Background
Lean, John William Mc was born on April 2, 1922 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Lawrence W. and Margaret (McGill) McLean.
Lean, John William Mc was born on April 2, 1922 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Lawrence W. and Margaret (McGill) McLean.
Bachelor of Science, Oklahoma University, 1943.
Account executive, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane, Tulsa, 1947-1948;
with, First National Bank & Trust Company, Tulsa, 1948-1958;
loan officer, vice president, First National Bank & Trust Company, 1951-1958;
also chairman investment committee, trust department. President, Texas National Bank of Commerce, 1959-1965;
senior vice president, manager international banking, Bank of America, Los Angeles, 1965-1966;
senior vice-president, director marketing, Bank of America, San Francisco, 1966-1967;
became president, chief Executive officer, Liberty National Bank & Trust Company, Oklahoma City, 1967;
chairman emeritus, Liberty National Bank & Trust Company. Chairman, Chief Executive Officer Banks of Mid-American, Inc., holding company.
Founder, director Readingand Bates Offshore Drilling Company. Adjunct Professor management leadership. Senior advisor Center for Creative Leadership of Colorado Springs.
Life member board governors Rice University. Chairman board advisors College Business Administration University Oklahoma, since 1988. Member Federal Advisory Council, 1977-1979, president, 1979.
Served from private to captain, Field Artillery Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Member Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce (life. Vice chairman), American Bankers Association (chairman credit policy committee 1964-1965, member executive council, chairman committee right of privacy), Reserve City Bankers Association, Oklahoma Heritage Association (president 1985-1987, chairman), United States Golf Association (past member executive committee), Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Beta Gamma Sigma.
Clubs: Oklahoma City Golf and Country (president 1973), Oak Tree Golf (chairman 1975-1990).
Married Eleanor Jane Johnson, May 8, 1943. Children: Margo, Lawrence William, Scott Johnson.