Obituary: Alan McLennan-Smith

Obituary: Alan McLennan-Smith

25.08.1930 – 31.01.2020

Alan Mc Lennan-Smith, known as Mac to all his friends and family, passed away in Hermanus Hospital after a long battle with medical problems following a stroke a few years back, the effects of which he fought stoically.

Mac was well known around Hermanus after moving down from Johannesburg for his retirement. Born in Perth, Scotland, he qualified in the UK as a Quantity Surveyor when he met and married Anne Carolyn Hill (Carol). They moved to Borrowdale in Rhodesia in the 1950’s, had four of their five children and then moved to Johannesburg. Mac became a businessman, working for 3M Company and then became CEO of Weidmuller, a German electronics company, until his ‘retirement’ to Hermanus.

Once settled in and after building their first beautiful home, Mac set about keeping busy and using his QS training, oversaw the building of luxury homes in Hermanus. Word soon spread and Mac was recruited time and again to oversee projects of renovation or building for many of the stylish and tasteful improvements seen around Hermanus.

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