SAVILLE C.M.

SAVILLE C.M. 27.05. 1865 Melrose MA/USA 14.02. 1960 Hartford CT/USA Caleb Mills Saville, father of Thorndike (1892-1969), graduated in 1889 from the Harvard University, Cambridge MA, and continued during one year with post-graduate works at Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard University. He was Division engineer of the Metropolitan Water Board, Boston MA, from 1895 to 1905, engineer of the Isthmian Canal until 1912, conducting investigations on foundations of Gatun Dam, resulting in dam construction at the site proposed. He further investigated the hydrology and meteorology of Panama Canal. Upon returning to the USA he was manager and chief engineer of the Bureau of Water of the Metropolitan District, Hartford CT, installing and operating the new city water supply. Since 1948, Saville was a consultant at Hartford. He also was a member of the Commission on Regional Planning for Connecticut State. Saville was a noted water supply authority of the United States, who had been active mainly in the Panama Canal Zone, and at Hartford CT, managing its Metropolitan District Water Commission during sixteen years. His 1935 paper describes the third enlargement of the water supply scheme, including a notable filtration plant. His 1937 paper compares the designs of earth dams erected in the 1910s and 1930s, with the differences mainly in design, construction methods, and cost. The conservative New England style includes earth embankments with concrete masonry core-walls built into base rock, a thick vertical section of impermeable material against the core-wall on the water side, a bearing layer of homogeneous material on the reverse side, banks of permeable material with flat slopes for weight and protection to the cutoff walls on both sides, and well-placed rip-rap on the water face. Saville was awarded the 1914 Norman Medal from the American Society of Civil Engineers ASCE for a paper on Panama Canal, the 1931 President’s Premium from the Institution of Water Engineers, London UK, and in 1945 honorary membership from New England’s Water Works Association. Anonymous (1951). Saville, Caleb Mills. Who’s who in America 26: 2411. Marquis: Chicago. Anonymous (1960). Caleb M. Saville. Water Works Engineering 113(3): 229. Saville, C.M. (1935). Third enlargement in 83 years under way in Hartford. Engineering News-Record 115(Sep.12): 351-356. Saville, C.M. (1936). The underground water-index. Trans. AGU 17(2): 382-386. Saville, C.M. (1937). Earth dams: Yesterday and today. Water Works Engineering 90(Sep.15): 1301-1307. P

SAVILLE T. 03.10. 1892 Malden MA/USA 21.02. 1969 Gainesville FL/USA Thorndike Saville, son of Caleb Mills (1865-1960), graduated from Harvard University, Cambridge MA, with the MS degree in 1917, receiving honorary DE degrees from Syracuse University in 1951, and from New York University in 1957. He was then associate professor from 1919 and later professor of hydraulic and sanitary engineering at University of New York until his retirement in 1957. Saville further acted as Dean, the College of Engineering of his University, and served at University of Florida, Gainesville FL, as director of science and engineering studies from 1958 to 1960. In parallel he was chief engineer, the New York City Department of Conservation and Development. He was in 1961 elected Honorary Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers ASCE. Saville was an outstanding leader in the advancement of the engineering profession and of engineering education in general. His academic programs have raised the fields of sanitary science, meteorology, oceanography, and engineering physics to a major status. Both as an engineer and a citizen, he has devoted a lifetime to the conservation and judicious use of the natural resources, particularly its water reserves. His early work in the statistical analysis of river flow have proved valuable in flood control and river pollution projects. Later, he described the power situation in South America including future possibilities of hydroelectric developments. In 1936, he published an inventory of the US water resources. He further conducted studies in stream gaging, beach erosion, underground waters, rainfall, floods, evaporation, and siltation. He was Director ASCE from 1945 to 1948 and awarded the 75th Anniversary Medal of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASME in 1955. Anonymous (1937). Thorndike Saville. Water Works Engineering 90(May 26): 776. P Anonymous (1942). Thorndike Saville. Engineering News-Record 128(Mar.5): 371. P Anonymous (1948). Saville family established new record in ASCE. Water Works Engineering 101(11): 1037. P Anonymous (1956). Thorndike Saville. Engineering News-Record 156(Mar.22): 67-72. P Anonymous (1963). Saville, Thorndike. Who’s who in America 32: 2734. Marquis: Chicago. Saville, T. (1916). Rainfall data interpreted by laws of probability. Engineering News 76(26): 1208-1211. Saville, T., Watson, J.D. (1933). An investigation of the flow-duration characteristics of North Carolina streams. Trans. AGU 14(1): 406-425.