cybernetics, and general cybernetics, in 1990 Odobleja was elected posthumously an honorary member of the Romanian Academy. In 1982 a group of scientists established in Lugoj the Cybernetics Academy "Ștefan Odobleja", an organization dedicated to promoting a better knowledge of general cybernetics; the organization is registered in Lugano, Switzerland, and is financed by the controversial Romanian billionaire Iosif Constantin Drăgan. High schools in Bucharest, Craiova, and Drobeta-Turnu Severin are named after Ștefan Odobleja. Streets in Bucharest, Craiova, Dej, Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Oradea, and Pitești are also named after him. References Hinoveanu, Ilarie – Ștefan Odobleja: între "aventura științifică" și patimile glorificării, Craiova, Scrisul Românesc, 2003. External links "Two Specialists in Cybernetics: Ștefan Odobleja and Norbert Weiner. Common and Different Features", by Nicolae Jurcau, Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy, Boston, Massachusetts, August 10–15, 1998 1902 births 1978 deaths Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy alumni Cyberneticists People from Mehedinți County Romanian military doctors Romanian scientists Romanian inventors Members of the Romanian Academy elected posthumously Deaths from cancer in Romania