Ivo Škarić (1933–2009) was a leading Croatian expert in rhetoric[1] and a founder of the Department of Phonetics at the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb, Croatia.
Škarić was the editor-in-chief of the journal Govor, a member of the editorial board of the Media Research Journal and the chief organizer of the scientific research group “Speech Research.”[2]
In 2013, the International Conference on Rhetoric was founded in Croatia and named the "Days of Ivo Škarić". This conference is held biennially for experts in rhetoric.[3]
Škarić published more than 150 scientific papers in phonetic sciences and three books in the field of rhetoric.[4] He received the State Award "Bartol Kašić" for scientific research in 1992 and the Ivan Filipović Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2007.
