Prof.dr.doc.ing.dhc. Ioan M. Anton, Member of the Romanian Academy, at His 80th Birthday

It is fortunate that the 6th International Conference on Hydraulic Machinery and Hydrodynamics, 2004, coincides with the 80th anniversary of Professor Ioan Anton, who serves as the chairman of the HMH2004 International Scientific Committee. His teaching and research career, which counts so far 55 years is in many respects synonymous to the evolution of the “Politehnica” University of Timişoara and of the Timişoara School on Hydraulic Machines. As a result, when talking about his life we also present part the history of an institution. It is this history, as well as Professor Anton’s own example, what makes the renown of the Timişoara research groups in Turbomachinery Hydrodynamics, Cavitation and Magnetic Liquids, as well as of the Hydraulic Machines Department.