Background
Saville,, Thorndike was born in 1925 in Baltimore.
Saville,, Thorndike was born in 1925 in Baltimore.
AB, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1947. Master of Science, University California, Berkeley, 1949.
Research assistant University California, Berkeley, 1947-1949. Hydraulic engineer Beach Erosion Board and Coastal Engineering Research Center, Washington, District of Columbia and Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 1949-1981, chief research division, 1964-1971, technical director, 1971-1981. Consultant, since 1981.
With United States Army, 1943-1946.
Fellow: American Society of Civil Engineers (Huber award 1963, Moffatt-Nichol award 1979, International Coastal Engineering award 1991), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington Academy of Sciences (board managers 1962-1969). Member: American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (board directors 1976-1997, vice president 1988-1995, M. P. O'Brien award 1997), Permanent International Association, Navigation Congresses (honorary. United States commissioner 1971-1978, United States commissioner emeritus since 1987, United States representative PTC II 1991-1998), National Academy Engineering, American Geophysical Union, Cosmos Club (Washington).