List of purged members of the Romanian Academy

In 1948, the new Romanian Communist regime undertook a political purge of the members of the Romanian Academy. In all, 113 members were removed that June, representing over two-thirds of the total membership at the beginning of the year. Fifty-five members of the "old" academy, mainly scientists, were admitted into the "new" one. In 1990 and 1994, following the Romanian Revolution, 97 of the purged members were restored to the academy, post-mortem. This list presents the names of the purged members, along with the names of those who died in prison and those who spent time in prison.

Purged members (113)

Titular members (26)

Literature section (8)

Name	year elected
Petre Antonescu	1945
Lucian Blaga	1936
Theodor Capidan	1935
Dumitru Caracostea	1938
Ștefan Ciobanu	1918
Nichifor Crainic	1940
Ion Petrovici	1934
Constantin Rădulescu-Motru	1923[1]

History section (14)

Name	year elected
Nicolae Bănescu	1936
Gheorghe I. Brătianu	1942
Nicolae Colan	1942
Alexandru Costin	1948
Silviu Dragomir	1928
Dimitrie Gusti	1919
Alexandru I. Lapedatu	1918
Ioan Lupaș	1916
Simion Mehedinți	1915
Petre P. Negulescu	1936
Ion Nistor	1915
Niculae M. Popescu	1923
Radu R. Rosetti	1934
Victor Slăvescu	1939[1]

Sciences section (4)

Name	year elected
Horia Hulubei	1946
Gheorghe Ionescu-Sisești	1936
Constantin Motăș	1948
Nicolae Vasilescu-Karpen	1923[1]

Corresponding members (58)

Literature section (20)

Name	year elected
Ion Agârbiceanu	1919
Nicolae Bagdasar	1943
Ioan A. Bassarabescu	1909
Marcu Beza	1923
Ștefan Bezdechi	1945
Constantin Brăiloiu	1946
Tiberiu Brediceanu	1937
Mihail Codreanu	1942
Onisifor Ghibu	1919
George Giuglea	1936
Pantelimon Halippa	1918
Adrian Maniu	1933
Alexandru Marcu	1940
Basil Munteanu	1939
Ion Mușlea	1947
Marin Simionescu-Râmniceanu	1919
Florian Ștefănescu-Goangă	1937
Ilie Torouțiu	1936
Alexandru Tzigara-Samurcaș	1938
Tudor Vianu	1935[1]

History section (19)

Name	year elected
Victor Bădulescu	1945
Romulus Cândea	1929
Mihail Costăchescu	1939
Virgil Drăghiceanu	1926
George Fotino	1945
Vasile Grecu	1936
Scarlat Lambrino	1934
Sabin Manuilă	1938
Constantin Marinescu	1928
Ștefan Meteș	1919
Petre Panaitescu	1934
Zenovie Pâclișanu	1919
Vespasian Pella	1941
Nicolae Petrescu	1945
Ion Răducanu	1936
Nicolae Al. Rădulescu	1948
Teofil Sauciuc-Săveanu	1945
Gheorghe Tașcă	1926
Anibal Teodorescu	1945[1]

Sciences section (19)

Name	year elected
Ion Atanasiu	1940
Eugen Botezat	1913
Nicolae Caranfil	1940
Alexandru Ciucă	1946
Dumitru Combiescu	1946
Gogu Constantinescu	1920
Mihai David	1935
Mihail Gușuleac	1937
Dragomir Hurmuzescu	1916
Nicolae Ionescu-Sișești	1939
Vintilă Mihăilescu	1939
Iuliu Moldovan	1920
Costin Nenițescu	1945
Octav Onicescu	1938
Ștefan Procopiu	1948
Petre Sergescu	1937
Sabba Ștefănescu	1946
Paul Teodorescu	1938
Victor Vâlcovici	1936[2]

Honorary members (29)

Name	year elected
Constantin Angelescu	1934
Theodor Angheluță	1948
Axente Banciu	1948
Nicolae Bălan	1920
Mircea Cancicov	1937
Dimitrie Ciotori	1936
Negoiță Dănăilă	1939
Nicolae Donici	1922
Dionisie Germani	1945
Vasile Gheorghiu	1938
Arthur Gorovei	1940
Emil Hațieganu	1945
Prince Nicholas Hohenzollern	1929
Iuliu Hossu	1945
Constantin Karadja	1946
Constantin Lacea	1939
Ion I. Lapedatu	1936
Iuliu Maniu	1919
Gheorghe G. Mironescu	1939
Ioan Papp	1946
Traian Pop	1948
Constantin Popovici	1946
Nichita Smochină	1942
Marius Sturza	1938
Virgil Șotropa	1943
Gheorghe Tătărescu	1937
Grigore Tăușan	1939
George Udrischi	1946
Traian Vuia	1946[2]

Purged members who died in prison (9)

Name	year elected	class	born	died	prison
Gheorghe I. Brătianu	1942	titular	1898	1953	Sighet
Alexandru I. Lapedatu	1918	titular	1876	1950	Sighet
Radu R. Rosetti	1934	titular	1877	1949	Văcărești
Victor Bădulescu	1945	corresponding	1892	1953	Sighet
Alexandru Marcu	1940	corresponding	1894	1955	Văcărești
Zenovie Pâclișanu	1919	corresponding	1886	1958	Jilava
Gheorghe Tașcă	1926	corresponding	1875	1951	Sighet
Mircea Cancicov	1937	honorary	1884	1958	Râmnicu Sărat
Iuliu Maniu	1919	honorary	1873	1953	Sighet[2]

Purged members who were incarcerated (30)

Name	year elected	class	arrested	released	prison(s)
Dumitru Caracostea	1938	titular	1950	1955	Sighet
Nichifor Crainic	1940	titular	1946	1952	Jilava, Văcărești, Aiud
Silviu Dragomir	1928	titular	1950	1955	Sighet
Ioan Lupaș	1916	titular	1950	1955	Sighet
Constantin Motâș	1948	titular	1956	1956	Aiud
Ion Nistor	1915	titular	1950	1955	Sighet
Ion Petrovici	1934	titular	1949	1958	Aiud
Constantin Rădulescu-Motru	1923	titular	1949	1949	Turnu Severin
Victor Slăvescu	1939	titular	1950	1955	Sighet
George Fotino	1945	corresponding	1950	1952	Jilava, Sighet
Onisifor Ghibu	1919	corresponding	1945	1945	Caracal
Pantelimon Halippa	1918	corresponding	1950	1957	Sighet, Aiud
Ștefan Meteș	1919	corresponding	1950	1955	Sighet
Iuliu Moldovan	1920	corresponding	1950	1955	Sighet
Ion Răducanu	1936	corresponding	1959	1963	Sighet
Teofil Sauciuc-Săveanu	1945	corresponding	1950	1955	Sighet
Florian Ștefănescu-Goangă	1937	corresponding	1950	1955	Sighet
Anibal Teodorescu	1945	corresponding	1950	1957	Jilava
Paul Teodorescu	1938	corresponding	1950	1954	Jilava, Aiud
Emil Hațieganu	1945	honorary	1950	1955	Gherla, Sighet, Jilava, Văcărești, Ocnele Mari
Iuliu Hossu	1945	honorary	1949	1955	Căldărușani, Sighet
Gheorghe Tătărescu	1937	honorary	1950	1955	Sighet[3]

Notes

1. Otiman, p.122
2. Otiman, p.123
3. Otiman, p.123-24

References

• (Romanian) Păun Otiman, "1948 - Anul imensei jertfe a Academiei Române", in Academica, Nr. 4 (31), December 2013, p.115-124