Hugh Norman Maclean ’40

Hugh Maclean died Dec. 15, 1997. He grew up in NYC and came to Princeton from Andover. He graduated with honors in English and was a member of Gateway Club. From 1940-46 Hugh served in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada with stations in Canada, Jamaica, the U.K., France, Holland, and Germany. After the war Hugh took an MA and PhD in English at the U. of Toronto. Subsequently he taught at the Canadian Royal Military College, the U. of Cincinnati, Toronto's York U., and from 1963 until he retired in 1986, at the State U. of New York at Albany, where he received the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching. From 1974 on he had held the rank of distinguished teaching professor. Siena College awarded him an honorary doctorate of humane letters in 1991.

Hugh authored and published articles and reviews in numerous literary journals, primarily on English Renaissance literature. With Lt.-Col. Sir John Baynes, Bt., he published in 1990 A Tale of Two Captains, a memoir and letters recording the military experiences of the editors' fathers in the British Army during WWI. Earlier he served as president of the Spenser Society and wrote a history of The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada.

Hugh married Janet Malcolm in 1949. He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Susan Mary Buda; and a son, Alan Peter. They have our deepest sympathy regarding the death of our classmate Hugh.

The Class of 1940