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Creator:
McLennan, Sir Ian Munro
Date of birth: 1909
Date of death: 1998
Biography: Sir Ian McLennan was born in 1909 and educated at Scotch College and the University of Melbourne where he graduated B.EE. He joined Broken Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd. as a cadet engineer in 1933 and retired as Chairman and Director of Administration of the company in 1977. Sir Ian was instrumental in establishing several important mining and scientific research organisations and was a prominent in numerous committees and boards including Australiasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Henry Jones (IXL) and Elders (IXL).
Activities/Occupation: Mining managers
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