Clarence Josef McLin Sr. (August 20, 1899 – December 20, 1966) was an American civic leader and businessman in Dayton, Ohio.
McLin was born in Tennessee and also lived in Chicago.
He served as the eighth president of the Dayton Branch of the NAACP from 1937 to 1938.
[2] McLin also founded the Democratic Voters League and ran unsuccessfully for the Dayton City Commission.
His granddaughter, Rhine McLin, served as a minority leader of the Ohio Senate and was the mayor of Dayton from 2002 to 2010.