member of the Romanian Academy, replacing Spiru Haret. Later he was appointed in leading roles: in 1922, vice-president of the scientific section, in 1928, vice-president and in 1929 secretary general. Țițeica was also president of the , of the Romanian Association of Science, and of the Association of the development and the spreading of science. He was a vice-president of the Polytechnics Association of Romania and member of the High Council of Public Teaching. Țițeica was the president of the geometry section at the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) in Toronto (1924), Zürich (1932), and Oslo (1936). With 5 invited ICM talks (1908, 1912, 1924, 1932, and 1936), he is in a tie for 7th place among mathematicians with the most invited ICM talks. He was elected correspondent of the Association of Sciences of Liège and doctor honoris causa of the University of Warsaw. In 1926, 1930, and 1937 he gave a series of lectures as titular professor at the Faculty of Sciences in Sorbonne. He also gave many lectures at the Free University of Brussels (1926) and the University of Rome (1927). His Ph.D. students include Dan Barbilian and Grigore Moisil. Scientific work Țițeica wrote about 400 articles, of which 96 are scientific projects, most addressing problems of differential geometry. His bibliography includes over 200 published papers and books, which appeared in many editions. Carrying on the researches of the American geometer of German origin Ernest Wilczynski, Țițeica discovered a new class of surfaces and a new class of curves which now carry his name. His contributions represent the beginning of a new chapter in mathematics, namely, affine differential geometry. He also studied webs in n-dimensional space, defined through Laplace equations. He investigated what is now known as the Tzitzeica equation, which was further generalized by Robin Bullough and Roger Dodd (the Tzitzéica–Bullough–Dodd equation). He is also known for a result on the geometry of circles and triangles in the plane, referred to as Țițeica's , a problem he proposed (and solved) at the contest in Galați in 1908. The problem was posed independently by Roger Arthur Johnson in 1916, and the resulting configuration is also referred to as the Johnson circles. Private life and legacy Țițeica married Florence Thierin (1882–1965) and the couple had three children — Radu (1905–1987), Gabriela (1907–1987), and Șerban (1908–1985) — all of whom pursued careers in academia; the youngest one became a renowned