Romanian Academy

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The Romanian Academy (Romanian: Academia Română) is the highest forum of science and culture in Romania. The Academy was founded in 1866 and currently has 181 elected for life members. It has its headquarters in Bucharest and three branch offices in Iasi, Cluj and Timişoara.

Objectives of the Academy are to promote Romanian culture, language and literature, the maintenance of the dictionary of the Romanian language ( Dicţionarul explicativ al limbii române ) and the Advancement of Science.

History

On the initiative of Constantin Alexandru Rosetti (1816-1885), the Academy was founded under the name Societatea literara Română ( Romanian Society of Literature ) on 1 April 1866.

The founding members were Vasile Alecsandri, Vincenţiu Babeş, George Barit, Ioan D. Caragiani, Timotei Cipariu, Dimitrie Cozacovici, Ambrosius Dimitrovici, Ştefan Gonata, Alexandru Hâjdău, Ion Heliade - Rădulescu ( first president ), Iosif Hodoşiu, Alexandru Hurmuzaki, Nicolae C. Ionescu, August Treboniu Laurian, Titu Maiorescu IC Massim, Andrei Mocioni, Gavriil Munteanu, Costache Negruzzi, Alexandru Roman, CA Rosetti, Ion G. Sbiera, Constantin Stamati, Ioan Străjescu and VA Urechia. The name was changed in 1867 in Societatea Academica Romina and 1879 in Academia Română.

President

• Ion Heliade - Rădulescu 1867 - 1870
• August Treboniu Laurian 1870 - 1872
• Nicolae Cretulescu 1872 - 1873
• August Treboniu Laurian 1873 - 1876
• Ion Ghica 1876 - 1882
• Dimitrie Alexandru Sturdza 1882 - 1884
• Ion Ghica 1884 - 1887
• Mihail Kogălniceanu 1887 - 1890
• Ion Ghica 1890 - 1893
• George Barit 1893
• Iacob C. Negruzzi 1893 - 1894
• Ion Ghica 1894 - 1895
• Nicolae Cretulescu 1895 - 1898
• Petru Poni 1898 - 1901
• Petre S. Aurelian 1901 - 1904
• Ioan Kalinderu 1904 - 1907
• Anghel Saligny 1907 - 1910
• Iacob C. Negruzzi 1910 - 1913
• Constantin I. Istrati 1913 - 1916
• Petru Poni 1916 - 1920
• Dimitrie Onciul 1920 - 1923
• Iacob C. Negruzzi 1923 - 1926
• Emil Racoviţă 1926 - 1929
• Ioan Bianu 1929 - 1932
• Ludovic Mrazec 1932 - 1935
• Alexandru Lăpedatu 1935 - 1938
• Constantin Rădulescu - Motru 1938 - 1941
• Ion Simionescu Th 1941 - 1944
• Dimitrie Gusti 1944 - 1946
• Andrei Rădulescu 1946 - 1948
• Traian Savulescu 1948 - 1959
• Athanase Joja 1959 - 1963
• Ilie G. Murgulescu 1963 - 1966
• Miron Nicolescu 1966 - 1975
• Theodor Burghele 1976 - 1977
• Gheorghe Mihoc 1980 - 1981
• Radu Voinea 1984 - 1990
• Mihai Corneliu Drăgănescu 1990 - 1994
• Virgiliu Niculae Constantinescu 1994 - 1998
• Ioan Eugen Simion 1998 - 2006
• Ionel Haiduc 2006 - present

Institute

The Romanian Academy is divided into 14 technical, socio-economic and humanities research departments with a total of 65 research institutes. The most important are:

• Astronomical Institute
• Department of Biochemistry
• Institute of Biology
• Department of Mathematics