William Allen McLaren explained

William Allen McLaren (born 1938) is a retired Canadian engineer living (as of 2023) in southeastern British Columbia. Born and raised in Saint-Lambert, Quebec, McLaren graduated in 1960 from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, with a Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree.^[1]

McLaren's early career involved hydrographic surveys in the Canadian arctic and the Persian Gulf before he joined the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in 1964 as a glaciologist based in Wilkes Station in Antarctica.^[2] McLaren Ridge in Antarctica is named after him. As a result of his Antarctic researches,^[3] McLaren received a Master of Science degree from the University of Melbourne in 1968 and the Polar Medal in 1969.^{[4] [5]}

McLaren was Senior Engineer and later President of Western Canada Hydraulic Laboratories, Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, from 1975 to 1991. His publications and presentations include:

• Evaluation and Testing of Pumps and Separators for Arctic Oilspill Cleanup Technology^[6]
• Testing of A.P.I. Separator under Simulated Sea Conditions^[7]
• Wave Forces on a Seawater Intake Structure^[8]
• Fluorometric Sand Tracing^[9]
• Simulation of Landslide-generated Waves^[10]
• Sand Movement Study on Fraser River Foreshore^[11]
• Modelling of Flow through a Mine Waste Dump^[12]
• Effect of Varying Design Parameters for Caisson Floating Breakwaters^[13]

Notes and References

1. Web site: McGill University, 1960 yearbook. 21 August 2021.
2. https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1929/ML19294A677.pdf W.A. McLaren, Senior Engineer
3. McLaren. W. A. Division. Australia Antarctic. 1968. A study of the local ice cap near Wilkes, Antarctica. English. 2018-03-07.
4. https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/media/pressrel/888834/upload_binary/888834.pdf;fileType=application%2Fpdf#search=%22media/pressrel/888834%22 Parliament of Australia website
5. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/44971 Supplement to the London Gazette, 25th November 1969
6. https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/migration/main/amop/f3b23c26-2172-4dd7-bab8-a113030dcc63/amop-tsocs-phyto-bioss-biosolr3-20bibliography-201978-20-202016.pdf Arctic and Marine Oilspill Program (AMOP) Bibliography 1978-2007, Environment and Climate Change Canada
7. ibid.
8. with D. Hay and J.S. Readshaw in Civil Engineering in the Oceans IV, Volume 2. Search on "McLaren." Retrieved September 24, 2021.
9. https://www.usbr.gov/tsc/techreferences/hydraulics_lab/pubs/PAP/PAP-0455.pdf Seminar on Hydraulic Laboratory Techniques and Instrumentation, Denver, Colo., 1980
10. ibid. Scroll to pages 71-72 and 117 of 120 pages. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
11. https://books.google.com/books?id=J5j65O0MVNMC Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 1448, 1987
12. http://cmscontent.nrs.gov.bc.ca/geoscience/PublicationCatalogue/Miscellaneous/BCGS_MP-13.pdf Proceedings of the International Symposium on Flow-through Rock Drains, Cranbrook, British Columbia, 1986
13. https://webapps.unitn.it/Biblioteca/it/Web/EngibankFile/656670.pdf 2nd International Conference on Coastal and Port Engineering in Developing Countries, Beijing, 1987