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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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 FatherMotherBirth place
Augusta Adams (1802-1886)John Adams (1774-1803)Mary Ives (1775-1812)Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts
Robert Franklin Adams (1920-1941)James Lucas Adams (1884-1926)Cornie Mary Pool (1880-1943)Waterloo, Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States
Gregorio San Nicholas Aguon (1921-1941)Juan Torres Aguon (1883-)Joaquina San Nicoloas (1886-)Hagatha, Guam, United States
Andrew Aldrich Angell (1802-1865)Charles Angell (1774-1821)Olive Aldrich (1778-1831)Scituate, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States
Joseph Arnold (1731-1774)Joshua Arnold (1689-1753)Elizabeth Hungerford Gates (1697-1752)Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States
Joseph Bailey (1845-1928)John Thomas Bailey (c1810-1890)Elizabeth Ann Prosser (1814-1885)St Albans, New South Wales, Australia
Texas Pringle Bates (1902-1976)Albert Franklin Bates (1867-1751)Texas Cope Pringle (1866-1958)Alabama
Carrie Lou Beavers (1903-1989)Willie Bright Beavers (1879-1944)Millie A. Irvine (1882-1925)Cabot, Arkansas, United States
Cecil Edward Bingham (1861-1934)Charles George Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan (1830-1914)Cecilia Catherine Gordon-Lennox (1838-1910)
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Hubert Charles Titus Aaron (1919-1941)Alfred Alonzo Aaron (1883-1969)Jemima Davis (1884-1966)USS Arizona (BB-39), Pearl Harbor, Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Samuel Adolphus Abercrombie (1919-1941)John Thomas Abercrombie (1858-1930)Maudie Rice (1888-1919)Pearl Harbor, Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Maude Evelyn Adams (1877-1943)Robert Smart Adams (1851-1932)Elizabeth MacKenzie (1850-1935)Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
Robert Franklin Adams (1920-1941)James Lucas Adams (1884-1926)Cornie Mary Pool (1880-1943)USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
James Dillion Adkison (1920-1941)Edward Washington Adkison (1875-1956)Rosa Lee Selvage (1877-1970)USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Myron Hopkins Strong Affleck (1884-1958)William Robert Affleck (1855-1935)Mary Hoyt Strong (1859-1949)Sarasota County, Florida, United States
Reyner Aceves Aguirre (1918-1941)Francisco Aguirre (1880-1930)Rosa Aceves (1884-1973)USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Gregorio San Nicholas Aguon (1921-1941)Juan Torres Aguon (1883-)Joaquina San Nicoloas (1886-)USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Richard James Ahern (1921-1941)James Daniel Ahern (1899-1955)Sadie Catherine Penry (1898-1977)USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
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Familypedia people who were first married on this day

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Louisa Maria Adams (1846-1907)Henry Adams (1797-1866)Elizabeth Clarke (1822-1870)Themio Laundess (1833-1886)Young, New South Wales, Australia
Elizabeth Adgate (1651-1713)Thomas Adgate (c1620-1707)Elizabeth Unknown (1625-c1654)Richard Bushnell (1652-1727)Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, United States
Harriet Aris (1846-1915)William Aris (1802-1867)Patience Usher (1805-1873)Robert WatersSt Mary's, Lambeth, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Henry Phillip Bagnall (1872-1952)Joshua Nimrod Bagnall (1842-1913)Louisa Parker (1845-1928)Mary Ann Elizabeth Frost (1876-1964)Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia
William Bailey (1851-1917)John Bailey (1797-1878)Ellen Perkins (1832-1896)Mary Ann Fernance (1854-1939)St Albans, New South Wales, Australia
Michael Baldwin (1719-1787)Timothy Baldwin (1691-1757)Bathsheba Stone (1695-1776)Lucy Dudley (1721-1758)Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
Katherine Becham (1572-1608)Richard Becham (1545-1592)Margaret Reval (1545-)Edward Shepard (1570-1608)Essex, England, United Kingdom
Perry Calvin Bingham (1857-1916)Levi Perry Bingham (1832-1903)Sarah Anne Elizabeth Lusk (1833-1893)Rachel Elvia Henderson (1858-1907)Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
Lewis Boutell (1826-1899)Lewis Boutell (c1790-)Mary Bartlett (c1790-)Anna Greene (1833-1916)Westborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts
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Familypedia people who had their second wedding (or first after a liaison) on this day

 FatherMotherJoined with-g2Wedding2 place
Jane M Allred (1826-1882)John Allred (1792-1854)Nancy Anna Warren (1795-1860)Abraham Morgan Stice (1814-1886)Wapello County, Iowa
Caleb Baldwin (1791-1848)Philemon Baldwin (1758-1851)Esther Unknown (1760-1815)Nancy Kingsbury (1798-1883)Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States
John Hyde (1698-1762)John Hyde (1667-1727)Experience Abell (1674-1765)Elizabeth Backus (-1767)
Dougald McDougald (1832-1904)William Alexander McDougald (1800-1874)Catherine Bouie (-)Mattie H. Hall (c1862-1894)
Thomas Starkey (c1818-1901)James Thomas Starkey (c1770-1830)Mary Manning (c1779-1833)Catherine Eliza Christmas (c1817)Windsor, New South Wales, Australia
John Stock (1820-1896)Robert Stock (1797-1827)Susannah Pierce (1800-1842)Frances Gilson (1838-1921)Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
William Knapp Thorn (1807-1887)William Thorn (1777-1861)Anna Knapp (1782-1856)Emily Almira Vanderbilt (1823-1896)New York, United States
Dorothea von Pfalz-Neuburg (1670-1748)Philipp Wilhelm von der Pfalz (1615-1690)Elisabeth Amalie von Hessen-Darmstadt (1635-1709)Francesco I Maria Farnese (1678-1727)Parma
Eschive d'Ibelin (1253-1312)Jean d'Ibelin (-1264)Alice de la Roche-sur-l'Ognon (-aft1277)Guy de Lusignan (c1278-1303)
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