Joakim Perendija

Veterinarian and the first Ph.D. in Veterinarian sciences in Bosnia & Herzegovina. He was one of the most active members of the Society for Public Education and Health "Filip Višnjić", as well as one of the founders of the Library "Filip Višnjić. He studied high school in Sarajevo and Sremski Karlovci, and veterinary sciences in Vienna and Bern. In 1911, he passed his doctorate in veterinary sciences in Vienna and returned to his hometown of Bosnia. He served in numerous towns but settled in Bijeljina where he remained for the rest of his life. Although he was offered a professors position numerous times, he continued to conduct research independently and to serve the rural communities by educating them.