ROMANIA

Leon Ghiorghe Danaila
Founder Member. Doctor of Medicine. Main fields: Neurology and Psychoneurology. Resident neurosurgeon (1961) and Head of the Vascular Neurosurgery Department VII (1981) at the Neurosurgery Clinic of Bucharest; Professor of Neurosurgery (1991) and Head of the Neurosurgery Department (1992) at the Bucharest Faculty of Medicine; Professor of Psychoneurology at the Bucharest University Titu Mairoescu (1991). Reduced surgical mortality in Bucharest from 50% to 2%-6% for acoustic nerve neuroma, and from 37% to 3% for intracerebral aneurysm.

Petrica Gheorghiu
Academic Member. Master Mariner. Main fields: Merchant Marine Trading and Shipping. 1973-89, Master Mariner, Navrom Shipping Co., Constanta; 1990-2001, Chairman, Poseidon Shipping Ltd.; 1991-94, Representative, Skippers Maritime Services Ltd., Piraeus, Greece; 1994-96, President, Ritz Rom Marine Ltd., Constanta; 1996-2001, Representative, Midocean Shipping Ltd., Isle of Man, UK; 1996-2001, Representative, Gemeni Shipmanagement Ltd., Isle of Man, UK; 1999-2001, Chairman, Midland Trading & Shipping Ltd., Marshall Islands. Since 2002, President of Republican Party.

Mircea Ifrim
Founder Member. Doctor of Medical Sciences. President, Crisana Regional Office, Academy of Medical Sciences; Prime-counselor, Ministry of National Education, 1990-92; Counselor, Romanian Government for Education, Science and Health and Research, 1992-95; Director, Institute of Medical Research, Oradea; Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Oradea; Vice-president, "Vasile Goldis" University of Arad, since 1997; Vice-president, International Conference for Education, Geneva, Switzerland, 1996-2000; Chairman, Society of Anatomists of Romania, since 2000.

Teodor Maghiar
Academic Member. PhD in Energy Fields. Main fields: New energy resources, microwave equipment, electrotechnics, electric energy utilization, inventor. 1990-present, Professor and Rector, University of Oradea. 1954-68, Technician (1954-63) and Engineer (1963-68), Power Energy Department of Oradea; 1968-70, Department Chief, County Committee, Romanian Communist Party; 1970-76, Chief Engineer, Power Energy Department of Oradea; 1976-90, Assistant Professor and Dean, Oradea Higher Education Institute. Associate Professor of the University of Sacramento, USA.

Vasile Popa
Academic Member. PhD in Labour Law and Social Protection, Doctor hab. in Economic Sciences. Main fields: Law, attorney, university education. 1978-81, Legal Advisor, Ministry of Industry; 1981-90, Attorney in Timisoara; Reader and Lecturer (1990-93) leading to Chair of Roman Law and Labour Law (1993-99), University of the West, Timisoara; Vice-dean, (1992-93) leading to Dean (1994-95), Faculty of Law, Banat University, Timisoara; 1995-96, Vice-rector, 1996-2004, Rector, Banat University, Timisoara.