O rd. Prof. Dr. M ustafa A saf IR M A K was born in 1905 and he is 90 years old. H e gave his doctorate thesis in 1934, and becam e associate professor in 1938 and professor in 1942, and O rdinarius professor in 1958. He established the departm ent of Soil Science and E cology in 1943 and retired in July 1975.