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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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John Abell (1678-1751)Caleb Abell (1646-1731)Margaret Post (1653-1700)Norwich, New London County, Connecticut
Arnold Achleitner (1858-1945)Berlin, Germany
Benjamin Alden (1757-1825)John Alden (1698-1759)Rebecca Nightingale (1724-1820)Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States
George Underwood Alley (1912-1943)George Underwood Alley (1868-1959)Mary Ann Temple (1887-1922)Nowra, New South Wales, Australia
Wilson Monroe Allred (1828-1910)William Hackley Allred (1804-1890)Elizabeth Ivie (1807-1870)Bedford County, Tennessee, United States
Matthew Arcenaux (1900-1973)Athens, Central Greece, Greece
Maria von Anhalt-Zerbst (1538-1563)Johann IV. von Anhalt-Dessau (1504-1551)Margaretha von Brandenburg (1511-1577)
Paul Atkins (1798-1883)Paul Atkins (1770-1851)Mary Higgins (1770-1838)Truro, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States
Joseph Woodbury Averill (1829-1908)Jesse Averill (1798-1850)Eliza Conant (1803-1872)Mont Vernon, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States
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Edward Aartsen (1810-1890)Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Margaret Hamilton Adams (1796-1872)Archibald Hamilton Adams (1769-1811)Maria McKinney (1777-1810)Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States
John Allen (1631-1711)Walter Allen (1601-1681)Rebecca Ward (1601-1678)Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Alfred Thompson Archer (1874-1940)Robert Archer (1848-1929)Caroline Cramp (1849-1929)Fairfield, New South Wales, Australia
Juliane von Sachsen-Lauenburg (1589-1630)Franz II. von Sachsen-Lauenburg (1547-1619)Marie von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1566-1626)Norburg, Sønderborg Municipality, Southern Denmark, Denmark
Alexander Badlam (1809-1894)Ezra Badlam (1773-1842)Mary Lovis (1774-)San Francisco, California, United States
Alexandru Bagdat (1880-1931)Constantin Bagdat (1851-1885)Paulina Stănescu (c1854-c1920)Râmnicu Sărat, Buzău County, Romania
William Baker (1814-1898)William Baker (1788-1863)Lydia Standing (c1788-1853)Minersville, Beaver County, Utah, United States
Lieselotte Balmer (1500-1560)Surrey, England, United Kingdom
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Anna Cornelis (c1675-1728)Cornelis Robberts (1645-1708)PerijntienDirk Broersen (c1675-1763)Grootebroek, North Holland, Netherlands
Rachel Adams (1650-1678)Peter Adams (1622-1690)Rachel Newcomb (1631-1690)George Fairbanks (1650-1737)Medfield, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Thomas Goldsborough Alford (1873-1940)Stephen Goldsborough Alford (-c1893)Clarissa Jane Hilliar (-c1883)Jessie Ada Eleanor Mylecharane (1878-1945)Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia
Jaime II of Aragon (1267-1327)Pedro III de Aragón (1240-1285)Constance of Sicily (1249-1302)Isabel of Castile (1283-1328)Soria
Jonathan Ashby (1746-1797)Jonathan Ashby (1717-1797)Mary Dean (1718-1751)Lydia Kimball (1748-1793)Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Earl Willard Avery (1823-1867)Simeon Shipman Avery (1784-1873)Polly Clark (1789-1846)Cordelia Thankful Wiles (1828-1879)Essex, Essex County, New York, United States
Grace Anna Barber (1863-1939)William Barber (1816-1913)Amelia Graves (1817-1867)James Buchanan Woolsey (1856-1938)Atchison County, Missouri, United States
Elske Bennekinck (c1669-1719)Derck Bennekinck (c1626-)Temmele Benninck (c1638-)Geert Meerdink (c1650-1719)Winterswijk, Gelderland, Netherlands
Heiken Bennekinck (c1597-?)Unknown Bennekinck (c1565-?)Willem Dulmes (c1592-?)(Winterswijk+ Gelderland+ Netherlands)
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Thomas Goldsborough Alford (1873-1940)Stephen Goldsborough Alford (-c1893)Clarissa Jane Hilliar (-c1883)Amy Henrietta Rathmell (1873-1949)Burwood, New South Wales, Australia
Charles William Beasley (1776-1837)Henry Beasley (bef1776 )Susannah Trubshaw (bef1776 )Hannah Port (c1796-1856)St Matthews, Windsor, New South Wales, Australia
Hendrik Blok (1813-1880)Gilles Blok (c1788-1826)Antonia Mandel (c1787-1822)Cornelia van Gulik (1816-1859)Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Jacobus Brussé (1794-1860)Jacobus Brussé (c1768-1813)Adriana Honing (1757-1844)Carolina van Schuik (c1792-1854)Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands
Phyllis Amelia Buttsworth (1917-2003)Henry Wilberforce Buttsworth (1883-1977)Millicent Redman (1896-1921)Jock McDonald Armstrong (1921-2002)Jones Island, New South Wales, Australia
Elizabeth Coverly (1815-1879)William Bidgood (c1783-c1816)Maria Coverly (1792-1864)James Overton (1842-1878)Richmond, New South Wales, Australia
Samuel Cranston (1659-1727)John Cranston (1625-1680)Mary Clarke (1641-1711)Judith Parrott (1669-1737)Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island
Margaret Edith Flanagan (c1819-1907)Daniel Flanagan (c1788-1851)Elizabeth Campbell (1794-)William Swindell (?-1896)Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia
Gradus Jan Hesselink (1801-1870)Teunis Hesselink (1765-1814)Anna Geertruid ter Haar (1768-1810)Harmina Klomps (1803-1893)Netherlands
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