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{{Short description|Australian businessman (1909–1998)}}
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Sir '''Ian Roblosobotialionoic McLennan''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|KCMG|KBE|FAA|FTSE}} (30 November 1909 – 25 October 1998) was a prominent Australian director of public companies, most notably as Chairman of Australia's then largest company, the Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited ([[BHP]]).▼
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| honorific-prefix = [[Sir]]
| name = Ian McLennan
| honorific-suffix = [[Order of St Michael and St George|KCMG]] [[Order of the British Empire|KBE]] [[List of fellows of the Australian Academy of Science|FAA]] [[Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering|FTSE]] [[Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy|HonFAusIMM]]
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| birth_name = Ian McLennan
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1909|11|30}}
| birth_place = [[Stawell, Victoria|Stawell]] Australia
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1998|10|25|1909|11|30}}
| death_place = [[Melbourne]] Australia
| education = [[Scotch College, Melbourne|Scotch College]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Melbourne]]
| occupation = {{hlist|business executive|[[company director]]}}
| awards = [[Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George]]<br />Knight of the [[Order of the British Empire]]<br />[[Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science]]
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McLennan was born in [[Stawell, Victoria]], and spent his early childhood at [[Mooroopna]]. He attended [[Scotch College, Melbourne]] as a boarder, where he was equal Dux of School in 1927. After leaving school he studied electrical engineering at the [[University of Melbourne]] and was a resident at the University's [[Ormond College]].
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He was a [[Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science]] (FAA), a Foundation [[Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering]] (FTSE), and also the Foundation President of [[Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering|ATSE]] (1975–1983).<ref>[https://www.atse.org.au/atse/about/history/content/about/history.aspx A retrospective look at ATSE] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906073527/https://www.atse.org.au/atse/about/history/content/about/history.aspx |date=2018-09-06 }}, ''History'', Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering</ref>
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In 1956 he was made a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) for his services as a member of the Immigration Planning Council.<ref name=CBE>[https://
McLennan endowed his old school, [[Scotch College, Melbourne]] with the Sir Ian McLennan Chair of Design and Technology.
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He died in Melbourne in 1998.
==Honours and awards==
==Honours and awards <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.science.org.au/fellowship/fellows/biographical-memoirs/ian-munro-mclennan-1909-1998|title=Ian Munro McLennan 1909-1998|publisher=Australian Academy of Science|access-date= 8 September 2020}}</ref>==▼
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*1964: James N. Kirby Medal of the Institute of Production Engineers
*1968: Honorary Doctorates of Engineering, University of Melbourne and University of Newcastle
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*1981: Charles F. Rand Memorial Gold Medal of the [[American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers]]
*1981: [[Bessemer Gold Medal]] of The Metals Society (Great Britain).
*1979: [[Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George]] (KCMG) for services to youth, the community and industry
*1986: The First Class [[Order of the Sacred Treasure]] from the Emperor of Japan
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