Nina McClelland
{{Short description|American chemist (1929–2020)}}
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Nina Irene McClelland (21 August 1929 – 16 August 2020) was an American chemist. She was dean emeritus and professor of chemistry at the University of Toledo.
Early life and education
McClelland was raised by her mother Lillian McClelland, who worked as a foreign language teacher.{{cite web |title=Lillian McClelland |url=http://www.bedfordyes.com/images/BhsMcLelland.pdf |website=bedfordyes.com |access-date=October 3, 2019 |date=October 25, 1997}} Growing up, McClelland took vocal lessons and was taught six languages by her mother.{{cite web |title=UT News |url=https://www.utoledo.edu/offices/marketing/utnews/pdfs/UTnewspdfs/UTnews2008/2008.09.02.UTnews.pdf |website=utoledo.edu |access-date=October 3, 2019 |page=1 |date=September 2, 2008}} McClelland's aunt, Fern Mervos, was a professor in the department of mathematics at the University of Toledo.{{cite web |title=UT NEWS |url=https://www.utoledo.edu/offices/marketing/utnews/pdfs/UTnewspdfs/UTnews2008/2008.02.25.UTnews.pdf |website=utoledo.edu |access-date=October 3, 2019 |page=4 |date=February 25, 2008}} McClelland says she was very close to her aunt and as a child would visit her at work.
McClelland graduated from Gibsonburg High School and pursued a degree in mathematics at the University of Toledo. She eventually earned her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science from the University of Toledo before graduating with a doctoral degree in environmental chemistry from the University of Michigan in 1968.{{cite news |last1=Henry |first1=Tom |title=UT dedicating new lab in honor of one of its most distinguished scientists |url=https://www.toledoblade.com/local/environment/2019/09/18/university-of-toledo-dedicating-new-lab-in-honor-of-one-of-its-most-distinguished-scientists-on-thursday/stories/20190918126 |access-date=October 3, 2019 |publisher=The Blade |date=September 18, 2019}}
Career
In 1967, while earning her PhD, McClelland became involved with the American Chemical Society.{{cite web |title=FROM THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD, NINA I. McCLELLAND |url=http://pubsapp.acs.org/cen/125th/html/7913nina.html? |website=pubsapp.acs.org |access-date=October 3, 2019 |date=March 26, 2001}} The next year, McClelland was named president and chief executive officer of the National Sanitation Foundation International.{{cite web |last1=Hayes |first1=Krista M. |title=UT alumna to receive American National Standards Institute medal |url=https://www.utoledo.edu/offices/marketing/utnews/pdfs/UTnewspdfs/UTnews2006-04/2005.10.03.UTnews.pdf |website=utoledo.edu |access-date=October 3, 2019 |page=2 |date=October 3, 2005}} During her time at the National Sanitation Foundation, McClelland led the International Clean Water program and served on the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Water Treatment Chemicals.{{cite news |last1=Rowland |first1=Kyle |title=Wildlife Federation recognizes UT alumna |url=https://www.toledoblade.com/local/2016/04/01/Wildlife-Federation-recognizes-UT-alumna.html |access-date=October 3, 2019 |publisher=The Blad |date=April 1, 2016}} She also created a Water Quality Index to report water quality in lakes, rivers and streams. After the Safe Drinking Water Act was passed in the 1970s, McClelland also helped create the governmental standard for chemicals to treat drinking water.{{cite web |title=Alumni to be honored at annual Homecoming Gala |url=http://news.utoledo.edu/index.php/category/colleges/colleges-jhcoehshs |website=news.utoledo.edu|access-date=October 3, 2019 |date=October 22, 2014}} In 1986, McClelland sat on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Advisory Committee.{{cite book |title=U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Advisory Committees, Charters, Rosters, and Accomplishments |date=April 14, 2017 |publisher=U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |page=31 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tc6piMai7OsC&q=nina+McClelland+professor+at+University+of+Michigan&pg=PA31}}
In 1991, McClelland was the recipient of the Walter S. Mangold Award from the National Environmental Health Association.{{cite web |title=Listing of Past Walter S. Mangold Award Winners |url=https://www.neha.org/walter-s-mangold-award-winners |website=neha.org |access-date=October 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828023446/https://www.neha.org/walter-s-mangold-award-winners |archive-date=August 28, 2017}} In 1993, McClelland spoke in front of the United States Congress Committee on Environment and Public Works to promote cost-effective treatments to assist smaller, isolated communities in accessing clean drinking water.{{cite book |title=Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1993 |date=1994 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |isbn=9780160439209 |pages=154–155 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lvxcTZpgxEkC&q=nina+McClelland++International+Clean+Water+program&pg=PA154 |access-date=October 3, 2019}} In 1995, McClelland was awarded chairwoman emeritus status{{cite news |title=Nina McClelland, 67 |url=https://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/19970331/SUB/160609727/nina-mcclelland-67 |access-date=October 3, 2019 |publisher=Crain's Detroit Business |date=March 31, 1997}} and started her own, independent consulting firm.{{cite web |last1=Strunk |first1=Jon |title=Dean emerita honored by American Chemical Society |url=http://news.utoledo.edu/index.php/09_28_2011/mcclelland-honored-as-american-chemical-society-fellow |website=news.utoledo.edu |access-date=October 3, 2019 |date=September 28, 2011}} As well, McClelland was later elected American Chemical Society Board of Directors Chair.{{cite web |last1=Morrisey |first1=Susan |title=Society Welcomes Its New Officers |url=http://pubsapp.acs.org/cen/topstory/8004/8004notw6.html? |website=pubsapp.acs.org |access-date=October 3, 2019 |date=January 28, 2002}}
