Dušan Kanazir (28 June 1921 – 19 September 2009) was a Serbian

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and the president of

Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts The Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts ( la, Academia Scientiarum et Artium Serbica, sr-Cyr, Српска академија наука и уметности, САНУ, Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti, SANU) is a national academy and the ...

Biography

Kanazir was born as the son of Todor "Toša", a

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from

Mošorin Mošorin ( sr-cyr, Мошорин; hu, Mozsor) is a village located in the Titel municipality, South Bačka District, Vojvodina, Serbia. The village has a Serbs, Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 2,569 people (as of 2011 census ...

. His parents moved to

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, where his father got a job in the Banova Uprava and Women's Teacher School. He was educated in Novi Sad and graduated from mathematics 1940 at the II Male gymnasium. After the World war II, he moved to

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. He studied medicine in

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in (1945-49), and graduated in

in 1949. He received his doctorate in 1955. in

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in the field of physiological sciences. He completed postdoctoral studies in

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. Dušan Kanazir was

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on call in

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and

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and a regular professor at

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. As an eminent scientist, he was elected to many important forums and performed several responsible functions. He was a minister for the science and technology of the Republic of Serbia 1996-1998. He was elected Vice President (1971-81) and President (1981-94) of SANU. Kanazir was a member of many of the most respected international associations and academies, such as

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and Academy of Athens. He has published over 200 scientific papers in the country and abroad. He received many awards and decorations for his work: Decoration for Work With Red Flag (1961, 1988). The 7 July Award (1961), Decoration of Merit for Nation With Gold Star (1965), AVNOJ Decoration for Achievements in Science of Former Yugoslavia (1970), Decoration of Brotherhood and Unity With Gold Wreath (1976), Commandeur of

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, France (1984), Belgrade City Plaque (1984), Belgrade University 150th Anniversary Plaque (1988), Gratitude Plaque of the Institute for Nuclear Energy Application in Agriculture, Veterinary Medicine and Forestry (1988), Gratitude Plaque and Charter of the Faculty of Medicine,

University of Niš The University of Niš ( sr, Универзитет у Нишу, Univerzitet u Nišu) is a public university in Serbia. It was founded in 1965 and consists of 13 faculties with 1,492 academic staff and around 20,500 students (as of 2018–19 sch ...

(1996). He died on September 19, 2009. in

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kanazir, Dušan 1921 births 2009 deaths Serbian scientists Members of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Yugoslav biologists