Birth Date: | 17 August 1931 |
Birth Place: | Niš, Serbia |
Death Date: | 19 June 2005 (aged 73) |
Death Place: | New York City, United States |
Height: | 182 cm |
Weight: | 91 kg |
Sport: | Water polo |
Club: | HAVK Mladost |
Zdravko "Pusko" Ježić (17 August 1931 – 19 June 2005) was a Croatian chemist and water polo player. He was part of the Yugoslav team that won silver medals at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics and placed fourth in 1960.[1]
In 1958 Ježić received a degree in chemical technology from the University of Zagreb, and in 1960, he started working for chemical industry. In 1962, he defended a PhD in organic chemical technology, and then spent a few years as a postdoctoral student at the University of Michigan. From 1966 until his retirement in 1992 he developed polymeric materials at Dow Chemical Company in the United States. He co-authored numerous scientific and technical papers and 13 patents. As a U.S. citizen, Ježić appeared in an Olympic-themed commercial for Dow Chemical during the 1988 Olympics.[2]
Ježić died in New York City in 2005. In 2010, he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.[3]