Professor Milovan Antic was born on 27 November, 1919 in Krupac. He studied medicine in Belgrade and Sofia. He was chosen to be an assistant professor in 1962, associate professor in 1967 and in 1973 a full-time professor on VMA for internal medicine. He is one of the founders of the Department for nuclear medicine and in 1983 he became the head of the institute for nuclear medicine. Our citizen, professor Antic was awarded for his work with many war, as well as, peace rewards: Order for courage, Order of merit for people of the third class, Order of People's army of the third class, Order of merit for people with the Silver Star... He also received the prize “September 8 th ” of the city of Pirot in 1975.
Dragutin Gostuski, a composer, a music critic, an art historian, an essayist and a doctor of philosophy, is by origin Pesic from Stara planina. His father Risto Pesic-Gostuski was born in the village Gostusa. He studied medicine in Moscow and came back to Belgrade as a professor Gostuski. His grandfather on his mother side was by origin from Rudnik. He finished biology in Munich and later wrote the first political history of Serbs in four volumes.
Having come back from the Second World War Dragutin Gostuski studied composition on the Music Academy and the history of art on the Faculty of Philosophy. He finished both academic schools in record time with the average grade 9.80. He became the doctor of philosophy.
At the invitation of a professor Petar Konjovic, he has been working on the Institute of Musicology in Belgrade since 1951...
Colonel Djordje Djordjevic was born in 1933 in Belgrade. By origin he is from an old clergy family: he is the son of a well-known priest Srba Djordjevic.
He finished High school in Pirot in 1951 and continued education at the Military Academy of land forces in Belgrade. As an officer he finished law and worked as a judge till 1978 and later he became the chairman of the Military Court in Ljubljana and Belgrade...
Professor Petar Kozic was born in an old family from Pirot. He finished High school in Pirot in 1947 and enrolled at the Faculty of Agriculture. He enrolls at the university again in 1948, but this time at the Faculty of Philosophy. After receiving his M.A. degree in 1957, he became the doctor of social science in 1965. He was on advanced training study trips in many European countries. He is the winner of the reward “September 8 th ” of Pirot, Order of work with the gold wreath, Order of merit for people with the silver wreath. He works as a dean at FON in Belgrade.
