The University of Bucharest (UB) is a public research university in Bucharest, Romania. It was founded in its current form on 4 July 1864 by a decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza to convert the former Princely Academy into the current University of Bucharest, making it one of the oldest Romanian universities. It is one of the five members of the Universitaria Consortium.
University of Bucharest
The original 1857 university main building, by Alexandru Orăscu
Photograph from 1864 by Carol Szathmari
University Palace - the main building of the University of Bucharest
Constantin Ion Parhon was a Romanian neuropsychiatrist, endocrinologist and politician. He was the first head of state of the Romanian People's Republic from 1947 to 1952. Parhon was President of the Physicians and Naturalists Society in Iași, director of medical institutes, professor, and a titular member of the Romanian Academy.
Constantin Ion Parhon
Presidium of the People's Republic of Romania
Decree by Parhon (co-signed by M.F. Ionescu) changing the name of Brașov to Stalin City