Background
McClelland, William Grigor was born on January 2, 1922 in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. Son of Arthur and Jean (Grigor) McClelland.
educator Finance company executive
McClelland, William Grigor was born on January 2, 1922 in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. Son of Arthur and Jean (Grigor) McClelland.
Bachelor, University Oxford, United Kingdom, 1948. Doctor in Civil Law (honorary), University Durham, United Kingdom, 1985.
Managing director Laws Stores Ltd., 1949-1965, 78-85. Also chairman, 1966-1985. Senior research fellow in management studies Balliol College, Oxford, 1962-1965.
Director Manchester Business School University Manchester, 1965-1977, professor business administrator, 1967-1977. Chairman Tyne Tees Telethon Trust, 1987-1993, Tyne and Wear Foundation, 1988-1993, National Lottery Charities Board north east advisory panel, 1995-1997. Deputy chairman National Computing Center, 1966-1968.
Chairman Washington Development Corporation, 1977-1988. Chairman Education Development Center for Distributive Trades, 1980-1984, member, 1965-1970. Visiting professor Durham University Business School, since 1977.
Trustee Anglo-German Foundation for Study of Industrial Society, 1973-1979, Millfield House Foundation, since 1976. Board governors Leighton Park School, 1952-1960, 62-66. Trustee Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, 1956-1994, chairman 1965-1978.
Member Consumer Council, 1963-1966, National Economics Development Council, 1969-1971, Social Science Research Council, 1971-1974, Northern Industrial Development Board, 1977-1986. Member Gosforth Tennis Club (president 1990).
Married Diana Avery Close, September 28, 1946 (deceased February 2000). Children: Andrew, Rosemary, Jenifer, Stephen.