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{{Infobox person
| name = Roland Rusk McLaughlin
| image = RR McLaughlin.jpg
| alt = Roland R. McLaughlin
| caption = Portrait of Roland R. McLaughlin

| office = [[Dean of Engineering]]
| order = 6th
| officeterm = 1954-1966
| predecessor = [[K.F. Tupper]]
| successor = [[James M. Ham]]

| birth_date = 1901
| birth_place = ?
| death_date = 1973
| death_place = ?
| nationality = American
| discipline = Chemical Engineering
| fields = Chemical Engineering <br/> Chemistry
| education = B.A.Sc., 1922 <br/>M.A.Sc. <br/> Ph.D., 1926
| alma_mater = University of Toronto
| known_for =
| occupation =
}}

'''Roland Rusk McLaughlin''' (1901-1973) was a chemical engineer, Chair of the [[Department of Chemical Engineering]] (from 1946-1960) and the sixth [[Dean of Engineering|Dean]] of the [[Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering]] (from 1954-1966).

==Early Life and Education==
Roland Rusk McLaughlin was born on March 16, 1901 to John James and Maude McLaughlin.<ref>http://www.paulturner.ca/McLaughlin/McLaughlin/mclaughlin-dossiers.htm</ref> He graduated from [[Chemical Engineering]] at the School of Practical Science in 1922, and obtained a Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1926. He married Marjorie Jean McLay on September 16, 1925.

He was appointed as a lecturer in 1930 at the Faculty, and assistant professor in 1931, one of the earliest to hold a Ph.D at the School.<ref name=white/>

==Dean of Engineering==
McLaughlin was appointed Dean in 1954, following the retirement of [[K.F. Tupper]]. He had developed a strong reputation as the Head of the [[Department of Chemical Engineering]], and had been a productive researcher at the Faculty for well over 20 years.<ref name=friedland/> His appointment continued a trend towards a research focus at the Faculty beginning in the interwar years.<ref name=white/>

McLaughlin retired after 12 years as Dean, in 1966. After retirement he briefly served on the University's planning committee.<ref name=coldiron/>

==Honours and Awards==
* Honourary Doctor of Science, University of Windsor (1961)<ref>http://www.uwindsor.ca/secretariat/sites/uwindsor.ca.secretariat/files/hondeg.54-alpha.pdf</ref>

==References==
<references>
<ref name=white>Richard White, ''The Skule Story'', (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000).</ref>
<ref name=coldiron>Robin S. Harris & Ian Montagnes, eds., ''Cold Iron and Lady Godiva: Engineering Education at Toronto 1920-1972'', (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1972).</ref>
<ref name=friedland>Martin L. Friedland, ''The University of Toronto: A History'', (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002).</ref>
</references>

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