IN MEMORIAM: Professor Remzi I. BAKALLI, Ph.D.
On December 16., 2007, Prof. Remzi I. Bakalli, a distinguished member of the Editorial board of Acta agriculturae Slovenica, passed away at the age of 63 in Athens, Georgia, USA. Prof. Bakalli has served as a member of the Editorial board for more than two decades. We will remember Remzi as a competent scientist, exceptional person, and a good friend.
Remzi I. Bakalli obtained his BSc degree in Animal Science at the Faculty of Agriculture in Belgrade in 1967 and in 1971 he completed MSc training in the field of animal nutrition and food technology at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences in Zagreb. In the academic year 19741975 he was research fellow at the Department of Animal nutrition at the University of Florida, Gainesville. He received his PhD in poultry nutrition from the Veterinary Faculty, University of Zagreb in 1976. After returning from the research visit at the University of Georgia in Athens, he became Assistant Professor of Animal Nutrition at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Prishtina in 1976. In the period from 1977 to 1979 he was a Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Prishtina, and in 1988 he became a full professor of Animal nutrition at the same University. Since 1992 he has been a visiting professor at the University of Georgia in Athens, first as Associate Immunologist at the College of Veterinary Medicine and from 1994 as Research Coordinator at Department of Poultry Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.
Professor Remzi I. Bakalli was a member of Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo. In 1979 he received The December Prize of Kosovo for research work in the field of animal nutrition. He was Editor of "Bioteknikđ' - the official journal of the Association of Agriculture of Kosovo, member of the Editorial Board of Acta Biologiae et Medicinae Experimentalis, Head of the Editorial Board of "Peradarstvo" and member of the Editorial Board of AAS.
Throughout his career Prof. Remzi I. Bakalli published five books in the field of animal nutrition, over hundred peer-reviewed articles in international journals, and numerous congress contributions. He had teaching appointments at the University of Prishtina and at the University of Georgia in Athens and worked as consultant for the industry and government institutions.
Prof. dr. Remziju I. BAKALLIJU V SPOMIN
Šestnajstega decembra 2007 se je od nas v 63. letu starosti v Athensu, zvezna država Georgija, ZDA, poslovil član uredniškega odbora Acte agriculturae Slovenice prof. dr. Remzi I. Bakalli, Prof. Bakalli je bil več kot dve desetletji član uredniškega odbora AAS. V spominu ga bomo ohranili kot kompetentnega znanstvenika, izjemno osebnost in dobrega prijatelja.
Remzi I. Bakalli je študiral živinorejo na Kmetijski fakulteti v Beogradu, kjer je leta 1967 diplomiral, iz prehrane živali pa je magistriral leta 1971 na Kmetijski fakulteti Univeze v Zagrebu. V akademskem letu 1974-1975 je deloval kot raziskovalec na Department of Animal nutrition, University of Florida, Gainesville. Leta 1976 je na Veterinarski fakulteti Univerze v Zagrebu doktoriral s področja perutninarstva. Po krajšem raziskovalnem obisku na University of Georgia, Athens, ZDA je postal docent za prehrano živali na Kmetijski fakulteti Univerze v Prištini. Med leti 1977 in 1979 je bil dekan Kmetijske fakultete v Prištini in od leta 1988 redni profesor za področje prehrane živali. Od leta 1992 je bil gostujoči profesor na University of Georgia, Athens, najprej kot imunolog na College of Veterinary Medicine in od 1994 koordinator raziskovalne dejavnosti na Department of Poultry Science, University of Georgia v Athensu.
Profesor Remzi I. Bakalli je bil od leta 1979 član kosovske Akademije znanosti in umetnosti, leta 1979 je prejel Decembersko nagrado za raziskovalno delo na področju prehrane živali. Bil je urednik revije Bioteknika, uradnega glasila kosovske kmetijske organizacije, član uredniškega odbora Acta Biologiae et Medicinae Experimentalis, Predsednik uredniškega odbora revije Peradarstvo in član uredniškega odbora AAS.
Remzi I. Bakalli je napisal pet knjig s področja prehrane živali in objavil preko sto znanstvenih člankov v mednarodnih revijah ter številne kongresne prispevke: Predaval je na Univerzi v Prištini in na University of Georgia, Athens ter deloval kot svetovalec za industrijo in različne vladne inštitutcije.
Prof. dr. Peter DOVČ, urednik AAS