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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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Asahel Adams (1769-1844)Timothy Adams (1742-1834)Susannah Adams (1742-1843)Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut, United States
Robert John Anthoney (1894-1958)Charles Anthoney (1867-1955)Esther Louisa Long (1871-1946)Taree, New South Wales, Australia
George Aris (1812-1883)William Aris (c1774-1837)Ann (c1773-?)Richmond, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Cornellia Elizabeth Arnold (1814-1897)Samuel Green Arnold (1778-1826)Frances Rogers (1786-1865)Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Peter Daniel Arquette (1790-1847)Alexis Romain Arcouet (1736-1797)Marguerite dit Labranche LaForest (1753-1797)Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Albert Alexander Bagnall (1901-1979)Samuel Bagnall (1867-1945)Ada Beamer (bef1875-aft1901)Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia
Mary Ann Balch (1823-1889)Joseph P Balch (1790-1828)Mary Ann Bailey (1790-1879)Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
Phineas Barnes (1770-1855)Phineas Barnes (1744-1832)Mercy Provin (1742-1824)West Granville City, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States
Sarah Bassett (1630-1711)William Bassett (c1590-1667)Elizabeth Bassett (1603-1651)Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
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Andrew Pickens Adair (1832-1911)George Washington Adair (1806-1862)Martha Hammock Martin (1815-1875)San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California, United States
Thomas Isaac Coffin Amory (1828-1864)Jonathan Amory (1802-1885)Letitia Austin (1807-1875)New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, United States
Abraham Andrews (1774-1848)Abraham Andrews (1747-1823)Esther Stearns (1749-1799)Fryeburg, Oxford County, Maine, United States
William Reierson Arbuthnot (1950-2021)John Sinclair-Wemyss Arbuthnot (1912-1992)(Margaret) Jean Duff (1919)Chelsea, London, England
Dorothea von Sachsen-Lauenburg (1511-1571)Magnus I. von Sachsen-Lauenburg (1470-1543)Katharina von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1488-1563)Sønderborg
Margarete von Anhalt (1494-1521)Waldemar VI. von Anhalt-Köthen (1450-1508)Margarete von Schwarzburg (1464-1539)Weimar, Thuringia, Germany
Frank Thomas Austin (1883-1935)Frank Urquhart Austin (c1854-1916)Catherine Levingston (1856-1942)Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia52
Jessie Knowlson Babcock (1862-1954)Simeon Mark Babcock (1834-1897)Alma Ann Bennett (1835-1914)
Johann Leonhard Bach (1724-1796)(Germany)72
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Truman Osborn Angell (1810-1887)James Williams Angell (1776-1851)Phebe Ann Morton (1786-1854)Polly Ann Johnson (1813-1876)China, Delaware County, New York, United States
Stephen Atwood (1706-1745)Stephen Atwood (1678-1740)Martha Pike (1679-1728)Sarah Collins (1708-1769)Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Margie Marron Mita Bool (1908-1981)Albin Ebenezer Bool (1874-1955)Ada Bugg (1881-1959)Arthur Thomas Murray Brown (1909-1975)Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Benjamin Bridge (1816-1875)Joseph Bridge (1776-1829)Elizabeth Buffey (c1788-1872)Susannah Ann Craft (1820-1910)Lower Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Martha A Brooks (1833-1915)John Adams Brooks (1803-1866)Lucina Parsons (1807-1883)Amasa Brown Watson (1826-1888)Newaygo, Newaygo County, Michigan, United States
Arthur Thomas Murray Brown (1909-1975)George Brown (1875-1953)Minnie Ethel Christie (1877-1918)Margie Marron Mita Bool (1908-1981)Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Israel Putnam Brown (1781-1867)Adam Brown (c1748-1840)Priscilla Putnam (1751-1837)Sally Briggs (c1783-1869)Plymouth, Windsor County, Vermont, United States
Barbara Pierce Bush (1981)George Walker Bush (1946)Laura Lane Welch (1946)Craig Louis Coyne (1982)Kennebunkport, Maine, United States
Peter Cheney (1663-1746)Peter Cheney (1638-1694)Hannah Noyes (1643-1705)Mary Holmes (1667-1746)Massachusetts
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Familypedia people who had their second wedding (or first after a liaison) on this day

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Alfred Baker (1851-1934)William Baker (1814-1898)Frances Friend (1826-1906)Luanna Maria Christensen (1869-1928)St George, Washington County, Utah, United States
Lisa Michelle Bonet (1967)Allen Bonet (1945-2008)Arlene Joyce Litman (1940-1998)Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoa (1979)Topanga, California, United States
William Bowman (1799-1874)John Bowman (1763-1825)Honor Honey (c1759-1826)Elizabeth Arthur (c1799-1885)North Shields, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
Christina Cameron (1829-1909)George Cameron (1794-1851)Margaret McLean (1803-1866)William Telford (bef1880)Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Mark Croxall (1844-1889)Jonah Croxall (1822-1884)Eliza Orgill (1825-1894)Caroline Partridge Young (1851-1903)Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
Ebenezer Huntington (1754-1834)Jabez Huntington (1719-1786)Hannah Williams (1726-1807)Mary Lucretia McClellan (1773-1819)Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, United States
Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York (1373-1415)Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341-1402)Isabella de Castilla (1355-1392)Philippa de Mohun (-1431)
Paul I of Russia (1754-1801)Peter III of Russia (1728-1762)Catherine II of Russia (1729-1796)Sophia Dorothea von Württemberg (1759-1828)
James Roosevelt (1828-1900)Isaac Daniel Roosevelt (1790-1863)Mary Rebecca Aspinwall (1809-1886)Sara Ann Delano (1854-1941)Algonac, Orange County, New York, United States
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