Maclean "Mac" Kirkwood Jr.

BREWSTER —

Maclean "Mac" Kirkwood Jr., 80, of South Orleans died on Nov. 6, 2007, at Pleasant Bay Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Brewster after many years of heart disease.

He was born on August 18, 1927, in Orange, N.J., the son of Bernice and Maclean Kirkwood. He was the loving husband of Justine Sanford Kirkwood. His first wife, Marguerite (Overn) Kirkwood, died in January, 1993.

He graduated from Mountain Lakes High School in New Jersey and from Worcester Polytechnic Institute with a degree in electrical engineering in 1948. He was the treasurer of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity and played on the basketball team. His college education was interrupted for two years while he was in the Navy during World War II.

Mac worked for AT&T Long Lines for 34 years, where he was involved in building, maintaining and managing the interstate telephone network in the United States and overseas. He worked throughout the US, beginning in Washington, DC, in transmission engineering. He was the district traffic superintendent in Pittsburgh, Penn.; district plant supervisor in Buffalo, N.Y.; plant design manager in White Plains, N.Y.; and spent many years at AT&T headquarters at 195 Broadway in New York City and at Bedminster, where he was a headquarters coordinator and engineering manager of program implementation. He then spent three years at ITT/United States Transmission Systems, vice president and director of the operations department.

Mac was on the Boy Scout Troop committee for 10 years and was a scout master for three years. He moved to Orleans in 1986. He was elected member of the Orleans board of selectmen for six years and served as chairman for two years. He was president of the Nauset Newcomers for several years, and was a past commodore of the Orleans Yacht Club, where he was an active member of the sailing fleet. He was also a member of the Ocean Edge Golf Club and enjoyed cruising and sailing on Pleasant Bay. He was a member of the Orleans coffee club and the Church of the Holy Spirit in South Orleans.

He is survived by his sister, Carol Kirkwood Anderberg of Huntington, Ill.; and his sons, Maclean Kirkwood III and his wife Judy of West Chester, Penn., Attorney Christopher Kirkwood and his wife Laura of Middletown, N.J., and David Kirkwood and his wife Lisa of East Sandwich. He was predeceased by his son, John, in 1983. He is also survived by three stepchildren, Karen Ellen Pye of Knoxville, Tenn., Thomas Pye and his wife Susanna of South Orleans, and Andrew Pye and his wife Beth of Chester, Conn.; 13 grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held on Friday, Nov. 16, at 2 p.m. at the Church of the Holy Spirit in South Orleans. Burial will be private.

Memorial donations in his name may be made to the Animal Rescue League of Boston, 3981 Main St., Route 6A, Brewster, MA 02631 or to the charity of your choice.