Maclaurin, R. Colin, 1914-1959

<p>Maclaurin, R(ichard) Colin</p>
<p>Personnel Officer 1946-1954; Director of General Services 1954-1958; Assistant to the Chancellor 1958-1959.</p>

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<p>May 5, 1959</p>
<p>To Members of the Faculty:</p>
<p>I regret to announce the death of R. Colin Maclaurin on May 4 at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Mr. Maclaurin was on the administrative staff of the Institute for thirteen years, most recently as Assistant to the Chancellor.</p>
<p>The son of the late Richard C. Maclaurin, President of M.I.T. from 1909 to 1920, Mr. Maclaurin received the degree of Bachelor of Science from Harvard University in 1938. For two years he served as safety engineer for the Bethlehem Steel Company at the Fore River Shipyard, and in 1940 became an engineer for the J. P. Squire Company.</p>
<p>Mr. Maclaurin joined the Institute staff as Personnel Officer in 1946 after three years' service in the United States Navy. He became Director of General Services in 1954, with administrative responsibility for the Institute housing and dining services, and served in this post until he was appointed Assistant to the Chancellor in 1958.</p>
<p>Mr. Maclaurin is survived by his wife, Ellen Rhodes Maclaurin, and four children, Sheila, Peter Jerome, Richard Neil and Colin, and by his brother, Professor of Economics W. Rupert Maclaurin.</p>
<p>A memorial service will be held at the First Parish Church, Lincoln, at 4:30 p. m. on Wednesday, May 6. The family requests that no flowers be sent.</p>

<p>R. Colin Maclaurin: 1914-1959</p>
<p>R. Colin Maclaurin, son of the 6th President of M.I.T., died at the Massachusetts General Hospital on May 4. He had been a member of the administrative staff of the Institute for the last 13 years.</p>
<p>Mr. Maclaurin received the bachelor of science degree from Harvard University in 1938, served as safety engineer for the Bethlehem Steel Company at the Fore River Shipyard for two years, and in 1940 became an engineer for the J. P. Squire Company. He joined the Institute staff as Personnel Officer in 1946 after three years' service in the United States Navy. In 1954, he became director of General Services and served in that post until he was appointed assistant to the chancellor in 1958.</p>
<p>He is survived by his wife, Ellen Rhodes Maclaurin, and four children, Sheila, Peter Jerome, Richard Neil, and Colin, and by his brother, W. Rupert Maclaurin, Professor of Economics.</p>