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Andrei Filotti (1930-)/biography

Andrei Filotti is a Romanian-born engineer, specialized in water management. In 1961-1962 he coordinated the elaboration of the National Plan for the Development of Romania's Water Resources, which established the orientation of the multipurpose use in the following decades. Afterwards, as Chief Engineer of the Research and Design Institute for Water Management he had the responsibility of coordinating the design of detailed water development schemes for specific projects for water use, flood prevention and water quality protection, ensuring their consistency with the general provisions of the National Plaon. For his contribution to the economic development of Romania, he was awarded the Order of Work (Romanian: Ordinul Muncii)

He worked in water management related research having essential contributions in the field of mathematical modelling and use of operations research applied to water management and in the field of economics of water resources development. He was professor of water management and river training at the Faculty of Land Reclamation and Environmental Engineering of the Nicolae Bălcescu Agronomic Institute (now University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Bucharest.

Andrei Filotti left Romania in 1982. He worked as Chief Technical Advisor in the United Nations Secretariat coordinating projects in India, Bangladesh, Chad, Senegal, Nigeria and other countries. After retiring from the United Nations Organization he continued working as a consultant for various organizations such as the Asian Development Bank and USAID, concentrating besides environmental engineering also on activities related to fighting corruption.

Andrei Filotti is member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the American Water Resources Association (AWRA), the General Society of Romanian Engineers (Romanian: Asociația Generală a Inginerilor din România - AGIR) ahd the Association of Former International Civil Servants (AFICS).

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Andrei Filotti 1938

Andrei Filotti as 3rd-grader (1938)

Andrei Filotti was born in Bucharest on October 27, 1930. His father Eugen Filotti was a Romanian diplomat, and his mother Elisabeta Filotti née Taşcă was the daughter of Gheorghe Taşcă, a Romanian economist and politician, who at that time was rector of the Academy of High Commercial and Industrial Studies.

From 1936 to 1940, Andrei Filotti studied in the primary schools of Turkey, Greece and Bulgaria, where his father was posted as plenipotentiary minister. Then from 1940 to 1947 attended the high school at the Gheorghe Lazăr Lyceum of Bucharest, with the exception of school year 1944/45 when he attended school at the Dinicu Golescu Lyceum of Câmpulung-Muscel. Passing the last two classes in a single year, Andrei Filotti graduated as first of his class. He then enrolled as student in the Faculty of Electromechanics of the Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest. - Read more!


