— better known as "Scotty McLennan" — was born on November 21, 1948, son of William L.
McLennan and Alice Polk Warner (and the grandson of Donald R.
McLennan, who co-founded Marsh & McLennan).
He is an ordained minister, lawyer, professor, published author, public speaker and senior administrator at Stanford University in Stanford, California.
From January 1, 2001 until August 2014, McLennan served as the Dean for Religious Life at Stanford University, where he oversaw campus-wide religious affairs, supervised over 30 university student groups that constituted the Stanford Associated Religions, and was the minister of Stanford Memorial Church.
He currently teaches in Political Economy at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.