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A memorial Mass will be held on April 21 at 6 p.m. in Trinity Chapel on Newton Campus for History Professor Emeritus Radu Florescu, who died in May of last year at the age of 88.
The event is being organized by the family of Dr. Florescu, who taught at Boston College for 45 years and was renowned for his research – much of it with longtime collaborator and History Department colleague, Professor Raymond T. McNally – on the historical Dracula. Among the books he and Dr. McNally authored was the bestseller In Search of Dracula, which revealed the identity of Dracula as 15th-century Romanian prince Vlad Tepes, known as Vlad the Impaler.
But Dr. Florescu was also dedicated to studying, preserving and teaching the culture and history of Eastern Europe, in particular his native Romania. He organized numerous events to celebrate Romanian heritage, served as Honorary Consul of Romania for New England, and attended the 2004 White House ceremony marking Romania’s admission to NATO.
A reception will follow the Mass.
To read an obituary of Radu Florescu, see http://bit.ly/1xF6WXE.