John Dickson McLean

Background

McLean, John Dickson was born on March 16, 1952 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of William Duncan and Mary Jane (Dickson) McLean.

Education

Bachelor in Mathematics, Oberlin College, 1974. Master of Arts in Philosophy, University North Carolina, 1976. Master of Science in Computer Science, University North Carolina, 1980.

Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy, University North Carolina, 1980.

Career

Instructor philosophy department University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1974-1979, research assistant computer science department, 1979-1980. Superintendent, information technical division Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, since 1980. Adjunct professor computer science University Maryland, College Park, 1988, National Cryptologic School, Fort Meade, Maryland, 1991, Troisème Cycle Romand d'Informatique, Zinal, Switzerland, 1992.

Presenter in field; research adviser cooperative research associateship program National Research Council, since 1985. Member Science Advisory Board University Cambridge Isaac Newton Institute, research program in computer security, cryptology and coding theory, 1994-1996. Chair National Security Agency Technology Working Group on High Assurance Software, 1991-1992.

Chair, United States national leader technical cooperation panel c41 group Technology Panel on Information Assurance and Defensive Information Warfare, since 1997. Senior research fellow University Cambridge Center for Communications Systems Research, United States voting member North Atlantic Treaty Organization Research Technology Office Information Systems Technology Panel. Associate editor Journal Computer Security, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) transactions Information & Systems Security, Distributed Computing.

Achievements

• John Dickson McLean has been listed as a notable Computer scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society (conference chair symposium on research in security and privacy 1998-1999, program chair, 1991-1992, program chair computer security foundations workshop 1990, member steering committee since 1988, program chair COMPASS 1994, board directors 1994-1998, Outstanding Paper award 1990).

Connections

Married Eunice Louise Wheeler, July 25, 1981. Children: Bronwen Wheeler Deubner, Skyler Wheeler, Iris Wheeler.

Father:

William Duncan McLean

Mother:

Mary Jane (Dickson) McLean

Spouse:

Eunice Louise Wheeler

child:

Iris Wheeler McLean

child:

Skyler Wheeler McLean

child:

Bronwen Wheeler Deubner McLean