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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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Jeffrey Guy Allred (1954-2013)Jack Dean Allred (1927-2010)Thelma Drury (1927-2006)Preston, Franklin County, Idaho, United States
Michael Azama Aquino (1995)Ruben Azama Aquino (1953)Jennifer Winslow (1970)Mission Hills, California, United States
Ludwig I. von Anhalt-Köthen (1579-1650)Joachim Ernst von Anhalt-Dessau (1536-1586)Eleonore von Württemberg (1552-1618)Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
John Auber (1783-1844)Samuel Auber (1750-1827)Elizabeth Newman (c1753-)Shoreditch, London, England, United Kingdom
Rafael Thomas Baldwin (2015)Alexander Rae Baldwin (1958)Hilaria Lynn Thomas (1984)New York City, New York, United States
Rigdon Houston Beaver (1794-1870)Stephen Christoph Beaver (1756-1850)Nancy White (1756-1840)Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Harriet Vernitia Beckstead (1831-1905)Alexander Beckstead (1802-1870)Catherine Elinore Lince (1807-1889)Williamsburg, Glengerry County, Ontario, Canada
Gregory Blaxland (1778-1853)John Blaxland (1729-1780)Mary Parker (1738-1813)Fordwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Antje Boon (1787-1823)Jacob Boon (c1738-1826)Marijtje Bulloper (1751-1829)Andijk, North Holland, The Netherlands
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Marion Danne Adair (1913-2002)Thomas Merritt Adair (1877-1945)Lorene Augusta Danne (1888-1930)Bay Minette, Baldwin County, Alabama, United States
Jeffrey Guy Allred (1954-2013)Jack Dean Allred (1927-2010)Thelma Drury (1927-2006)Preston, Franklin County, Idaho, United States
Elizabeth Charlotte Ashcroft (1848-1934)Henry Ashcroft (1827-1896)Rebecca Frances Taber (1830-1902)61 Cross-street, Guildford, New South Wales, Australia
Margaret Atherton (1638-1672)Humphrey Atherton (1587-1661)Mary (1609-1672)Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Heman Atwood (1738-1804)Thomas Atwood (1696-1784)Phoebe Mayo (1691-1783)Mansfield, Tolland County, Connecticut
John Thomas Bailey (1839-1881)John Thomas Bailey (c1810-1890)Elizabeth Ann Prosser (1814-1885)Windsor, New South Wales, Australia42
Robert William Leslie Balgowan (1888-1971)Robert Balgowan (1855-1935)Jane Frost Hanrahan (1856-1940)Merrylands, New South Wales, Australia
Bezaleel Barton (1722-1775)Samuel Barton (1691-1748)Elizabeth Bellows (1695-1729)Bunker Hill, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Katrin Beegle (1882-1940)Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
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Margaret Anne Ackerman (1945)Ronald Cecil Ackerman (1919-1971)Doreen Pearl Carter (1918-1986)Colin Francis Beer (bef1970)
Alexander Adair (1791-1863)William Adair (1754-1844)Camilla Shafto (1756-1827)Harriet Eliza Atkinson (1793-1878)Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Edward Adair (1789-1864)John Adair (1754-1815)Nancy Ga-Ho-Ga Lightfoot (1760-1789)Martha Mariann Ritchie (1790-1857)Tennessee, United States
Josiah Alden (1773-1833)Josiah Alden (1738-)Bathsheba Jones (1740-1833)Olivet Brown (1773-)Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States
Lois Thompson Angell (1863-1941)James Burrill Angell (1829-1916)Sarah Swope Caswell (1831-1903)Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin (1861-1947)Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States
Joseph Wilson Anlezark (1845-1932)James Anlezark (1806-1874)Matilda Hawthorn (1821-1880)Amanda Jane Thompson (1855-1933)Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Colin Arnott (1866-1948)Henry Arnott (1832-1907)Sarah Clarke (1843-1933)Alice Susannah Jane Gill (1869-1958)Laurieton, New South Wales, Australia
Harriet Eliza Atkinson (1793-1878)George Atkinson (c1768-)Alexander Adair (1791-1863)Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Thomas Backhouse (1803-1884)Joseph Backhouse (1781-1864)Frances Lunn (1781-1867)Harriet Hewit (1804-1864)Garforth, England, United Kingdom
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Nathaniel Averill (1664-1751)William Averill (1626-1691)Hannah Jackson (1646-1727)Lydia French (1674-1746)Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts
Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. (1942)Joseph Robinette Biden (1915-2002)Catherine Eugenia (Jean) Finnegan (1917-2010)Jill Tracy Jacobs (1951)
Edmund Boyle, 7th Earl of Cork (1742-1798)John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork (1707-1762)Margaret Hamilton (1710-1758)Mary Monckton (1748-1840)Charles Street, St. George Hanover Square, London, England, United Kingdom
Aaron Cleveland (1655-1716)Moses Cleveland (c1624-1702)Ann Winn (c1626-1682)Prudence Draper (c1659-1717)Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Lydia Fiske (1687-1761)Nathaniel Fiske (1653-1735)Mary Warren (1651-1734)Benjamin Harrington (1685-1768)Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Benjamin Harrington (1685-1768)Benjamin Harrington (1661-1724)Abigail Bigelow (1663-1754)Lydia Fiske (1687-1761)Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Harold Bingham Lee (1899-1973)Samuel Marion Lee (1875-1947)Louisa Emaline Bingham (1879-1959)Freda Johanna Jensen (1897-1981)Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
James Campbell Livingston (1858-1924)James Campbell Livingston (1833-1909)Agnes Widdison (1831-1920)Sarah Francis Chapman (1871-1949)Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
John T. Medcalf (1843-1899)William O Medcalf (1813-1893)Martha Ann Binns (1814-1880)Susan E Reid (c1858-)Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States
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UK 1939 Register - free month from Findmypast in 2025

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