February 2010, Maclean

	Dr. Walter Maclean
	Employer & Position Professor Emeritus United States Merchant Marine Academy Location Sea Cliff, New York Education USMMA, 1945 B.S., M.E., U.C. Berkeley, 1956 M.Eng., Naval Architecture, U.C. Berkeley, 1957 D. Eng., Naval Architecture, U.C. Berkeley, 1967 SNAME Section New York Metropolitan Section SNAME Positions: Chairman, Scholarships Committee Past Chairman, Applications Committee, 1974 Past Chairman, Education Committee, 1977-79 Past Chairman, Metropolitan Section, 1979 - 80 Past Chairman, T&R Panel HS-2, 1976 - 1986 Past Chairman, Hull Structures Committee, 1986 -1996 Past Chairman, P.E. Licensure Committee, 2000 - 2008	Dr. Walter Maclean 55-year SNAME Member

Dr. Walter Maclean

Employer & Position
Professor Emeritus
United States Merchant Marine Academy

Location
Sea Cliff, New York

Education
USMMA, 1945

B.S., M.E., U.C. Berkeley, 1956

M.Eng., Naval Architecture, U.C. Berkeley, 1957

D. Eng., Naval Architecture, U.C. Berkeley, 1967

SNAME Section
New York Metropolitan Section

SNAME Positions:
Chairman, Scholarships Committee
Past Chairman, Applications Committee, 1974
Past Chairman, Education Committee, 1977-79
Past Chairman, Metropolitan Section, 1979 - 80
Past Chairman, T&R Panel HS-2, 1976 - 1986
Past Chairman, Hull Structures Committee, 1986 -1996
Past Chairman, P.E. Licensure Committee, 2000 - 2008

Dr. Walter Maclean
55-year SNAME Member

Dr. Walter M. Maclean graduated from the USMMA on May 18, 1945, and sailed in various steam and motor ship engineering positions in trans-Pacific and Around-the-World services until 1952. He returned to school at the University of California, Berkeley in 1953, graduating in 1956, also working as a stationary engineer and consulting office draftsman. While working as a consulting engineer he continued graduate studies, receiving his Master of Engineering degree in 1957 and also engaging in the Boulder Victory thermal stress research and naval vessel Underway Replenishing exercises. In 1959 he became engaged in ship structures research at the U.C. College of Engineering, becoming qualified for doctoral studies in 1960. In 1965, Dr. Maclean joined the Webb Institute faculty, teaching undergraduate and graduate structural mechanics courses and participating in research under Edward V. Lewis. He joined the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy faculty in 1972 as Department of Engineering Head, and in 1975 took a position as Manager, Requirements Development Laboratory at the National Maritime Research Center, also becoming a MARAD member of the Ships Structure Subcommittee of the Interagency Ships Structure Committee, returning to the academy again in 1987 to teach naval architecture, ship structure design and other engineering subjects until his 1995 retirement. He was awarded the Webb Medal in 1999. Dr. Walter M. Maclean first joined SNAME as a student member in 1955. While serving on the faculty at Webb Institute in Glen Cove, NY, he joined the New York Metropolitan Section Membership Committee and has been actively engaged in Society committee work ever since. by Alana Alissa Yoshiko Anderson

Dr. Walter M. Maclean graduated from the USMMA on May 18, 1945, and sailed in various steam and motor ship engineering positions in trans-Pacific and Around-the-World services until 1952. He returned to school at the University of California, Berkeley in 1953, graduating in 1956, also working as a stationary engineer and consulting office draftsman.

While working as a consulting engineer he continued graduate studies, receiving his Master of Engineering degree in 1957 and also engaging in the Boulder Victory thermal stress research and naval vessel Underway Replenishing exercises. In 1959 he became engaged in ship structures research at the U.C. College of Engineering, becoming qualified for doctoral studies in 1960.

In 1965, Dr. Maclean joined the Webb Institute faculty, teaching undergraduate and graduate structural mechanics courses and participating in research under Edward V. Lewis. He joined the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy faculty in 1972 as Department of Engineering Head, and in 1975 took a position as Manager, Requirements Development Laboratory at the National Maritime Research Center, also becoming a MARAD member of the Ships Structure Subcommittee of the Interagency Ships Structure Committee, returning to the academy again in 1987 to teach naval architecture, ship structure design and other engineering subjects until his 1995 retirement. He was awarded the Webb Medal in 1999.

Dr. Walter M. Maclean first joined SNAME as a student member in 1955. While serving on the faculty at Webb Institute in Glen Cove, NY, he joined the New York Metropolitan Section Membership Committee and has been actively engaged in Society committee work ever since.

by Alana Alissa Yoshiko Anderson