Standing Tall
Songs and Stories of an Accidental Warrior
  • "Taken in light of all Brian achieved in his life, it makes you wonder how much more he could have done if he hadn’t had to spend so much time and energy knocking down walls and breaking through barriers just to compete on a level playing field."
    Neal McLane
    Brother
  • “No one – and I mean no one – is any better than Brian McLane at putting strangers together and then letting them discover how much they have in common, or at making people realize just how much mutual ground they share."
    Larry Bashe
    Syracuse University, Class of 1966
  • “The single greatest recruiter and organizer I have ever known in my life. Period.”
    Chuck Wainwright
    Syracuse University, Class of 1968
  • “We varsity basketball players may have got Brian around campus. But, believe me, he got us through school.”
    Rex Trobridge
    Syracuse University, Class of 1966
  • “I was waiting tables and wasting all sorts of youthful promise when one day Brian pulled me aside and gave me a good, healthy dose of tough love. He told me my future was out there, but I wasn’t going to find it schlepping food and drinks for a living. So – and I mean this literally – I owe my career to Brian."
    Charlie Michaud
    Principal & Managing Director, CCS (NY)

Brian's Scrap Book

Soundtrack of my life: Jack Vandervort, a Foggy Day and Me

By Brian McLane Jack Vandervort was a friend.  Jack Vandervort was one of the most remarkable men I’ve ever known. Yet, I promise you, Jack Vandervort will never, ever get his due for just how much he did to change the texture and tenor of life in Central New York, as well as the direction […]

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Oh, Precious Life

By Brian McLane As Bonnie Raitt once sang, “Life gets mighty precious when there’s less of it to waste.” Believe me, when you’ve spent the bulk of your days in a wheelchair, and now spend pretty much every waking moment secure in the knowledge that your body is slowly breaking down on you – a […]

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