Article
Ivan Mestrovic’s Bronze of Michael Pupin at Columbia University
Slavic & East European Information Resources
(2021)
Abstract
Michael Idvorsky Pupin (1858–1935) is best known for his pioneering work in electrical engineering and for his contributions to the fields of telephony and telegraphy. Less well known is his career as an academic and scientist at Columbia. This article centers on the history of the bronze bust of Pupin created by the Croatian sculptor Ivan Mestrovic (1883–1962) as a personal gift to the scientist, and which now stands in the hallway of Pupin Hall, Pupin’s renamed laboratory, at Columbia. Pupin, who had been born in poverty in what is now Serbia, was actively involved in the Pan Slavic movement to create Yugoslavia after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire during World War I (WWI) as was Mestrovic.
Keywords
- Michael Idvorsky Pupin,
- Ivan Mestrovic,
- Columbia University,
- Pupin Hall
Disciplines
Publication Date
November 26, 2021
DOI
10.1080/15228886.2021.1985717
Citation Information
Marta Deyrup. "Ivan Mestrovic’s Bronze of Michael Pupin at Columbia University" Slavic & East European Information Resources (2021) ISSN: 1522-9041 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/marta_deyrup/31/