The launching ceremony was officially opened by Professor Ovidiu Folcut (who made the welcome speech in a warmly manner, not forgetting to mention the significant contribution of the Promoter and Founder of AFER, Professor Ion Gh. Roşca), Rector of the Romanian-American University (RAU) – and coordinator of the Chapters 19-27 of the launched Volume - who gave the floor to Professor Ioan Talpos, President of the prestigious Association of Faculties of Economics in Romania (AFER), who thanked again to all those who have joined this attempt at providing an homage to the past, at respectfully honoring the present and at confidently looking forward to the future, and also underlining the traditional significant involvement of the Romanian-American University.
Professor Ioan Talpos gave the floor further to: Theodor Purcarea, Professor at the Romanian-American University, and Editorial Advisor of the launched Volume (who also remembered that RAU Founding Rector Professor Ion Smedescu often mentioned Father Staniloaie speaking of the necessity of the conscious sense of the ordinance, of the beauty, in order to perform a task the right way, in joyful communion); Professor Constantin Floricel; Professor Ion Bulborea; Professor Constantin Rosca, Executive Director of AFER, and Editor of the launched Volume (whose “executive” contribution was highlighted by Professors Ioan Talpos and Theodor Purcarea); Ana-Maria Preda, Professor at the Romanian-American University.
The ceremony was attended by other RAU representatives (such as Dean Alexandru Ionescu, School of Management-Marketing) and AFER academic community representatives (such as: Marioara Avram, University of Craiova; Mihaela Birsan, University “Stefan cel Mare” Suceava; Cristian Marian Barbu and Aurel Diaconu, Artifex University), and the last but not the least RAU students, and even former students such as George Cosmin Tanase, a 2007 RAU Management-Marketing School Valedictorian, who is working at American Express (always recognized as a great place to work).