Powers Llewellyn McLean ’59

Powers Llewellyn McLean ’59 died on October 8, 2005, in Wall Township, New Jersey.

Born on October 30, 1936, in Brockton, MA, he prepared for college at Hallowell High School in Maine and became a member of Kappa Sigma Fraternity at Bowdoin, which he attended from 1955 to 1958, before serving in the U.S. Army for three years with the 30th Infantry at Fort Sill, OK. Following his graduation in 1963 as a member of the Class of 1959, he was a mathematics teacher at the Wall Township High School in New Jersey for nearly 30 years. He also coached golf there from 1965 to 1992, and his teams had a record of 312 victories and 134 losses. He was three times the recipient of the Golf Coach of the Year Award, given by the Asbury Park Press. He was a member of the inaugural advisory board of Jumping Brook Country Club in New Neptune, NJ. In 1992, he was inducted into the Wall High School Hall of Fame. He is survived by his wife, Susan Walsh McLean, whom he married in 1960; five sons, Gary McLean of Spring Lake Heights, NJ, James McLean of Hillsborough, NC, Steven McLean of Lancaster, PA, Patrick McLean of Manasquan, NJ, and Thomas McLean of Spring Lake Heights, NJ; a daughter, Linda M. Yeni of Avondale, PA; four sisters, Betty M. Newsom of York, PA, Jill M. True of Brimfield, MA, Rebecca M. Bryant, of Juneau, AK, and Deborah M. Margeson of Parker, CO; two brothers, Christopher McLean of Winterport, and David McLean of North Monmouth; and 11 grandchildren.