 In 1974, Zoia Ceaușescu, a graduate of the Faculty of Mathematics of the University of Bucharest and the daughter of Nicolae Ceaușescu, the communist head of state, was hired by the institute.Her parents were not happy with her choice in studying Mathematics.Provoked by a verbal disagreement with Miron Nicolescu, in April 1975, Ceaușescu issued a decree to close down the Institute.