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{{Short description|Australian businessman (1909–1998)}}
Sir '''Ian Munro McLennan''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100|KCMG|KBE|FAA|FTSE}} (1909–1998) 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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McLennan was born in [[Stawell, Victoria]], and spent his early childhood at [[Mooroopna]]. He attended [[Scotch College, Melbourne]] as a border, 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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| 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]]
| 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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After graduating from university in 1932 he joined the Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited ([[BHP]]) as a cadet in its [[Whyalla]] works and at the nearby [[Iron Knob]] iron-ore mine. In April 1971 McLennan was appointed Chairman and Director of Administration of [[BHP]], positions he held until 1977 when he reached the compulsory retirement age for BHP directors. Thus, in just less than forty years he had moved through the company ranks to its most senior position. During that time he had guided the company though a series of major changes including its move into pretroleum exploration and production in offshore [[Bass Strait]].▼
▲McLennan was born in [[Stawell, Victoria]], and spent his early childhood at [[Mooroopna]]. He attended [[Scotch College, Melbourne]] as a
▲After graduating from university in 1932 he joined the Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited ([[BHP]]) as a cadet in its [[Whyalla]] works and at the nearby [[Iron Knob]] iron-ore mine. In April 1971 McLennan was appointed Chairman and Director of Administration of [[BHP]], positions he held until 1977 when he reached the compulsory retirement age for BHP directors. Thus, in just less than forty years he had moved through the company ranks to its most senior position. During that time he had guided the company though a series of major changes including its move into
His directorships and roles included:
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*Chairman of [[Australia and New Zealand Banking Group|ANZ Bank]]
*Director of [[Orica#History|ICI Australia]]
*Chairman of Interscan Australia Pty Ltd<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.eoas.info/biogs/A001154b.htm |title= Interscan Australia Pty Ltd (1970s - ?) |work= Corporate Entry |publisher= Encyclopaedia of Australian Science |date= 16 March 2006 |author= Ailie Smith }}<br />{{cite web |title= Interscan aircraft landing system |url= https://csiropedia.csiro.au/interscan-aircraft-landing-system/ |publisher= CSIROpedia }}</ref>
*Director of [[Henry Jones IXL]]
*Member of the [[General Motors]] Advisory Council
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>
He was
In 1956 he was made a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) for his services as a member of the
In 1979 he was made a [[Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George]] (KCMG) for services to youth, the community and industry.<ref name=KCMG>[https://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1082532&search_type=simple&showInd=true McLENNAN, Ian Munro - The Order of St Michael and St George- Knights Commander (KCMG)], 30 December 1978, It's an Honour.</ref>▼
McLennan endowed his old school, [[Scotch College, Melbourne]] with the Sir Ian McLennan Chair of Design and Technology.
He died in Melbourne in 1998.
==Honours and awards==
Source:<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>
*1964: James N. Kirby Medal of the Institute of Production Engineers
*1968: Honorary Doctorates of Engineering, University of Melbourne and University of Newcastle
*1968: [[Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal]] of the [[Engineers Australia|Institution of Engineers, Australia]]
*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).
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*1986: The First Class [[Order of the Sacred Treasure]] from the Emperor of Japan
==References==
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* {{cite journal |author= P.N. Richards |title=Ian Munro McLennan 1909–1998 |journal= Historical Records of Australian Science |volume=15 |number=2 |year=2004 |page=251 |doi=10.1071/HR04006 |via=Australian Academy of Science |url=https://www.science.org.au/fellowship/fellows/biographical-memoirs/ian-munro-mclennan-1909-1998 }}
* {{cite journal |title=A great Australian |journal=Great Scot |publisher=Scotch College Melbourne |date=December 1998 |url=http://www.scotch.vic.edu.au/Gscot/GSdec98/p48McL.htm |
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