Gheorghe Vlădescu-Răcoasa

Born in Răcoasa, Vrancea County, his parents were Constantin (1862–1946), the village notary, and his wife Maria (née Lefter; 1865–1965), a schoolteacher.

In 1925, the Institute held a series of public speeches at the Carol I University Foundation; these were covered by Vlădescu-Răcoasa in Adevărul, where he was editor, and he would later write about similar events in Dimineața.

That spring, Gusti initiated the first of his monographic research campaigns, in Dolj County's Goicea village; Vlădescu-Răcoasa was among the participants.

[9] Together with Gusti, he contributed to Bucharest's selection as the host city for the 14th International Sociological Congress, but this was cancelled due to the outbreak of World War II.

[4] In 1942, during the Ion Antonescu dictatorship, he founded the Patriotic Union, an anti-fascist organization led by communist and leftist intellectuals.

[13] A national minorities statute was approved in February 1945; this document reportedly benefited Romania during the Paris Peace Conference.

[14] Later that month, a rally in Giurgiu attended by over 8,000 demanded a communist-led National Democratic Front (FND) government; Vlădescu-Răcoasa was the most prominent speaker.

On March 6, when Petru Groza became the leader of such a government, Vlădescu-Răcoasa was assigned as state secretary for nationalities, remaining as such until his resignation in November 1946.

[17] In September, he replaced the deceased Mitiță Constantinescu as party president, and in the November election, won a seat as deputy for his home county.

He arrived in Moscow in December,[20] and in February 1948, was present for the signing of a friendship treaty between the Soviet Union and what was now the Romanian People's Republic.

[25] By 1951, Vlădescu-Răcoasa was rector of ASE, professor in its faculty of cooperation, and principal researcher at the Romanian Academy's juridical section.