Radomir Šaper
| Radomir Šaper | |
|---|---|
| Born |
9 December 1925 Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
| Died | 6 December 1998 (aged 72) Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Occupation | Basketball player Basketball administrator, University professor Academic administrator |
| Spouse(s) | Ljiljana Šaper |
| Children | Srđan Šaper |
| Career information | |
|---|---|
| Playing career | 1945–1953 |
| Career history | |
| 1945 | Crvena zvezda |
| 1946–1953 | Partizan |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| FIBA Hall of Fame as player | |
Radomir “Raša” Šaper (Serbian Cyrillic: Радомир Шапер; 9 December 1925 – Belgrade, 6 December 1998), was a professor and Vice-Dean at the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy of the University of Belgrade, a member of the Yugoslav national basketball team and, later, an official of the Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia and President of the Technical Commission of FIBA.
Radomir Šaper was born to a Greek father, Panagiotis Siaperas, a retailer from the village of Eratyra in northern Greece, and a Serbian mother, Vukosava Mihajlović. In 1919, after World War I, his father moved to Belgrade where he changed his name to Panta Šaper. The couple's first son Svetislav "Sveta" was born in early 1924, Radomir, some twenty months later in the family home in Stevan Sremac's Street in Belgrade.
Young Radomir attended the "Vuk Karadžić" primary school and the Second Men's Gymnasium in Belgrade, from which he graduated in 1944. In 1946, he enrolled in the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy of the University of Belgrade, graduating in 1950. He earned his doctorate degree in 1964, became an associate professor in 1968, and a full professor at the Faculty four years later. In 1980, Professor Šaper was appointed Vice-Dean of the Faculty and worked there until his retirement in 1991.
While teaching at the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, Professor Šaper published more than 150 scientific and professional papers. He was the author or co-author of five books on analytical chemistry and automatic regulation of chemical processes. He spent 1957 studying in Amsterdam, where he prepared his doctoral dissertation. In 1967, he agreed to start the Chemistry Institute in Khartoum, Sudan, as a UN expert. However, despite the desire of the government of Sudan and the United Nations that he stay longer, after a year Šaper returned to his home country to fulfil his role as president of the Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia.
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