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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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Anthony William Adams (1946)William John Percy AdamsAlice W. PorterLondon, England, United Kingdom
Amy Samantha Anderson (1974)Samuel Anderson (1931-2008)Alyssa Bracey (1938-2012)Detroit, Michigan, United States
Thomas Ashcroft (1852-1936)John Ashcroft (1814-1882)Ann Jenkins (1818-1870)Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa, United States
Georg Freiherr Bachofen von Echt (1930)Lebring, Leibnitz District, Styria, Austria
Mary Barker (1647-1711)John Barker (1611-1652)Anna Williams (1618-1657)Massachusetts, United States
Sophia Aurelia Bartholomew (1859-1928)Edward Franklin Bartholomew (1828-1891)Cordelia Kellogg (1829-1908)Elmwood, Peoria County, Illinois, United States
Anne Bartlett (1684-1721)Christopher Bartlett (1655-1711)Deborah Weed (1659-1726)Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts
Henry Batte (1630-1708)Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Jean-Antoine Bellavance (1916-1991)Miꞌkmaq
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John Abbot (1648-1721)George Abbot (1615-1681)Hannah Chandler (1630-1711)Andover, Massachusetts, United States73
Rhoda Abbott (1784-1853)Abiel Abbot (1741-1809)Dorcas Abbot (1744-1829)Petersborough, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
Elisha Adair (1776-1844)Joseph Adair (1735-1812)Sarah Dillard (1736-)Warren County, Kentucky, United States
Augustina Albareda (1899-1958)Mexico City, Mexico
John Allinson (1755-1831)Thomas Allinson (1712-)Rachel Edmundson (1712-)Grasmere, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom (Westmorland)
William George Amos (1843-1900)William Amos (1812-1895)Elizabeth Blanch (1821-1910)Morora, New South Wales, Australia
Charles William Anderson (1877-1917)Richard Benedick Anderson (1848-1936)Mary Jane Linville (1849-1918)McCracken, Kentucky, United States
Sarah Bell Anderson (1817-1902)John Anderson (c1780-)Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
George Arbuthnot (1815-1895)George Arbuthnot (1772-1843)Elizabeth Fraser (1792-1834)Elderslie Lodge, Ockley, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
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Joshua Abell (1695-1732)Preserved Abell (1644-1724)Sarah Bowen (1656-1703)Rebecca Carpenter (1698-)Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Charles Newton Adair (1865-1939)Samuel Newton Adair (1839-1924)Helen Genette Brown (1845-1933)Mary Elva Woolsey (1869-1948)Thatcher, Graham County, Arizona, United States
Elias Adams (1802-1862)Samuel Adams (1760-1828)Susannah Rist (1767-1852)Clarrissa Vinton Thomas (1809-1837)Greene, Androscoggin County, Maine
Jacob Adams (1772-1860)John Adams (1710-1782)Catherine Waggoner (1743-1807)Rachel Adams (1781-1853)Frederick County, Virginia, United States
Rachel Adams (1781-1853)William Adams (1745-1823)Lydia Malin (1749-1834)Jacob Adams (1772-1860)Frederick County, Virginia, United States
Samuel Appleton (1686-1728)Samuel Appleton (1654-1725)Elizabeth Whittingham (1666-1725)Hannah Gerrish (1700-1736)Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
John Baylis (1808-1880)Joseph Baylis (1770-1855)Ann Taylor (1775-1826)Priscilla Tuzo (1815-1901)Holy Trinity, Kelso, New South Wales, Australia
John Bellamy (1849-1906)Thomas Bellamy (1816-1892)Margaret Clark (bef1843)Elizabeth Ruth Cotterill (1854-1935)Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
Hepzebah Bigelow (1779-1866)William Bigelow (1749-1813)Hepsibah Russell (1748-1830)Samuel Stowe (1772-1808)Natick, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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Timothy Atwood (1731-1820)John Atwood (1686-1745)Thankful Gray Williamson (1702-1745)Elisabeth Howes (1740-1829)Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Abigail Chase (1772-1861)Samuel Chase (1737-1778)Zylphia Burgess (1742-1798)Obadiah Baker (1765-1821)Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Sophia Jane Collits (1810-1868)Pierce Briggington Collits (1763-1848)Mary Hardwick (1769-1841)Thomas Morris (1817-1878)Castlereagh, New South Wales, Australia
Frans Galis (1791-1882)Klaas Galis (1748-1837)Jantje Keersemaker (1762-1826)Antje de Jong (1789-1868)Zwaag, North Holland, Netherlands
Emily Harriet Merryweather (1856-)Moses Merryweather (c1793-1872)Sarah Edwards Taylor (c1815-1910)Montague Ballard (-)British Consulate, Nice, France
Emma Elizabeth Page (1845-1902)Stephen Deem Page (1818-1904)Martha Pearce (1818-1872)George Stephen Walding (1841-1923)Moonta, South Australia, Australia
Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope (1753-1816)Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl Stanhope (1714-1786)Grizel Hamilton (-1811)Louisa Grenville (1758-1829)Savile Row, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Samuel Stowe (1772-1808)Samuel Stow (1742-)Abigail Dana (1746-)Hepzebah Bigelow (1779-1866)Natick, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
John William Tanner (1842-1893)Nathan Tanner (1815-1910)Rachel Winter Smith (1818-1896)Lucy Rhoena Snyder (1848-1917)Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
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