Oral Histories - Alexander McLean
Channel: Canada Science and Technology Museum
Date: 2016-03-24

“I remember looking out of the train and seeing these cars whipping back and forth on the QEW, and thinking boy we’ll never drive in Canada! This is so different from back in Scotland.”

Metallurgist Dr. Alexander McLean moved to Canada from Scotland in 1963 to work at McMaster University as Postdoctoral Fellow and then as an Associate Professor. He then moved to Pittsburgh where he spent a few years in industry at the Graham Research Laboratory of Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp. He spent the rest of his career at the University of Toronto where he is now a Professor Emeritus.

For full interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_2466057053&feature=iv&src_vid=LhEhnaqMCrw&v=xN0zaCJLWrA

Part of the Mining and Metallurgy Legacy Project.