In memoriam: Professor univ. dr. eng. Mandache LEOCOV
Journal Title: Journal of Plant Development - Year 2018, Vol 25, Issue
Abstract
Just a few weeks ago, the man, professor and agronomist Mandache Leocov, left us discreetely and in dignity. He was born on November 20, 1928, in the village of Prelipca, Salcea commune (Suceava County), in a family of peasants. After attending the Primary School in his native village (1936-1941), he graduated the Boys' High School (called now “Ştefan cel Mare” College) in Suceava (1949). After completing the high school he passed an entrance examination at the Faculty of Agronomy at the Polytechnic Institute of Iaşi, which he graduated in June, 1953, with the grade “very good”. In the same year, on October, 15, he was appointed as assistant to the Department of Social Sciences and Political Economy of the Polytechnic Institute of Iaşi, where he worked until the autumn of 1954, after which he was transferred to the Agronomic Institute of Iaşi, at the Department of Social Sciences. In the academic year 1955-1956, as a result of the change of the educational plans, he was appointed as assistant at the Department of Pomiculture, discipline of Dendrology, within the Faculty of Horticulture, where he worked until 1958.
Authors and Affiliations
TĂNASE Cătălin, OPREA Adrian
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