Academician Hrvoje Požar
(b. July 5th 1916 in Knin; d. June 30th 1991 in Zagreb) Engineer, Ph.D. in technical sciences, university professor, internationally renowned scientist, encyclopaedian and academician Hrvoje Poaar represents an unavoidable and pivotal figure in recent Croatian history in the field of technical sciences and foremost scientific achievements.

He has been the founder of the Zagreb School of Energy and the most renowned Croatian encyclopaedian in the field of technical sciences. He was editor- in-chief of volumes 6 through 12 of the Croatian Technical Encyclopaedia. He has worked in parallel at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the University of Zagreb and at the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He participated in the work of the Institute for Energy and Electric Power Utility from which the Energy Institute, which carries his name today, evolved. Hrvoje Požar published over 330 scientific and professional papers, studies, lecture notes and books in the field of energy.