Ross McLean (civil servant)
John Ross McLean | |
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| Born | John Ross McLean 5 July 1905 |
| Died | 26 July 1984 (aged 79) |
| Occupation | Civil Servant, Journalist |
| Alma mater | University of Manitoba (M.A.) University of Oxford (B.Litt.) University of Oxford (M.Litt.) |
| Spouse | Beverley Cosh |
| Children | Digby, Yolande |
John Ross McLean (1905-1984), the 11th of 12 children of a Northern Manitoba minister and farmer, was born in the small prairie village of Ethelbert in 1905. He became a Canadian journalist and civil servant. In the latter role he served as the Commissioner of the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) in the 1940s, having previously been instrumental in the foundation of the Board the previous decade.