Laszlo Orloci was born into a military family in Hungary in 1932. Orloci holds degrees in forest engineering (DFE Sopron), forestry science and biology (BSF, MSc, PhD University of British Columbia), and DSc h.c. in biology (University of Trieste). Orloci held appointments as NATO Science Fellow (University College of North Wales), professor (University of Western Ontario), and visiting professor at universities in the Americas, the Pacific, Asia, and Europe. He is an INTECOL Distinguished Statistical Ecologists, external (academician) member of the Hun-garian Academy of Sciences, and regular