Rajko Igić

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Rajko Igić (b. 1937, Sentivan, Yugoslavia; now Despotovo, Serbia) is a Serbian doctor and scientist. He is best known for his experimental work on angiotensin I converting enzyme (ACE). He obtained his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees in Belgrade and Sarajevo, respectively. Igić was professor of pharmacology in Tuzla from 1978 to 1992 and the director of the Department of Scientific, Cultural, and Educational International Exchange for the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1990 to 1992. The civil war in Bosnia forced him and his family to leave Tuzla in May 1992. He resides in Chicago, Illinois. Igic has authored numerous scientific papers, several texbooks for medical students, and books on scientific writing, smoking and health, and new alphabet for Serbo-Croatian language. He devised a combined alphabet dubbed "Slavica", a fusion of the two existing alphabets for the Serbo-Croatian language to bring a closer association among the four Yugoslav nationalities who speak it. He also writes poetry ("Eleven Poems and One Story", 2002; "The Destiny of Germans in St. Ivan and other Writings", 2003; and "Come, Live in This World", 2006. Igić is a member of the Academy of American Poets.

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