WHITE PALACE RECEPTION COMMEMORATING 130 YEARS BIRTH OF MILUTIN MILANKOVIC

Belgrade, 24 September 2009 – Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine organized a reception today at the White Palace for participants of the International Symposium for the 130th anniversary of the birth of the famous Serbian scientist Milutin Milankovic. The symposium is organized by the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SASA).

The Symposium “Climate change at the eve of the second decade of the century” is central event of the year that was declared the Year of Milutin Milankovic by the Government of Serbia. The Symposium is held under auspices of H.E. Mr. Boris Tadic, President of Serbia, and is supported by UNESCO. Over twenty eminent scientists from Europe, Canada, Brazil and China, together with numerous Serbian scientists, presented their papers at the Symposium.

Addressing the distinguished guests, among whom were Academician Ljubisa Rakic, deputy President of SASU for natural sciences, Academician Fedor Mesinger and member of the Privy Council Mr. Dragomir Acovic HRH Crown Prince Alexander emphasized: “Professor Milankovic’s work was pioneering in the science of meteorology and climate change, the very same area that we find so challenging now. There is still much work to be done and questions to be answered regarding climate change and global warming, but Milutin Milankovic and his work set a solid foundation for meteorologists and other scientists all over the world.“

Milutin Milankovic was born on 28 May 1879 near Dalj, in the Austrian-Hungarian Monarchy, and died on 12 December 1958 in Belgrade. He was elected a corresponding member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1920 and full member in 1924.