Božidar Rogina (1901.–1967) – The Pioneer of Food Chemistry in Croatia

Abstract

Navedena su sjećanja nekolicine osoba koje su poznavale profesora Božidara Roginu. Zatim je kratko prikazan njegov život. Rodio se 1901. u Ivanskoj, kod Bjelovara, a umro 1967. u Zagrebu. Diplomirao je 1923. na Tehničkoj visokoj školi u Pragu, a doktorirao 1931. na Tehničkome fakultetu u Zagrebu. Službovao je u Higijenskome zavodu od 1925. do 1952., Poljoprivredno-šu marskome fakultetu od 1952. do 1959. te samostalnome Poljoprivrednome fakultetu od 1960. do 1967. Sudjelovao je u radu Povjerenstva koje je predložilo 1956. prvi ustroj Prehrambeno-tehnološkoga odjela, tada nazvanoga Kemijsko-prehrambenorudarski fakultet, koji je već 1957. preimenovan u Tehnološki fakultet. Bavio se analitičkom prehrambenom kemijom i objavio je, osim stručnih radova i prikaza, ukupno devet znanstvenostručnih radova, i to po tri u ča sopisima Arhiv za hemiju i farmaciju i Kemija u industriji te po jedan u časopisima Zeitschrift für Untersuchung der Lebensmittel, Farmaceutski glasnik i Analyst (London). Samo je članak u Analystu o određivanju malih količina joda pisan na engleskome jeziku i taj se članak još jedini citira u literaturi, premda je objavljen 1953. Svi članci, osim jednoga, objavljeni su dok je Rogina bio na Higijenskome zavodu. Postavši profesorom na Poljoprivrednome odsjeku pa na fakultetu, posvećuje se predavanjima i pisanju skripata za studente, održavanju stručnih predavanja te suradnji s industrijom. Predavao je na više škola i fakulteta. Predavao je kemiju, biokemiju, kemiju i tehnologiju živežnih namirnica te procesno prehrambeno inženjerstvo. Predavao je vrlo zanimljivo, na ispitima je bio vrlo korektan, a držao se svojih predavanja i skripata.Here are mentioned some of the memories from the people who knew Professor Božidar Rogina. Then there is a short portrait of his life. He was born in 1901, in Ivanska, near Bjelovar, and died in 1967, in Zagreb. He graduated in 1923, from the Technical academy in Prague, and got his doctorate in 1931, from the Technical Faculty in Zagreb. He worked in the Sanitary Institute from 1925 to 1952, and the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry from 1952 to 1959 and the independent Faculty of Agriculture from 1960 to 1967. Professor Rogina took part in the work of the Committee that in 1956 suggested the first organisation of the department for Food and Technology, at that time called The Faculty of Chemistry, Food, and Mining, but was renamed in 1957 to the Technological Faculty. He was engaged in analytical food chemistry and had published, apart from his professional works, and presentations, in total nine scientific professional works, three in the magazines Archive for Chemistry, and Pharmacy and Chemistry in Industry, and one in the magazine Zeitschrift für Untersuchung der Lebensmittel, Pharmaceutical Herald, and Analyst (London). Only the Analyst article about determining the small quantities of iodine was written in the English language and this article is the only one still quoted in literature, even though it was published in 1953. All articles, apart from one, were published while Rogina was still working in the Sanitary Institute. When he became a Professor at the Agricultural department, and at the Faculty, he was dedicated to lectures, to writing course material for students, to doing professional lectures and to cooperation with the industry. He taught at many schools and faculties. He taught chemistry, biochemistry, chemistry and technology of viands and the process of food engineering. His lectures were very interesting, he was very fair at his exams, and always held to his lectures and course material

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