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THORNDIKE SAVILLE JR.
Pages 260-263

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... MEI THORNDIKE SAVILLE JR., former director of the Coastal Engineering Research Center, Army Corps of Engineers, and a leader of the coastal engineering profession in the United States, died on November 5, 2014, at the age of 89. Saville, known as Thorn to his colleagues and friends, was born on August 1, 1925, in Baltimore, Maryland, into a family of distinguished hydraulic engineers.
From page 262...
... Another major accomplishment is the establishment of the Field Research Facility in Duck, North Carolina, recognized throughout the world as the premier research laboratory for developing the scientific foundations and engineering tools required to support sound coastal development. Saville authored more than 75 publications in the field of hydraulics, including three BEB Technical Memoranda in 1953: Accuracy of Hydrographic Surveying In and Near the Surf Zone (with Joseph M
From page 263...
... is survived by his wife Janet Foster Saville, daughters Sarah Saville Shaffer and Jennifer Saville, son Gordon Foster Saville and his wife Bei Huang Saville. Thorndike Saville Jr.


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