Liviu Librescu was a brilliant mind and quickly established himself as a top researcher at the Bucharest Institute of Applied Mechanics and the Academy of Science of Romania. But his refusal to swear allegiance to the destructive Communist regime in Romania ultimately left him jobless. Without means to support his wife. Marlene. and two sons. Joe and Arie. Librescu tried to leave Romania tor Israel. But under the Romanian communist regime Jews were not allowed to emigrate. In 1978 the Romanian government finally permitted Liviu to leave. but only after a direct request was made by the Prime Minister of IsraelMenachem Beginto Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu. From 1979 to 1986 Librescu was a Professor of Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering at TelAviv University and Haifas Technion.
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Jews were not allowed to emigrate under the Romanian communist regime.