Daniel V. McLean

Daniel Veech McLean (November 24, 1801 – November 23, 1869) was a Presbyterian minister and the fifth president of Lafayette College.

Early life and education McLean was born November 24, 1901, in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. He spent most of his childhood in Ross County, Ohio. At 21, McLean became affiliated with the Presbyterian church in Athens, Ohio, and became interested in the seminary. In 1824, he graduated from the University of Ohio and for the next two years worked as a teacher in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. After this, McLean attended the Princeton Theological Seminary for two years, and was ordained by the Presbytery of Miami on June 29, 1831. Many of the elders of the Old Tennent Church moved to the new church, then named The Village Church at Freehold, and on November 1, 1838, McLean was officially installed as the church's first pastor. In 1848, the trustees of the college came within three votes of closing the school, and after the short presidency of Charles William Nassau provided no change in the endowment the college requested the Synod of Philadelphia of the Presbyterian Church for financial support. Aid from the Synod was agreed upon, but only if the college transferred over their control - which they agreed to do. After 1863, he moved to Red Bank, New Jersey, where he continued to preach until his death in 1869.

Personal life McLean married Evelina B. Linn on February 1, 1830, daughter of U.S. Congressman James Linn and granddaughter of New Jersey Governor William Livingston.

In addition to his other obligations, McLean served as a director at Princeton Theological Seminary from 1848 to 1860. Also in 1848, while a pastor of The Village Church in Freehold, New Jersey, McLean was awarded with the honorary title Doctor of Divinity from Lafayette College.

Death McLean died on November 23, 1869, in Red Bank, New Jersey, from Peptic ulcer disease. He was buried in the cemetery at Old Tennent Church in Manalapan, New Jersey.