Donald George McLaren (21 August 1933 – 5 November 2014) was a New Zealand businessman specialising in equine pharmaceuticals.

Biography

Born in the

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suburb of

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in 1933, McLaren founded Bomac Laboratories, an animal remedies company, in 1958. The company, which held 154 patents, 55 inventions and registered 360 products in New Zealand, was sold to German company

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in 2010. McLaren was also active in the thoroughbred racing industry. He established Northfields Stud near Karaka, served on the committee of the Auckland Racing Club from 1980 to 1999 including a term as president from 1995 to 1999, and was patron of the New Zealand racing hall of fame. He was inducted into the New Zealand business hall of fame in 1999. In the

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, McLaren was appointed an

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for services to the animal health industry and racing. He was promoted to Companion of the same order in the

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. In 2013 he was awarded an honorary

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degree by

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. He died in Auckland on 5 November 2014.

References

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