Stevan Dedijer
| Stevan Dedijer | |
|---|---|
| Born |
25 June 1911 Sarajevo, Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 13 June 2004 (aged 92) Dubrovnik, Croatia |
Stevan Dedijer (25 June 1911 – 13 June 2004) was a Yugoslav academic and a pioneer of Business Intelligence.
Stevan Dedijer was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina to Milica Dedijer and Jefto Dedijer.
He attended secondary school in Rome, Italy, and graduated from the Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut, in 1930. He earned a degree in physics at Princeton University in 1934.
Stevan worked as a journalist in Pittsburgh and New York City and later, after World War II in Yugoslavia.
He served in the American army as a paratrooper in The 101st Airborne Division from 1942 to 1945. During his time with the famed 101st Airborne Division, Stevan deployed into Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge December through January 1944. General Eisenhower and his battle staff had only the 101st ABN and the 82nd ABN in the immediate area to hold back the German offensive. Both divisions endured great hardship during those months when no supplies were able to reach the "Battling Bastards of Bastogne".
Finally, at the end of January 1945, the weather improved allowing for airdrops into the area of operations. Nearly 24,000 US military died during the Battle of the Bulge, perhaps the more casualties than any other battle during World War II.His brother Vladimir Dedijer fought for Tito's Partisans. After the war Vladimir was Tito's biographer.
He was also the Head of the Belgrade Nuclear Institute 1949–54.
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