Edward Bruce McLean

Edward Bruce McLean, 75, passed away on May 22, 2020. Edward “Lil’ Guy” Bruce McLean was born in Augusta, GA on July 18, 1944 to Freddie Louise Stone McLean and Alphonso Ferdinand McLean in the historic Laney-Walker district. He was brother to Alphonso “Boobee” McLean, Jr. His success at the Immaculate Conception Academy as a child allowed him to attend Howard University at the young age of 16 where he majored in Accounting and served in the ROTC. After graduating with his Bachelors in 1966, Edward went to American University to get his MBA. He joined the Air Force during the Vietnam War as an accountant in the Office of the Auditor General at Wright-Patterson Air Force base in Dayton, Ohio. By the time he was 26 years old, he held the rank of Captain. In 1969, Edward married Korliss Wright and they settled in the D.C. metropolitan area, where they had three children: Sean, Troy, and Kia. Edward had an entrepreneurial spirit and opened several businesses throughout his life. He launched a computer software company and accounting business called Advanced Accounting Associates. Their clients included the DC government, Howard University, foreign embassies, and other black businesses in the DC area. He continued doing accounting work until his last days. As “Coach Ed” he organized and directed countless basketball and soccer teams throughout this life. His coaching first started with his children and their friends, and later expanded to volunteer coaching youth teams throughout the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, from the Silver Spring Boys and Girls Club to the Amateur Athletic Union. All of his children went on to play sports in college. We will keep alive his boisterous laugh, his love for family and friends, his passion for sports, and his gregarious nature, and most of all, his lively storytelling. Some have proclaimed him the best storyteller of all time. He is preceded in death by his father, mother, brother, his beloved Uncle Livingston Wallace, his Uncle “Babe” Albert Stone, cousins, and countless friends. He is survived by his children Sean McLean (Carmen McLean), Troy McLean (Maria Hoffmann), and Kia Washington (Christopher Washington), his grandchildren Sean McLean, Jr., Seth McLean, Parris Washington, Gabriella Washington, Lukas McLean, ex-wife Korliss McLean and many life-long friends. Gifts in lieu of flowers may be made to the Howard University Student Aid Campaign Online credit card gifts can be made at: https://giving.howard.edu/givenow Please note that the gift is made in memory of Edward Bruce Mclean.

Edward Bruce McLean

July 18, 1944 - May 22, 2020