Donald G. McLean ’51

Don died May 7, 1998, of cancer. He was a former editor of the old Philadelphia Evening Bulletin and a conservationist. He joined the paper in 1953 as a reporter and later was editor of the editorial page. He retired in 1975. He was also a director. Don's grandfather, William, bought the Bulletin in 1905 and, by the 1940s, its circulation of over 700,000 was the country's largest of any afternoon daily. Don's father was chairman and publisher.

After he retired from the Bulletin, Don wrote and published an environmental newsletter, retired in 1979, and in 1985 was chairman of the Santa Barbara (Calif.) News Press.

Don prepared at Exeter. In college, he majored in history, was on the business board of the Prince, and joined Colonial Club. He roomed with Tom Wright, Jim Wallis, and Rollo White. He was in the Navy during the Korean War. At his service, Ben Pepper and Jim Wallis were among his ushers.

Don was an avid Tiger and, in the words of a classmate who knew him forever, "a very nice guy." Indeed he was. He is survived by Mona, his wife of 33 years, son Robert 2nd, daughters Elizabeth and Clare, two stepsons, two stepdaughters, and 15 grandchildren. The class mourns Don's death and sends his family its sympathy.

The Class of 1951