Bogdan Babić

Forestry engineer, director and community leader. He was born in Banja Luka and after graduating from high school, he went to the College of Soil Culture in Vienna, where he distinguished himself as one of the best students. As early as 1910 he became a young intern at the Department of Forest Management at the Forestry Department of the Provincial Government in Sarajevo. He worked his way up until he became the director of the Forest Directorate in Sarajevo in 1931. He was also the head of the forestry department at the Drina banovina, until his tragic death in 1938. He collaborated as a member of many societies and was been known throughout the forestry world as an excellent and objective expert. King Alexander I Karadjordjevic decorated Babic with the Order of the White Eagle V. degree 1934, the Order of Saint Sava V. and IV. degree and the Order of the Yugoslav Crown V. degree.