Hugh Maclean

Hugh Maclean, 78, distinguished teaching professor emeritus of the Department of English, died on Dec. 15 at Albany Medical Center Hospital. He was on the faculty of the department from 1963 until his retirement in 1986.

A renowned scholar on English Renaissance literature, Maclean published several Norton Critical Editions on Edmund Spenser and Ben Jonson, as well as authoring numerous articles and reviews in literary journals. In 1985 he served as president of The Spenser Society.

In 1990, he published, with Lt. Col. Sir John Baynes of England, A Tale of Two Captains, a memoir and letters-recording of the military experiences of the editors� fathers in the British Army during World War I. Maclean also wrote the greater part of The Argylls and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada, published in Canada in 1952, and he provided the forword for Black Yesterdays: The Argyle War, in 1996.

Born of Scottish parents in Aguilas, Spain, he grew up in New York City and received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University. In June 1940 he enlisted in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada and served with that regiment in northwest Europe. He was discharged in March 1946 with the rank of major.

After the war, Maclean received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Toronto. He taught English at the Royal Military College of Canada, the University of Cincinnati, and York University in Toronto before coming to Albany. He was awarded the Chancellor�s Award for Excellence in Teaching and in 1974 was raised to the rank of Distinguished Teaching Professor.