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Ştefan ODOBLEJA jr.: The Destiny of a Visionar Phisician Doctor Ştefan Odobleja … 111
The new UTOS tractors made their way with their plows used in working large areas.
People started to leave their houses and they became workers in the factories in Turnu
Severin.
In this atmosphere, Ştefan Odobleja, on his land of Turnu Severin, who had been
occupied by the frontier soldiers, succeeded to build a shed which ends up as a living
room. He didn’t succeed to build a house on the corner, whose design was made by the
city architect Militescu and in this dream house he could have had his most wanted
examining room. The town was closed, having the status of a frontier city, which is why
he could hardly occupy that shed, firstly as a temporary resident and later on as a citizen
of Severin.
After 1956
Given the scarcity/poverty of the medical care in the countryside, Ştefan Odobleja was
very helpful for the villagers who appreciated their former playmate 7 .
While living in the country he continuously maintained contact with the Library
Bibicescu and he kept correspondence with the Romanian Academy and university
personalities, he subscribed to „Healthcare Worker", „The Romania Literary',' The
Contemporary 'and Nettle ". The Radio station, AURION "eased listening to the stations
as Radio Free Europe and Voice of America, and theater shows and" cheerful wave. "
The favorite topics discussed were whether former army comrades and counter-
Americans came from Hungary. All of these were causing him troubles as he has often
been "visited" by the security organs.
Ştefan Odobleja always went to theater, concerts of popular/traditional music. He met
at the theater the journalist Ioan Stroe Oancea, a former political prisoner - on the grounds
that he worked at the newspaper „Universe" with Pamfil Şeicaru. He introduced Odobleja
into the literary club,, Danubius "of Turnu Severin, alongside young people as Elena
Roman, Valeriu Armeanu and others. Here he presented the „Consonantic Psychology
"published in Paris during 1938-1939, and they held discussions on this work. They got in
touch with Radu Dumitru Popescu, President of the Writers' Union of Romania and great
journalists, as Liviu łimbus, they broke the ice and bring to the public attention the work
of Ştefan Odobleja.
It followed long controversy between Ştefan Odobleja and Nicolae Mărgineanu from
Cluj (he taught at Harvard University). He also made demands to the Romanian, he
lectured and took part in the International Congress of Cybernetics and Systems in 1975,
held in Bucharest.
At the International Congress of Cybernetics and Systems, Romanian delegate initially
did not allow Ştefan Odobleja to make a book exhibition nor to expose his work8.
Since the History section was headed by Prof. Dr. Masturzo from Italy, he allowed Odobleja
to present his work and gave him sufficient time for exposure. John Rose, the president of
the Congress, accepted and published the work in the volume of the International Congress
of Cybernetics and Systems. Odobleja published 4 pages in the papers of the Congress, not
without constraints, because IC Birciu recommended him to abandon certain parallels
between Norbert Wiener's cybernetics and the consonant psychology.
Between 21 to 25 August 1978, the International Congress of Cybernetics and
Systems took place at Amsterdam where they celebrated 30 years of cybernetics and they
launched the medal „Norbert Wiener "for cybernetics. After lecturing the paper of Ştefan