1960 1981

Urban Public 1990

Obtained a B.S. Married Rada 1970 1975 Transportation
Degree in Zeljic in Paris 1963-1966 Became Became Full Systems and
Awarded
UPS Chair at
Transportation
Systems Studied and obtained a M. Eng. Associate Professor at Technology University of
1935 Engineering from and Ph.D. in Transportation Professor at University of Pennsylvania
the University of Engineering at the University of University of Pennsylvania
Born in Belgrade, Pennsylvania
Serbia Belgrade California in Berkeley

1967
1960 1961 Joined the University of
Emigrated to the USA; joined Pennsylvania as 1975 1982
Worked for the Hamburg Transit
Agency (HHA) as Planning Engineer Wilbur Smith & Associates, Traffic Assistant Professor and Organized the Received the First
Engineering Consultants in New initiated the Program in First LRT Dr. Friedrich
Haven, CT Transportation Systems Conference in Lehner Medal in
Engineering Philadelphia Munich, Germany

1994
Report to FTA:
2007 2010
The Bus Transit 1999 Urban Transit Retired as UPenn Emeritus Professor
System: Its Transportation for Systems and after 43.5 years of teaching
Underutilized Livable Cities Technology 2014 2020
Potential
2009 Waterloo Launched the
University, Lifetime Course
Wilbur Smith Visiting Professor, Waterloo, - Urban Transit for
Distinguished Technical Canada: Honoris Livable Cities on
Transportation University Munich Causa EDX Education
Educator Award Platform

2008 2008-2011
Member
Member of the 2014
2006 Emeritus,
1994 Committee on International Recipient of the First
Became foreign Became foreign member Light Rail Transit Advisory Panel American Public 2018
member of the of the Russian Academy of and Committee to Minister Transportation Association
for Transport, (APTA) Special Award for Advisor to
Serbian Academy Architecture & Construction on Intermodal
of Science & Arts 2004 Science (RAASN) in Transfer Singapore 2011 the Lifetime of Academic Moscow’s
Distinction Deputy Mayor for
(SANU) in Belgrade Moscow Facilities, Conservatoire Nacional des Arts et Transportation
Urban Transit Transportation Metiers – CNAM University, Paris:
Operations, Research Board Honoris Causa
Planning and
Economics