Dragomir Malić

Engineer and thermodynamics expert. Born in Oštra Luka, he completed high school in 1936 in Banja Luka, and completed his graduate studies in 1941 at the Technical Faculty of the University of Belgrade. He defended his doctoral dissertation at the Vienna University of Technology in 1949. He was a professor at the Technical Faculty and Faculty of Mining and Geology in Belgrade. He was twice elected vice-rector of the University of Belgrade. He became the first rector of the University of Banja Luka in 1975 and remained in office until his death in 1979. He spent over three decades educating new experts and organizing higher education institutions in Belgrade, Sarajevo, Nis, Pristina and Banja Luka. He published 134 scientific papers and wrote several textbooks in the field of thermodynamics and cybernetic thermodynamics. He received dozens of awards and was a member of ANUBiH.