100 YEARS ANNIVERSARY OF J. M. JURAN IN ROMANIA At the end of last year the 100 years anniversary of Dr. Joseph Moses Juran was celebrated by most of the Romanian organisations acting in the field of quality, by different events, being a great pride an honour for the Romanian people that the “father” of quality has Romanian origins. He was born in Braila – a harbour city to the Danube river, in Romania – on 24 of December 1904. Although Dr. Juran left his native country as a child he was always proud of his roots. One of the major events meant to pay homage to Juran’s Anniversary was the publication of the reference work Juran’s Quality Handbook in Romanian language on September 2004, based on the translation rights granted to SRAC by McGraw Hill Companies, New York. The publication was carried out by a group of Romanian experts in the field and supervised by the Romanian Society for Quality Assurance. The release of the Romanian version took place in the opening of the 9th International Conference “Quality and Dependability – CCF 2004”, organized by SRAC in the period of 29 September – 1 October 2004, in the most beautiful mountain resort on the Prahova Valley – Sinaia CCF 2004 – Release of Juran’s Quality Control Handbook The conference represented, without any doubt, the most important event of the year in the field of quality and conformity assessment. This opinion was unanimously expressed by the well-known Romanian and foreign experts and the entire public, from the country and abroad (Albania, Belgium, Brasil, France, Greece, Italy, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Republic of Moldavia, UK). The series of events dedicated to Juran’s Anniversary was ended by the Symposium organised by the Romanian Academy, on 10 of December, when the President and the Members of the Academy and other personalities of the conformity assessment world – Presidents and CEOs from standardisation, accreditation, certification etc. – joined together to celebrate the man and the specialist Juran – Honorary Member of the Romanian Academy. Special messages of the Romanian President and of the Romanian Prime Minister marked this special session dedicated to the centenary of Dr. Juran. Governor of the Romanian National Bank – Homage to Juran It is also important to be mentioned that the Romanian National Quality Award – granted every year by the President of Romania – bears the name of the great quality ‘Guru’. The winner of the award this year was ELECTRICA BANAT – a branch of the national power operator – certified by SRAC against ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001. Romanian Quality Award JURAN – Award winners ELECTRICA BANAT and SRAC representatives For additional information on the above-mentioned subject, please visit www.srac.ro