McClelland was appointed an adjunct professor of chemistry at the University of Toledo in 2003. She was also the recipient of an honorary degree from the university.{{cite web |title=FEBRUARY 26, 2003 MINUTES PART TWO |url=http://www.utoledo.edu/offices/trustees/agendas_minutes/2003_agendas_minutes/02_26_2003_part_2.html |website=utoledo.edu |access-date=October 3, 2019}} Two years later, she was honored with the Wham Leadership Medal from the American National Standards Institute. In 2008, McClelland was promoted to interim dean of the college of arts and sciences.{{cite web |last1=Klinger |first1=Tobin J. |title=Interim dean for College of Arts and Sciences named |url=https://www.utoledo.edu/offices/marketing/utnews/pdfs/UTnewspdfs/UTnews2008/2008.08.18.UTnews.pdf |website=utoledo.edu |access-date=October 3, 2019 |date=August 18, 2008}} Her duties included improving the college of arts and sciences strategic assessment.{{cite web |title=People on the Move |url=https://www.ansi.org/news_publications/news_story?menuid=7&articleid=4d975036-4022-4747-91d5-0804580af12e |website=ansi.org |access-date=October 3, 2019 |date=August 15, 2008}} The interim honorific was dropped in 2010.{{cite web |title=YEAR IN REVIEW |url=http://www.utoledo.edu/offices/marketing/utnews/pdfs/UTnewspdfs/2009.12.14.UTnews.pdf |website=utoledo.edu |access-date=October 3, 2019 |page=6 |date=December 14, 2009 |quote=Dr. Nina McClelland, interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences since August 2008, receives a contract extension through 2010-11 academic year and interim is dropped from her title}} She was also inducted into the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame.{{cite web |title=Governor announces 2010 Ohio Women's Hall of Fame inductees |url=https://abc7.com/archive/7589457/ |website=abc7.com |access-date=October 3, 2019 |date=August 3, 2010}} The following year, McClelland was named a Fellow of the American Chemical Society and retired.
In 2014, McClelland was the recipient of the University's Gold T Award for her "outstanding career accomplishment." Two years later, in 2016, McClelland was the recipient of the National Wildlife Federation's Women in Conservation Award for her contributions to promoting clean energy and protecting clean water supplies.{{cite web |last1=Gearheart |first1=Ashley |title=Alumna/dean emerita honored by National Wildlife Federation |url=https://www.utoledo.edu/offices/marketing/utnews/pdfs/UTnewspdfs/2016.05.02.UTNews.pdf |website=utoledo.edu |access-date=October 3, 2019 |page=6 |date=May 2, 2016}} She was also honored by the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society{{cite web |title=2017 ANNUAL BANQUET |url=http://umich.edu/~sigmaxi/Documents/Program_for_2017_Banquet.pdf |website=umich.edu |access-date=October 3, 2019 |date=April 19, 2017}} and granted a symbolic key to the city of Toledo.{{cite tweet|user=city_of_toledo|number=913026116662722561|date=September 27, 2017|title= speaking at OAWWA conference where she just gave #SafeDrinkingWater Pioneer, Dr. Nina McClelland, a key to the city.}} In April, McClelland was one of five women given the Dr. Alice H. Skeens Outstanding Woman Award.{{cite web |last1=Kroll |first1=Vicki L. |title=University Women's Commission recognizes employees, awards scholarships to students |url=https://www.utoledo.edu/offices/marketing/utnews/pdfs/UTnewspdfs/April%2017.pdf |website=utoledo.edu |access-date=October 3, 2019 |page=8 |date=April 17, 2017}}
In 2019, McClelland was honored in front of the United States Congress for her accomplishments in preserving clean water.{{cite web |title=HONORING THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF DR. NINA McCLELLAND; Congressional Record Vol. 165, No. 151 |url=https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/2019/09/19/extensions-of-remarks-section/article/E1178-2 |website=congress.gov |access-date=October 3, 2019 |date=September 19, 2019}} The University of Toledo also dedicated a new Laboratory for Water Chemistry and Environmental Analysis in her name.{{cite web |last1=Christine |first1=Billau |title=New Chemistry Lab to be Dedicated in Honor of Water Quality Leader, UToledo alum Sept. 19 |url=http://news.utoledo.edu/index.php/09_17_2019/new-chemistry-lab-to-be-dedicated-in-honor-of-water-quality-leader-utoledo-alum-sept-19 |website=news.utoledo.edu |access-date=October 3, 2019 |date=September 17, 2019}}
She died on August 16, 2020, at the age of 90.[https://www.toledoblade.com/news/deaths/2020/08/17/nina-mcclelland-famous-ut-educated-scientist-dies-at-90/stories/20200817122 Nina McClelland, famous UT-educated scientist, dies at 90]
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