Don McLaren
{{Short description|New Zealand businessman}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2014}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2014}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Don McLaren
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CNZM|size=100%}}
| image = Don McLaren CNZM (cropped).jpg
| alt =
| caption = McLaren in March 2014
| birth_name = Donald George McLaren
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|08|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|11|05|1933|08|21|df=y}}
| death_place = Auckland, New Zealand
| nationality =
| other_names =
| occupation = Businessman
| known_for = Animal healthcare business, thoroughbred racehorse breeding
}}
Donald George McLaren {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CNZM|size=85%}} (21 August 1933 – 5 November 2014) was a New Zealand businessman specialising in equine pharmaceuticals.
Biography
Born in the Auckland suburb of Epsom in 1933,{{cite news | url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19330822.2.2 | title=Births | date=22 August 1933 | work=Auckland Star | accessdate=29 November 2014 | page=1}} McLaren founded Bomac Laboratories, an animal remedies company, in 1958.{{cite web |url=http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/news/article.cfm?mnarticle_uuid=447DF3F3-DBD6-9A1A-E2AA-EF58A8493864 |title=Animal health leader awarded honorary doctorate |date=14 May 2013 |website= |publisher=Massey University |accessdate=29 November 2014}} The company, which held 154 patents, 55 inventions and registered 360 products in New Zealand, was sold to German company Bayer in 2010.{{cite web |url=http://www.nzracing.co.nz/News/7487/Animal-health-leader-honoured.aspx |title=Animal health leader honoured |date=17 May 2013 |website= |publisher=New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing Inc. |accessdate=29 November 2014}}
McLaren was also active in the thoroughbred racing industry. He established Northfields Stud near Karaka,{{cite web |url=http://www.racinghalloffame.co.nz/News/Racing-Hall-of-Fame-News/Great-start-to-a-Promising-Year-for-McLaren |title=Great start to a promising year for McLaren |year=2014 |website= |publisher=New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame |accessdate=29 November 2014 |archive-date=5 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205080940/http://www.racinghalloffame.co.nz/News/Racing-Hall-of-Fame-News/Great-start-to-a-Promising-Year-for-McLaren |url-status=dead }} served on the committee of the Auckland Racing Club from 1980 to 1999 including a term as president from 1995 to 1999,{{cite web |url=http://haunuifarm.co.nz/News/Tribute+to+Don+McLaren%252C+CNZM/ |title=Tribute to Don McLaren, CNZM |date=7 November 2014 |website= |publisher=Haunui Farm |accessdate=29 November 2014}} and was patron of the New Zealand racing hall of fame.
McLaren was inducted into the New Zealand Business Hall of Fame in 1999.{{cite web |url=http://www.businesshalloffame.co.nz/past-laureates/ |title=Past laureates |date= |website= |publisher=New Zealand Business Hall of Fame |accessdate=29 November 2014}} In the 2000 New Year Honours, McLaren was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the animal health industry and racing.{{cite web | url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2000 | title=New Year honours list 2000 |date=31 December 1999| publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | accessdate=18 August 2019}} He was promoted to Companion of the same order in the 2014 New Year Honours.{{cite web | url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2014 | title=New Year honours list 2014|date=31 December 2013 | publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | accessdate=12 January 2018}} In 2013 he was awarded an honorary DSc degree by Massey University.
He died in Auckland on 5 November 2014.{{cite news | url=http://notices.nzherald.co.nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/obituary.aspx?n=donald-george-mclaren&pid=173072049&fhid=12595 | title=Dr Donald George McLaren CNZM obituary | date=7 November 2014 | work=New Zealand Herald | accessdate=29 November 2014}}
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