Milton A. McRae
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| Milton A. McRae | |
| Born | 13 July 1858 Detroit, Michigan, United States |
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| Died | 1930 |
Colonel Milton Alexander McRae (13 July 1858–1930) was an American newspaper publisher who co-founded the Scripps-McRae League of Newspapers (now Scripps-Howard) and United Press International.
The son of Helen and Duncan Van McRae, he was born in Detroit, Michigan in the United States. McRae attended the Detroit Public Schools and attended but did not graduate from Detroit Medical College.[1]
In 1883, while serving as advertising manager of the Cincinnati Post, McRae met thirty year old E. W. Scripps who had taken over as managing editor. The two began a business relationship that would last for many years.
In 1887, Scripps made Milton McRae became the managing director of the St. Louis Chronicle, a paper Scripps had purchased in 1880. In 1889, Scripps brought McRae on as a partner and in 1894, together with Scripps and his half-brother George, Milton A. McRae founded the Scripps-McRae League of Newspapers.
In 1907, the Scripps-McRae League of newspapers combined three regional press associations into the United Press Association.
McRae was President of the Detroit Board of Commerce from 1911-1912. He became the third National president of the Boy Scouts of America upon the death of James J. Storrow in 1926.
[edit] Works
- Forty years in newspaperdom; the autobiography of a newspaper man, New York, Brentano's, 1924.
[edit] See also
| Boy Scouts of America | ||
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| Preceded by James J. Storrow |
National president March-May 1926 |
Succeeded by Walter W. Head |
[edit] References
- http://list.msu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9709d&L=aejmc&P=8144
- http://www.library.ohiou.edu/archives/mss/mss117.html
- http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,729190,00.html
- http://www.detroitchamber.com/detroiter/articles.asp?cid=103&detcid=75
- http://www.dacbsa.org/Awards-Silvers/SilverBuffaloAward.htm
- ^ Smith, William Ernest and Ophia Delilah Smith (1964). History of Southwestern Ohio, the Miami Valleys. