The role of Michael Pupin in solving of Serbian national question

Abstract

Michael I. Pupin was a professor at the University of Columbia, member and the president of Academy of Science in New York; one of the esteemed members of USA National Academy of Science; member and president of many experts and scientific institutions and societies in the USA; member of State Council for Scientific Research by president of the USA during the World War I. Of the great importance for political geography and geopolitics was his activity in Paris during the Peace Conference after the World War I in 1919 also as his great contribution to establishment of state borders of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians (later Yugoslavia), which helped those nations to establish their national borders at maximum level. Pupin claimed that he was Yugoslav patriot and American citizen. Role of M. Pupin in battle for national interests and Yugoslav borders after the World War I is shown in this article.

Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin (Michael I. Pupin) je bio profesor Kolumbija univerziteta; član i predsednik Akademije nauka Njujorka; jedan od uglednih članova Nacionalne akademije nauka SAD; član i predsednik mnogih stručnih i naučnih ustanova i udruženja u SAD; član Državnog saveta za naučna istraživanja pri Predsedniku SAD u vreme Prvog svetskog rata. Za političku geografiju i geopolitiku je značajna njegova aktivnost u Parizu za vreme Mirovne konferencije po završetku Prvog svetskog rata 1919. godine i njegov veliki doprinos uspostavljanju granica tadašnje kraljevine SHS, kasnije Jugoslavije, što je omogućilo Slovencima, Hrvatima i Srbima da maksimalno uokvire svoje nacionalne granice. Pupin je za sebe tada isticao da je on jugoslovenski patriota i američki građanin. U ovom radu je prikazana uloga M. Pupina u borbi za nacionalne interese i jugoslovenske granice posle Prvog svetskog rata.