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SAVEGE, Andrew Carey Bryan – 91, of Shelburne passed away peacefully in Valley Regional Hospital on Thursday, October 31, 2024. Bryan was born in Richmond, Surrey, England to Ronald Maclure Savege and Alice Roma (Carey) Savege.
Bryan attended West Downs Public Boarding School, Wellington College and Oxford University. He spent a short period of time in the national military service following WW2. After his move to Canada in 1957 Bryan worked as a teacher and librarian at Rothsay, NB, Liverpool, NS ( 1 year) and to retirement in Shelburne Co, NS
Bryan was a beloved resident of Shelburne where he worked as a Librarian, volunteered at the Shelburne Historical Society, Shelburne Museum and was a proud NDP active member.
Bryan is survived by brothers; Graeme, Timothy , Mark (“Ros.”), Garry, and brother in law Maurice, all whom reside in the United Kingdom. He is also survived by a special friend Nickolas, along with many friends he has made during his time residing in Shelburne.
Beside his parents he was predeceased by his brother, Richard (“Ricky”), and sister in law Margaret.
Arrangements are under the care of H.M. Huskilsons Funeral Home & Crematorium Ltd., Shelburne. A visitation will take place on Friday November 8th from 6-8 pm from Huskilson’s Funeral Chapel, 58 Bulkley Street, Shelburne. Funeral service to be held on Saturday November 9th at 2:00 pm from the Christ Anglican Church, 29 Ann Street, Shelburne.
Donations in memory of Bryan may be made to a charity of choice.
On-line condolences for the family may be left at www.huskilson.net
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Bryan attended the public school Wellington College and Magdalen College, Oxford University, and served in the Kings Dragoon Guards for the 2 years of his National Service. following WW2.
Although Bryan spent most of his career in Canada, he faithfully remembered the birthdays of all the family in England and sent generous gifts. Every few years he returned to England to join in family celebrations and he is especially remembered for his colourful dramatization of history to which we would all listen spellbound.
He taught at a secondary school at Westcliff on Sea in Es, England but in the late 1950’S moved to Canada taking up employment at Rothesay Collegiate School (RCS) in the fall of 1957 as a teacher of English and History and Housemaster of Mackay House.
He became Assistant Headmaster and Dean of Disciplines in 1970 after the longtime Headmaster and Assistant Headmaster both retired. Bryan also took a keen interest in the school’s history during the early 1970s and helping to prepare for the school’s centennial in 1977, he created the school archives.
He was beloved by his students. David Casgrain ’70 said recently of Doc that he was passionate, colourful, enthusiastic, and that all his former students still love him for these qualities today. They chose for him the moniker of “Doc” early in his career, not for his advanced understanding of his favourite subject of history, but because he so faithfully cared for them when they were ill.
In 1977, Linda Ann Heffernan, the Headmistress of Netherwood, good-naturedly chided Doc for his view that “ladies of Netherwood” were a great nuisance because they “messed up his schedules, complicated life, got his boys into trouble and, in short, most of the time, were the root of all problems.” But she quickly added that “even in the midst of disagreement, there is that one quality of which I have never been uncertain and that was his concern for his ‘boys’.”
During a flu epidemic that year, a Netherwood girl even commented that “he made me feel as though we were a family; that he really cared about me.” Headmistress Heffernan’s words about Doc Savege ring true today: “No matter how diverse the staff, the great ones have among them one characteristic… they cared.” Doc has never stopped caring about the school
and his students, returning to the Hill from England in 1978 after a call from Headmaster Win Hackett, and remaining until 1982. And since then, his contributions to the RNS Archives Department have been essential to its development, reflecting both Doc’s passion for history and his love for the school and its students
This leads us to the enduring contribution of Doc Savege to Rothesay Collegiate (later Rothesay Netherwood) School.
While his tenure began in a time of relative stability, the late 1970s and early 1980s brought anxious uncertainty about the long-term prospects for RCS and Netherwood. Students do not really like uncertainty, despite their penchant for rebellion, particularly when their school is their home. What they wanted and needed then – and still need today – is a school community founded on positive relationships, that encourages them, challenges them, and believes in them – in short, one that cares for them.
Doc Savege was a champion of these ideals. He stood for the best that an independent school education could offer a young person. Our school today is in his debt for his legacy of educational excellence and genuine care for his students. As Peter Nee ’77 put it in the Blue and White that year, “Doc was always there to supervise, organize, and advise us on so many things, small at the time, that were, upon reflection, so important.”
After 20 years at RCS, Bryan felt he needed a «break» and, with no option to take a sabbatical at the time, he resigned from RCS in 1977. He returned to England to spend time with family and begin studies toward a Diploma in Library and Information Studies for Teacher Librarians at the University of London’s Institute of Education.
With a change in Headmasters at RCS, Bryan was called upon in England and asked to return to RCS to become Assistant Headmaster and Housemaster of Mackay House, to which Bryan agreed and returned that fall in 1978. He remained in this role until June 1982 when he put forward his interest to fulfill the role of Headmaster but the School Board wanted a candidate from outside the school.
Bryan resigned in June 1982 to continue his library degree studies, this time at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In June 1983 he graduated with a Master of Library Science. That fall he spent a year as Librarian at Sackville Senior High School (Lower Sackville, NS) before moving on to Liverpool Regional High School as Librarian for 84-85. After spending part of the summer in England for his father’s funeral, Bryan returned to Nova Scotia and found employment as Librarian at Shelburne Regional High School where he remained for the following 12 years and becoming Supervisor of School Library Services for Shelburne County.
Retiring in 1997 at the age of 64, Bryan became involved with the Shelburne Historical Society, and particularly the Shelburne County Museum, where he was Chair of the Board for a time.
He took an interest in politics and twice acted as a candidate’s agent, the person who must authorize all expenditures on behalf of the candidate’s campaign and provide a proper accounting of them to the Election authorities afterwards.
Bryan spent much of 2002 and 2003 in England. In 2005 he organized two retrospective exhibitions of his mother’s art works, mainly her paintings, but also some of her sculpture. The first exhibition was at Osterley House and the second exhibition at the Royal Geographical Society.
Since his final departure from RCS in 1982, he has remained engaged with continued loyalty and interest in the school. And a forever favourite teacher to many boys spanning four decades. He returned to the Hill most years in June for Closing Ceremonies and was invited by alumni classes most years to be with them for special alumni reunion celebrations. Bryan would also stop in to say hello on his yearly trips to open and close his cottage on the Kingston Peninsula.
Bryan “Doc” Savege is named Founder for his steadfast belief in and care for his students, his example as an educator, and his engagement with the extended school community since retirement
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