeavours the Institute of Industrial Hygiene, later reorganized into the Institute for Medical Research, was founded. He gave a great impetus to the study of industrial hygiene issues.