Zdravko "Pusko" Ježić (17 August 1931 – 19 June 2005) was a Croatian chemist and

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player. He was part of the Yugoslav team that won silver medals at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics and placed fourth in 1960. In 1958 Ježić received a degree in

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from the

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, and in 1960 started working for chemical industry. In 1962 he defended a PhD in organic chemical technology, and then spent a few years as a postdoctoral student at the

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. From 1966 until his retirement in 1992 he developed polymeric materials at

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in the United States. He co-authored numerous scientific and technical papers and 13 patents. As a U.S. citizen, Ježić appeared in an Olympic-themed commercial for Dow Chemical during the 1988 Olympics. Ježić died in New York City in 2005. In 2010, he was inducted into the

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* 1931 births 2005 deaths Sportspeople from Niš Croatian male water polo players Yugoslav male water polo players Olympic water polo players of Yugoslavia Water polo players at the 1952 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1956 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Yugoslavia Olympic medalists in water polo Dow Chemical Company employees Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics University of Michigan fellows {{Yugoslavia-waterpolo-bio-stub

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