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Petrus Johannes Aarts (1867-1918)Johannis Aarts (1818-1900)Geertruida van Gog (1838-1897)Deurne, North Brabant, Netherlands
George Washington Adair (1818-1897)Thomas Adair (1774-1858)Rebecca Brown (1776-1846)West Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee, United States
Elizabeth Adams (1666-1719)Jonathan Adams (1620-1690)Elizabeth Holman (1644-1712)Medfield, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Joseph Allen (1659-1725)John Allen (1631-1711)Sarah Ann Smith (1640-1674)Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts
Adeline Brooks Andrus (1813-1898)Jonathan Andrus (1783-1870)Lucina Pearson Parsons (1789-1870)Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut
Walter Kermode Archer (1856-1930)William Archer (1820-1874)Ann Hortle (1825-1899)Meander, Tasmania, Australia
Ellen Rosina Argent (1860-1916)John Argent (c1826-1892)Louisa Ann Laxton (c1829-1918)Dry Creek, South Australia, Australia
Arthur Arrington (1709-1801)William Arrington (1670-1725)Elizabeth Pedden (1670-1725)Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
Rudger Clayton Atkin (1926-1999)Rudger Clawson Atkin (1904-1989)Leona Cox (1905-1992)St. George, Washington County, Utah, United States
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Auckie Alberts (1797-1844)Liekle Alberts (1768-1828)Antje Pieters (c1769-1830)Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Eliza Fredonia Alexander (1855-1917)Horace Martin Alexander (1812-1881)Catherine Houston (1831-1900)Carey, Blaine County, Idaho, United States
Thomas William Arnold Anson (1913-1958)Thomas Edward Anson, 4th Earl of Lichfield (1883-1960)Evelyn Maud Keppel (1887-1945)
Mehitable Sullivan Appleton (1831-1901)William Appleton (1786-1862)Mary Anne Cutler (1794-1860)Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Nathaniel Ashby (1835-1882)Nathaniel Ashby (1805-1846)Susan Hammond (1808-1851)Near San Francisco, Pacific Ocean
John Babington (-1486)Thomas Babington (-1464)Isabel Dethick (-c1464)Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Mari Anne Bacon (1854-1937)John Bacon (c1817-1866)Ann Maria Powers (c1812-1914)Richmond, Victoria, Australia
Thomas Baker (1636-1718)John Baker (1598-1680)Elizabeth Unknown (c1606-aft1666)Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Joseph Baylis (1770-1855)John Baylis (1731-1801)Sarah Edmunds (1731-1797)Kelso, New South Wales, Australia
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Ethel Maud Anlezark (1889-1920)Andrew Anlezark (1862-1908)Ellen McDonald Love (1869-)George Albert Boughton (1886-1950)Lorn, Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
Harriet Anne Ashley-Cooper (1798-1868)Cropley Ashley-Cooper, 6th Earl of Shaftesbury (1768-1851)Anne Spencer (1773-1865)Henry Thomas Lowry-Corry (1803-1873)
Grace Beckett (1863-)Horatio William Beckett (1840-)Grace Pollard Penn (1841-1876)James Lachlan Harris (1863-)Brighton, England, United Kingdom (Sussex)
Fanny Bemis (1771-1852)Joshua Bemis (1729-1789)Sarah White (1737-1791)Elijah Howe (1775-1816)Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts
George Bowerman (1818-1872)George Bowerman (1791-1820)Mary Ann Partridge (1797-1877)Mary Anne Martin (1822-1870)Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Nathaniel Bowman (1608-1682)John Bowman (1549-)Ann Beresford (1580-1691)Hannah Smith (1612-1681)Hanover Square, London, England
Eliab Brewer (1760-1835)Samuel Brewer (1716-1740)Martha Bent (1720-1797)Sally Rice (1750-1835)Rutland, Vermont, United States
James Albert Bridge (1878-1965)John Bridge (1853-1939)Susan Clifford (1859-1939)Ethel Florence Cramp (1881-1961)Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia
Thomas Bridge (1852-1882)Benjamin Bridge (1816-1875)Susannah Ann Craft (1820-1910)Sophia Johanna Collyer (1854-1937)Wollombi, New South Wales, Australia
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Familypedia people who had their second wedding (or first after a liaison) on this day

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Solomon Bangs (1729-1797)Seth Bangs (1705-1747)Deborah Chipman (1704-1756)Jerusha Foster (1727-1801)Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Mihály Daniel de Vargyas (1928)Ferenc Daniel de Vargyas (1887-1967)Gabriella Irma Somssich de Saárd (1904-1996)Natalia Scheel (1930)Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Sarah Dyer (1752-1825)Samuel Dyer (1698-1773)Mary Paine (1720-1799)Joseph Small (1750-1828)Truro, Bar, Massachusetts
Eliza Jane Hardy (c1806-1879)George Hardy (1781-1854)Mary Warren (1766-1854)William Chick (c1812-1892)St James, Taunton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Joel Harvey (1779-1843)Isaiah Harvey (1758-1810)Mary Jenkins (1761-1788)Ann M Howe (1790-)Concord, Essex County, Vermont
John Hunt (1833-1917)Jefferson Hunt (1803-1879)Celia Mounts (1805-1897)Sarah Jane Crosby (1862-1941)St. George, Washington County, Utah, United States
Sebrina Land (1836-1908)James Richard Land (1807-1858)Martha Halsel (1818-1858)Oliver Levi Hillebrandt (1822-1865)Victoria, Victoria County, Texas
Rijk Nieuwburg (1760-1840)Hendrik Teunissen Nieuwburg (1717-1781)Maria Dircksdr Turen (1716-1761)Willemina Gerarda van Veldhuizen (-)Ede, Gelderland, Netherlands
Neeltje Palenstijn (1740-1811)Jan Palenstijn (-)Aafje Crelis (-)Jacob Posch (1746-1833)Andijk, North Holland, Netherlands
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