Gordon McLintock

George Gordon McLintock, Vice Admiral (USMS), (February 10, 1903 – April 23, 1990) was the longest serving Superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy, one of the 5 United States service academies and a service academy which cadet corps is privileged to carry a regimental battle standard, some having served and died in every major US military conflict, commencing with World War II. Gordon McLintock served as this illustrious Academy’s Superintendent from 1948-1970.

Born in Dysart, Scotland of a long tradition of British merchant marine seaman, McLintock first went to sea on a passenger liner with his merchant marine officer father at the age of 3 years. Himself, commissioned a cadet in the British merchant navy in 1918, McLintock had a 30-year career as a merchant marine officer before being named the 4th Superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy in 1948. McLintock, who became a naturalized United States citizen in 1921, was chief inspection officer of that country’s War Shipping Administration during the Second World War. He was also president of the American Institute of Navigation from 1947-1949. The Vice Admiral was a graduate of the United Kingdom’s Sevenoaks School (founded 1432 AD). He died of bone cancer in Chevy Chase, Maryland.