Serbica Americana

Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla (July 10th, 1856 - January 7th, 1943) was a Serbian-American inventor and visionary genius. Tesla is recognized among the most accomplished scientists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His patents and theoretical work form the basis of modern polyphase alternating current electric power (AC) systems of motors, generators and transformers, with which he helped usher in the Second Industrial Revolution.

Mihajlo Pupin

Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin, Ph.D, LL.D. (October 4th, 1858 - March 12th, 1935) was a Serbian physicist, best known for devising means of greatly extending the range of long-distance telephone communication by placing loading coils (of wire) at predetermined intervals along the transmitting wire (known as pupinization).

Pupin was born in the village Idvor, Banat (then the Austro-Hungarian Empire) to a Serbian family. Pupin emigrated to U.S. when he was only 16.

Paul Rankov Radosavljevich

Павле Паја Радосављевић, психолог и педагог, професор унивeрзитета

Похађао је учитељску школу у Сомбору, Пакрацу и Осијеку, где је дипломирао. Студирао је експерименталну психологију и педагогију у Бечу, Јени и Цириху. Докторат из експерименталне психологије стекао је у Цириху код психолога Мојмана (Напредовање заборављања с временом, 1904).

Radivoje Živadinović

Radivoje Živadinović rodjen је 15. februara 1901. godine u Beogradu, gde је završio osnovnu školu i gimnaziju. Ро položenoj maturi 1919. godine i provedena dva semestra na Univerzitetu u Beogradu otišao је, krajem 1920, па Filozofski fakultet Uпiverziteta u Berlinu па nastavak studija. Na ovom fakultetu - odsek Hemija - odbranio је doktorsku disertaciju "Übеr imidoaether, imido- und oximidothiolaether" 1929. godine. Za suplenta gimnazije postavljen је 1931. godine i dodeljeп na rad kao asistent Tehnološkom odseku Tehničkog fakulteta u Beogradu.

Milomir Stanisic / Миломир Станишић

Миломир Станишић (Бујачић, Ваљево, Краљевина Србија, 19. август 1914 — Вест Лафајет, САД, 9. март 1991) је био официр војске Краљевине Југославије, инжењер машинства и математике из области турбуленција, научник и професор на Одсеку за аеро-наутику и аерокосмотехнику Пердју универзитета у Лафајату.

Miroslav Marcovich / Мирослав Марковић

Miroslav Marcovich, Professor Emeritus in the Department of the Classics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, was born in Belgrade on 18 March 1919. He died on 14 June 2001 at the age of 82. He is survived by his gracious wife Vera, whom he married on 30 May 1948 and who was to be the unfailing companion of the remainder of his life, and his son, Dr. Dragoslav (Michael) Marcovich, a chemist.

Apollo 11 American Serbs Team

Pioneers in the United States Space Program

Seven Americans of Serbian descent have had the distinct honor of participating in the construction of Apollo spaceships and by their professional ability and knowledge have contributed to opening the inroads of the infinity of space to our civilization.

Dimitrije Djordjevic

Dimitrije Djordjevic, Professor of History, Emeritus, at the University of California, Santa Barbara, member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Belgrade, died in Santa Barbara on March 5, 2009, one week after his 87th birthday.

Professor Djordjevic was one of the leading historians of Serbia and the Balkans in the 19th and early 20th century, a man of vast knowledge, held in great esteem in national and international scholarly circles. He was a founding member of the North American Society for Serbian Studies and its former President.