Background
Marusic, Rikard was born on April 13, 1911 in Osijek, Croatia. Son of Emil and Agatha (Pentz) Riemschneider.
mining consultant engineering educator
Marusic, Rikard was born on April 13, 1911 in Osijek, Croatia. Son of Emil and Agatha (Pentz) Riemschneider.
Master of Engineering, Pribram School of Mines, Czech Republican, 1932. Diploma in mining engineering, University Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, 1941. Honorary diploma, JADRAL, Zadar, Yugoslavia, 1974.
Superintendent, Ugrovaca Mining Company, Mostar, Croatia, 1942-1945; general manager, Bosnian-Herzegovinian Bauxite Mines, Mostar, 1945-1949; plan manager, Trepca Lead-Zinc Mines, Zvecan, Yugoslavia, 1949-1951; instructor, Mining School, Varazdin, Yugoslavia, 1951-1952; lecturer Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering,, U. Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 1952-1972; dean Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering,, U. Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 1972-1974; head Institute Ore Dressing,, U. Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 1955-1981; professor, U. Zagreb, Yugoslavia, since 1972.
Lieutenant Yugoslavian Army, 1941, prisoner of war, Germany. Member Union Mining, Geology, and Metallurgical Engineers Yugoslavia (honorary), International Committee for Study of Bauxite, Alumina, and Aluminum, (commemorative medal 1983, president since 1963), Society Croatian Mining Engineers (control board chairman).
Married Dubravka Nikolic, October 23, 1946. Children: Sylvia, Alfred.