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After graduating from V Zagreb Gymnasium as one of top students he wanted to study to become a film director at Zagreb Film Academy but his father nixed that "scenario" and told him to better become a medical doctor or an engineer. He got admitted at Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture in Zagreb and his generation of 1967 was the first generation that started their studies in the new building where faculty is today. In the first 2 years Boris was among top students of his generation excelling in theoretical studies such as mathematics held by Prof. Devide, mechanics held by Prof. Bazjanac, chemistry (Prof. Esih), physics (Prof. Lopasic) and metallurgy (Prof. Malesevic). He worked for several years as a "demonstrator" in the department of mathematics. After graduating in 1973 he received an offer from IBM Germany to work there as an engineer due to his knowledge of high mathematics but instead he opted to move to the United States.
While at the University, Boris Miksic was involved in Student Movement, a Croatian patriotic group formed in 1968 at the University of Zagreb to protest against government oppression. Political situation after that made it very hard for him to build a professional career and he had high aspirations in life. It became clear to him that his future will have to be abroad. In February of 1974 he went to the University of Zagreb to pick up his diploma, but did not return home, instead, he took a train to Austria, pretending he was going skiing. At that moment of leaving his homeland he knew he had chosen a new life for himself and his family and that he was heading to the unknown. His wife and he were to become parents. They haven't told anyone; their parents were worried enough as it was. There was no time to think of what lay ahead. The future, as Albert Einstein put it so well, comes soon enough. Beginning in America was hard. Boris struggled working different jobs to be able to support his family, however he was persistent and hardworking which led him to become a research engineer with Northern Instruments. In 1977 he founded his own company, Cortec, in a small garage in St. Paul, MN.
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