Svetopolk Pivko | |
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Born | |
Died | 13 October 1987 | (aged 77)
Nationality | Slovenian |
Education | Czech Technical University in Prague, University of Belgrade and Saint Cyr Paris |
Occupation(s) | Aeronautic and University professor |
Years active | 1938–1987 |
Svetopolk Pivko (Serbian Cyrillic: Светополк Пивко; 29 September 1910 – 13 October 1987) was a professor and engineer at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and the Faculty of Mathematics in Belgrade, was a colonel of the Yugoslav Air Force deputy commander of JRV, the founder and the first director of the Aeronautical Technical Institute in Žarkovo. In 1961 he was elected a corresponding member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU) and from 1976 he was a full member of the Academy.[1]