ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti wˈʌn, hiː wʌz ᵻlˈɛktᵻd æz ðə fˈɜːst pɹˈɛzɪdənt ʌvðə nˈuː ɐkˈædəmi ʌv sˈaɪəns ʌvðə moʊldˈeɪviən sˈoʊviət sˈoʊʃəlˌɪst ɹᵻpˈʌblɪk.
In 1961, he was elected as the first president of the new Academy of Science of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic.