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Ranko Skoric
After obtaining his Electronics Engineering degree from the University of Zagreb, Croatia, and working in the area of telecommunications for several years, Ranko Skoric emigrated to Canada in 1967. A year later he was awarded the National Research Council Fellowship for postgraduate studies and research in the field of Radio Astronomy at the University of Toronto, where he also obtained a teaching position. The subject of his final thesis was a spectral analysis of the radio signals coming from the then newly discovered mysterious stars called pulsars. In addition to space research and teaching, Ranko’s career also includes work in the space and terrestrial telecommunications field, as well as of a foreign correspondent for a Croatian weekly newspaper.
Over four decades ago Ranko began to take particular scientific interest in the growing number of cosmic “coincidences” that have been on an almost daily basis resulting from ongoing research and exploration of space. He soon realized (along with many other researchers) that the complexity and frequency of these so called coincidences were in fact pointing toward an extremely wise space designer. Many years of studying the identity and attributes of that Celestial Architect and His message to humanity, says Ranko, “have significantly changed my view of the world, modified my priorities and drawn me much closer to my Maker”.
For the past 45 years, Ranko has lived in Toronto with his wife Minka, not far from their two grown children, Inga and Tibor, as well as two grandchildren, who love to hear their grandpa telling stories about the stars.