Timothy Blair McLean

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|caption= Timothy Blair McLean

|birth_date= {{birth date|1910|09|29}}

|death_date= {{death date and age|1982|06|28|1910|09|29}}

|birth_place= Fairydell, Alberta

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|allegiance= {{flag|Canada}}

|branch={{navy|Canada}}

|serviceyears= 1929–1964

|rank= Surgeon Rear-Admiral

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• Surgeon General of Canada 1960-1964
• Principal Medical Officer of the [Royal Canadian Navy] RCN Hospital at Esquimalt 1947-1950
• Principal Medical Officer of {{HMCS|Naden}} and Command Medical Officer 1952-1958

|battles= World War II

|awards= CD, CStJ, Queen's Honorary Surgeon

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Timothy Blair McLean, CD, CStJ, QHS (29 September 1910 – 28 June 1982) was the 21st Canadian Surgeon General.

Born in Fairydell, Alberta, Blair McLean was educated at the University of Alberta, where he graduated with a Medical Degree. He also completed post-graduate surgical training “at the U.S. Naval Hospital, San Diego, California”{{cite journal|title=New Surgeon General|journal=The Crowsnest|date=1964|volume=16|issue=7|page=13|url=http://cold-war.muninn-project.org/crowsnest/Crowsnest-1964_2.pdf|access-date=4 May 2015}} from 1950 to 1952.

McLean joined the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve (RCNVR) in 1929 “and served continuously in the naval reserve for the next 10 years.”{{cite journal|title=New Surgeon General|journal=The Crowsnest|date=1964|volume=16|issue=7|page=13|url=http://cold-war.muninn-project.org/crowsnest/Crowsnest-1964_2.pdf|access-date=4 May 2015}} At the beginning of the Second World War “he was called to active service as a surgeon lieutenant.”{{cite journal|title=New Surgeon General|journal=The Crowsnest|date=1964|volume=16|issue=7|page=13|url=http://cold-war.muninn-project.org/crowsnest/Crowsnest-1964_2.pdf|access-date=4 May 2015}} During the first half of the war, McLean “served as medical officer in the destroyers Ottawa, Saguenay, Fraser and Margaree, surviving the sinking of the latter two.”{{cite journal|title=New Surgeon General|journal=The Crowsnest|date=1964|volume=16|issue=7|page=13|url=http://cold-war.muninn-project.org/crowsnest/Crowsnest-1964_2.pdf|access-date=4 May 2015}} For the remainder of the war, “he served in various medical appointments ashore and as Principal Medical Officer of {{HMCS|Uganda|C66|6}} (cruiser).”{{cite journal|title=New Surgeon General|journal=The Crowsnest|date=1964|volume=16|issue=7|page=13|url=http://cold-war.muninn-project.org/crowsnest/Crowsnest-1964_2.pdf|access-date=4 May 2015}}

He joined the regular force in 1945, was subsequently “appointed Principal Medical Officer of the [Royal Canadian Navy] RCN Hospital at Esquimalt in March 1947.”{{cite journal|title=New Surgeon General|journal=The Crowsnest|date=1964|volume=16|issue=7|page=13|url=http://cold-war.muninn-project.org/crowsnest/Crowsnest-1964_2.pdf|access-date=4 May 2015}} The following year, “he was appointed Command Medical Officer, Esquimalt.”{{cite journal|title=New Surgeon General|journal=The Crowsnest|date=1964|volume=16|issue=7|page=13|url=http://cold-war.muninn-project.org/crowsnest/Crowsnest-1964_2.pdf|access-date=4 May 2015}}

McLean returned to school for a short period of time, from 1950 to 1952. Upon completing his studies, “he returned to the west coast as Principal Medical Officer of {{HMCS|Naden}} and Command Medical Officer.”{{cite journal|title=New Surgeon General|journal=The Crowsnest|date=1964|volume=16|issue=7|page=13|url=http://cold-war.muninn-project.org/crowsnest/Crowsnest-1964_2.pdf|access-date=4 May 2015}} He remained in the position until 1958, when he was appointed Medical Director General of the RCN. The following year Mclean was appointed Deputy Surgeon General (Professional); he succeeded to the position of Surgeon General in 1960.{{cite web|title=McLean, Timothy Blair|url=http://www.nauticapedia.ca/dbase/Query/dbsubmit_Biography.php|website=The Nauticapedia|access-date=4 May 2015}}

Surgeon Rear-Admiral McLean died 28 June 1982 at the age of 71.