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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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Donatien Abadie (1820-1900)Nantes, Brittany, France
Annabelle Abargil (1922-2000)Casablanca, Casablanca-Settat, Morocco
Elizabeth Abbot (1766-1853)John Abbot (1735-1818)Abigail Abbot (1734-1807)Andover, Massachusetts, United States
Janet Abbot (1910-1970)London, England, United Kingdom
Charles Francis Adams (1866-1954)John Quincy Adams (1833-1894)Fanny Crowninshield (1839-1911)
Joseph Adams (1818-1891)Walter Russell Adams (1780-1868)Mercy Fairbanks (1784-1853)Ashburnham, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Amelia Aguilar (1953)Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
Sarah Alm (1926-2000)Henry Alm (1899-1964)Frances Blaise (1897-1969)London, England, United Kingdom
Akihito Amachi (1940-2017)Tokyo, Kantō region, Japan
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Dominique Abasolo (1882-1947)Rafael Abasolo (1849-1900)Nancy Haugen (1855-1929)New York City, New York, United States
Thomas Kingsmill Abbott (c1848-1891)John Kingsmill Abbott (1805-1847)Frances Amanda Brady (1821-1902)Hunters Hill, New South Wales, Australia43
Joshua Tumer Adair (1849-1938)Samuel Jefferson Adair (1806-1889)Nancy Fountain White (1811-1880)Decatur, Burt County, Nebraska, United States
Rufus Columbus Buleson Adair (1844-1847)Samuel Jefferson Adair (1806-1889)Jemima Catherina Mangum (1809-1848)Winter Quarters, Douglas County, Nebraska
Margaret Ada Adam (1816-1900)William Thom MacDonald Adam (1793-1875)Isabel Glen Laird (1794-1844)San Bernardino County, California, United States
Ginger Amerongen (1850-1909)Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
James Anderson (1879-1956)Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Kim Arad (1830-1903)Baltimore, Maryland, United States
John Alves Arbuthnot (1802-1875)William Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet (1766-1829)Anne Alves (-1846)
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Thomas Avard (c1808-1863)Jesse Avard (c1772-1834)Mary Burt (1775-1843)Elizabeth Chantler (1810-1885)Aylesford, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Nehemiah Baglin (1765-1801)Nehemiah Baglin (1730-1818)Betty Adlam (c1732-1773)Bridgitt Baglin (1761)Uley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Sarah Bankin (1814-1878)Richard Bankin (1758-1845)Prudence Perkins (1783-1828)John Adams (c1797-1859)Narellan, New South Wales, Australia
Samuel Bartlett (1662-1713)Benjamin Bartlett (1633-1691)Sarah Brewster (1638-1668)Hannah Pabodie (1662-1723)Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Mary Caroline Barton (1829-1910)William Allen Barton (1804-1883)Mary Ann Swain (1807-1883)Wilford Woodruff (1807-1898)Cutler's Park, Florence, Douglas County, Nebraska
John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (1404-1444)John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (c1373-1410)Margaret Holland (1385-1439)Margaret Beauchamp (c1410-1482)
Elizabeth Strait (1804-1885)Israel Strait (1776-1836)Hannah Thompson (1785-1841)Absalom Pennington Free (1798-1882)St, Illinois
Isabella Bentinck (1688-1728)Hans Willem Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland (1649-1709)Anne Villiers (c1651-1688)Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-Upon-Hull (c1665-1726)
Jan Bergwerf (1632-)Arij Bergwerf (c1585-)Maartje Simons (1587-)Annetje Coppert (c1633-)Vlaardingen, South Holland, Netherlands
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James Rowland Angell (1869-1949)James Burrill Angell (1829-1916)Sarah Swope Caswell (1831-1903)Katharine Stuart Cramer (1890-1983)Maine, United States
Margaret Beauchamp (c1410-1482)John Beauchamp (c1381-1412)Edith Stourton (c1394-1441)John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (1404-1444)
Katharine Stuart Cramer (1890-1983)Stewart Warren Cramer (1868-1940)Bertha Hobart Berry (1864-1895)James Rowland Angell (1869-1949)Maine, United States
Mary Crowninshield Endicott (1864-1957)William Crowninshield Endicott (1826-1900)Ellen Peabody (1833-1927)William Hartley Carnegie (c1859-1936)London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Mary Fairbanks (1622-1684)Jonathan Fairbanks (1594-1668)Grace Smith (1599-1676)Christopher Smith (-1676)Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Absalom Pennington Free (1798-1882)Andrew Free (1774-1850)Mary Pennington (1778-1838)Elizabeth Strait (1804-1885)St, Illinois
James Fullerton (1807-1886)Archibald Fullerton (c1765-1813)Elizabeth Church (c1768-1854)Janet Young (1828-1876)Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Adriana Petronella Hamann (c1835-1909)Johann Franz Henrich Hamann (c1806-1857)Anna van der Linden (c1802-1856)Evert Tiesjema (1834-1883)Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands
Arrilla Hamblin (1886-1962)William Dudley Hamblin (1856-1934)Mary Abigail Mangum (1858-1933)Joseph Udall (1861-1949)Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
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