12 Facts About Stevan Dedijer

Stevan Dedijer was a Yugoslav academic and a pioneer of business intelligence.

Stevan Dedijer was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina to Milica Dedijer and Jefto Dedijer.

Stevan Dedijer attended secondary school in Rome, Italy, and graduated from the Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut, in 1930.

Stevan Dedijer earned a degree in physics at Princeton University in 1934.

Stevan Dedijer worked as a journalist in Pittsburgh and New York City and later, after World War II in Yugoslavia.

Stevan Dedijer deployed into Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge from December 1944 through January 1945.

Stevan Dedijer was a Serbian communist recruited by the Office of Strategic Services to work in occupied Yugoslavia, but OSS later released him after it concluded that he was a Comintern spy sent to the United States to work as a journalist.

In 1949 Stevan Dedijer returned to Belgrade as a researcher at the Belgrade Nuclear Institute.

Stevan Dedijer was awarded a Honorary PhD from the University of Lund in Sweden, and after a short time at Lund University's Physics Department founded the Research Policy Institute at the University.

Stevan Dedijer's research focus was on Business Intelligence and he has been named the grandfather of business intelligence by his friend, the late CIA Director William Colby.

Stevan Dedijer was a co-founder of the Swedish Intelligence Network BISNES together with his Ph.

Stevan Dedijer was awarded the SCIP Meritorious Award for his services in this field.