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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).

Childhood and studies

Andrei Filotti as 3rd-grader (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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Familypedia people who were born on this day

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Abigail Abbot (1734-1807)Benjamin Abbot (1686-1748)Abigail Abbot (1699-1753)Andover, Massachusetts, United States
Mira Agranov (1770-1837)Novogrudok, Grodno Region, Belarus
John Alden (1744-1766)Briggs Alden (1723-1796)Mercy Wadsworth (1724-1812)Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Elizabeth Apps (1840-1915)William Apps (1813-1901)Philadelphia Foots (1813-1874)Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia
Friederike Henriette von Anhalt-Bernburg (1702-1723)Karl Friedrich von Anhalt-Bernburg (1668-1721)Sofie Albertine von Solms-Sonnenwalde (1672-1708)Bernburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Priscilla Athineos (1672-1750)Athens, Central Greece, Greece
Richard Atkins (1600-1679)Chester, England, United Kingdom
Martha Atwood (1736-1817)Stephen Atwood (1706-1745)Sarah Collins (1708-1769)Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States
Ira Babbitt (1790-1867)William Babbitt (1766-1813)Lydia Bishop (1766-1840)Lanesborough, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
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Sarah Abbott (1718-1789)Nehemiah Abbott (1692-1767)Sarah Foster (1693-1755)Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Henry Abel Smith (1900-1993)Francis Abel Smith (1861-1908)Madeline St. Maur Seymour (1862-1951)Wellington Lodge, Winkfield, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
Harriet Lucinda Adams (1816-1891)Ephraim Adams (1769-1820)Louisa Lovell (1780-)Annabella, Sevier County, Utah, United States
Samuel Adams (1617-1688)Henry Adams (1582-1646)Edith Squire (1587-1673)Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Almond Renne Allred (1864-1949)William Allred (1828-1888)Eliza Isabella Tennessee Goff (1832-1908)Bellaire, Harris County, Texas, United States
William Allred (1765-1849)William Allred (1739-1825)Elizabeth Diffee (1735-1827)Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, United States
William Apps (c1812-1886)Cawdor, New South Wales, Australia
Seth Armstrong (1800-1880)London, England, United Kingdom
Nicholas Arnold (1550-1623)Richard Arnold (1520-1593)Jaquinta Young (1520-1583)Ilchester, Somersetshire, England
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Familypedia people who were first married on this day

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Thomas Kingsmill Abbott (c1848-1891)John Kingsmill Abbott (1805-1847)Frances Amanda Brady (1821-1902)Marion Lydiard (1862-1935)Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
George James Adams (1860-1927)Nathan William Adams (1832-1916)Mary Melinda Plunkett (1837-1924)Araminda Hamblin (1862-1941)St. George, Washington County, Utah, United States
Jonathan Alden (1721-1805)Eleazer Alden (1694-1773)Martha Shaw (1700-1769)Experience Hayward (1710-1809)Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Marijtje Appelman (1752-1812)Gerrit Appelman (1705-1781)Willempje aan de Noorderdijk (c1714-1753)Arien Vlaar (1756-1830)Westwoud, North Holland, Netherlands
Lydia Atzél de Borosjenő (1901-1972)Elemér Atzél de Borosjenő (1876-1919)Mária Wass de Czege (1880-1916)Ferenc Daniel de Vargyas (1887-1967)Sucutard, Cluj County, Romania
George Washington Gill Averett (1824-1902)John Averett (1780-1847)Jennette Hamilton Gill (1786-1855)Nancy Ann Turnbaugh (1836-1909)Pleasant Hill, Pike County, Illinois, United States
Henry Bagust (1890-1967)James Henry Bagust (1859-1914)Agnes Burton (1853-1930)Doris Lydia Crease (1898-1998)Methodist, Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia
Henry George Bailey (1859-1902)Henry Bailey (1841-1903)Mary Margaret Christie (1839-1868)Lucy Charlotte Guest (1869-1905)Crookwell, New South Wales, Australia
Charlotte Julia Baker (1865-1944)Robert Baker (1837-1921)Jane Leiff (1843-1930)David Truman Buckingham (1861-1911)Friend, Saline County, Nebraska, United States
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Familypedia people who had their second wedding (or first after a liaison) on this day

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Eleonore Wilhelmine von Anhalt-Köthen (1696-1726)Emanuel Lebrecht von Anhalt-Köthen (1671-1704)Gisele Agnes von Rath (1670-1740)Ernst August I. von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (1688-1748)Nienburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Almon Whiting Babbitt (1812-1856)Ira Babbitt (1790-1867)Nancy Crozier (1789-1859)Delcena Diadamia Johnson (1806-1854)Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois
Nathan Bennett Baldwin (1812-1891)Aaron Munson Baldwin (1784-1846)Julia Bishop (1791-1865)Margaret Oler (1846-1908)Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, Canada
Maria Halle Berry (1966)Jerome Jesse Berry (1934-2003)Judith Ann Hawkins (1939)Eric Benét Jordan (1966)
Patrick Reginald Boyle, 13th Earl of Cork (1910-1995)Reginald Courtenay Boyle (1877-1946)Violet Flower (1880-1974)Mary Gabrielle Ginnett (-1999)
Marguerite of Angoulême (1492-1549)Charles of Angoulême (1459-1496)Louise de Savoie (1476-1531)Henry II of Navarre (1503-1555)
John Cecil, 4th Earl of Exeter (1628-1678)David Cecil, 3rd Earl of Exeter (c1604-1643)Elizabeth Egerton (bef1612-1688)Mary Fane (1639-1681)
Archibald FitzRoy George Hay, 13th Earl of Kinnoull (1855-1916)George Hay-Drummond, 12th Earl of Kinnoull (1827-1897)Emily Blanche Charlotte Somerset (1828-1895)Florence Mary Darell (-1941)
Adriana Honing (1757-1844)Hermanus Honing (1723-1799)Engeltje Spijker (1731-1801)Jan van Zitteren (1754-1832)Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands
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