Howard-McClain-Obituary

Howard McClain Jr.

Washington, District of Columbia

1923 - 2020

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May 13, 2020
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Washington, District of Columbia

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  howard mcclain  Wednesday, May 13, 2020, at age 96, HOWARD MCCLAIN, JR. passed away of natural causes at home in Silver Spring, MD. Howard was born in Birmingham, AL, June 2, 1923. During WWII Howard joined the Navy serving in the Pacific Theater. After the War, Howard utilized the GI...

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I´ll always be grateful for having had the blessing to know and work with Howard. His vast knowledge, wit and wisdom will never be forgotten.

Dr. Howard McClain is/was truly a one-of-a-kind, amazing, truly authentic, brilliant, inspirational, modest, exceptional, supportive, educator & non-judgemental precious, kind, caring soul that has always been willing to impart & share valuable, critically essential knowledge, information with everyone including me, an absolute novice (newbie) to this well-versed, advanced scientific community at DEA HQS., Howard (Dr. McClain) is/was a truly rare, precious, humble legendary figure who really...

Mr. McLain was a wonderful manager and always never missed an opportunity to teach me something during my years working as his assistant at DEA. I often think about him and his daughter Ann who I used to have wonderful conversations with when she would call for her dad. I was always amazed of how he was so in shape and never missed his routine walks at lunch time. May peace be with the family and close friends. Im sure he will be greatly missed! Blessings ~DeeDee (Carter)

My sincere condolences. Howard was my boss in the Drug and Chemical section in the OD at DEA. He was an amazing mentor who had endless knowledge and treated everyone with genuine love and kindness. I miss that sassy sense of humor and the twinkle he had in his eye. May his memory be eternal.
Beth Cromer Spanos

He was a great guy, always ready to help you learn something or teach you something. I always learned a great deal from him, both personal and job-related

I had the privilege of working with Howard over the years at DEA HQ. I learned so much from him and always enjoyed our talkswhich ranged from his travels in the South of France to his explaining things like deuterated opium to a non-scientist like me. Howard was a wonderful man who I respected so much. My heartfelt condolences go to his family.