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Meeting of the ocean
rowers at the Royal Geographical Society.
London, June 1997.
(Rear L-->R) Sylvia Cook, Sean Crowley, Geoff Allum, Derek King, Mike
Nestor. (Front L-->R), Curtis & Kathleen Saville
Curtis Lloyd Saville (of Derby Line, Vermont), accomplished explorer and
musician died in the Eastern Desert of Egypt while on a solo desert
mountain expedition on April 28, 2001. Curt and his wife Kathleen
McNally Saville successfully completed two major ocean crossing
expeditions: they rowed a 25-foot boat (which they built) across
the Atlantic (from Casablanca to Antigua) in 1981 (bearing the Explorers'
Club Flag) and they rowed the same boat, the Excalibur, across the
Pacific Ocean (breaking a speed record) from Peru to Australia in 1984.
During these ocean expeditions, Curtis obtained samples of unusual
marine surface
conditions and photographed marine life. His other expeditions
include exploratory mountaineering along the Virginia Glacier on the
South East edge of Baffin Island in the High Arctic. This was part
of the Canadian Polar Continental Shelf Project. In addition,
Curtis Saville was a French horn player. Educated a Juilliard
School of Music (B.A.) and Yale University (M.F.A.); he was a
Peace Corps Volunteer in La Paz, Bolivia in The 1960's and taught music
and writing. Curtis Saville is survived by his wife, Kathleen, his
son, Christopher, his mother, Eugenia Saville and his sister, Lynn
Saville. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to: "College
Bound Fund" FBO Christopher M. Saville c/o A.G. Edwards & Sons,
Inc. Attn: Joan E. Jones, 111 South Calvert St., Suite 2100, Baltimore,
MD 21202.
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