Dan Maclean graduated from the University of Toronto with a BASc in chemical engineering in 1954, and received his MASc in chemical engineering from Birmingham University (United Kingdom) in 1959. He worked for Celanese Corporation and for several oil refineries during his career, and since 1984 has had a wide range of consulting assignments, usually in the area of alternative fuels such as alcohol/gasoline blends and pyrolysis oils.
