Dr. James Edward McLennan
December 29, 1939 - September 30, 2008

Dr. James Edward McLennan, 68, of Meeting Street, Providence, died Tuesday, September 30th, at Rhode Island Hospital. He was the husband of Karen Jacobsen.

Born in Minneapolis, MN, the son of Charles McLennan and Margaret (Thomas) McLennan. Dr. McLennan was a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Medical School. He was a resident in Neurosurgery at Brigham Women's Hospital and Children's Hospital in Boston, MA.

Since 1981, Dr. McLennan was a physician at Miriam Hospital and Roger Williams Hospital. He also served as a clinical associate professor at Brown Medical School.

Besides his wife, he is survived by daughters, Jill Margaret McLennan and Jenny Alison McLennan, both of Oakland, CA, brother, Thomas McLennan of Santa Cruz, CA, and sisters, Nancy King of Palo Alto, CA and Jane McLennan-Stearns of Santa Barber, CA.

A Memorial Service will be held on 12 Noon Saturday, November 8th at First Unitarian Church of Providence, 1 Benevolent Street, Providence. In lieu of flowers please donate gifts in his memory to the Dr. Charles E. McLennan Scholarship Fund at the Stanford University School of Medicine, PO Box 20466, Stanford, CA 94309.

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