Douglas (Doug) Holman MacGarvey, 68, died Feb. 4 at the home of his brother, Commodore Ronald E. MacGarvey (USN Retired) of Duxbury.  Originally from Melrose, Mr. MacGarvey was the son of the late Mildred Holman MacGarvey and George Elliot MacGarvey.  He attended Frederick College and Old Dominion University in Virginia and was a 1959 graduate of Darien High School in Connecticut.  A maritime consultant and former cruise line executive, he was a pioneer in the cruise industry and the founder of two cruise lines, Sea Venture Cruises and Tropicana Cruises.  He was a senior vice president with Cunard Line in New York for 13 years, and part of the launch team for Regency Cruises, serving on that company’s first executive team, and later serving as president of Miami-based SeaEscape Cruises. During the U.S. Senate hearings on the Jones Act, Mr. MacGarvey testified as an expert witness representing the cruise industry. He was also a partner and president for Cuisine Sous Vide, a Vermont food manufacturing company and founder and president of Royal Tahitian Cruises and International Maritime Group.  Earlier in his career, he held positions with TWA in Washington, D.C., National Airlines in Norfolk, Va., and served a tour in the U.S. Navy.

Mr. MacGarvey was an  avid sailor and surfer, as well as an accomplished hockey player.  He captained the 1959 Darien High School hockey team, played one year of semi-pro hockey in Washington, D.C., and later coached Darien youth hockey.  He traveled to Hawaii frequently to surf the “big surf” and as a member of the Virginia Beach Jaycees in the 1960s, helped bring the East Coast Surfing Championships to Virginia Beach, establishing it as an annual event.

Mr. MacGarvey leaves his wife Clarice Bartel MacGarvey of Miami, Fla.; two sons, Mark MacGarvey and his wife Jeannine of Mt. Ephraim, N.J., and Douglas MacGarvey Jr. of Miami, Fla.; a daughter, Lisa Michele MacGarvey of Atlanta, Ga.; a brother, Ronald E. MacGarvey and his wife Dawn of Duxbury; two sisters, Georgine Holman MacGarvey and her husband, Steven Holman of Dorset, Vt. and Hon. Judith MacGarvey Livingston of Manchester, Vt.; two grandchildren; his aunt and cousin; ten nieces and nephews and nine grand nieces and nephews.

Memorial services for Mr. MacGarvey will be held  Friday, Feb. 12 at 2  p.m. at First Parish Church in Duxbury.  In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Old Colony Hospice, 1 Credit Union Way, Randolph, MA 02368.  Arrangements are being handled by Shepherd Funeral Home in Kingston.