This humble tribute goes to the memory of one the most influential professors the Romanian forestry is being proud of, one who never forgot to recall his native place, Cacica and his parents as well. We summarized his main leaps to having one of the longest academic chair at Brașov University as well as his contribution to forest botany science. Acknowledging his contribution to the common effort carried out in 1990 to resume the forestry academic life in beloved Bucovina, the Senate of Suceava University made the decision to award his whole-life contribution to forestry science with the Doctor Honoris Causa titl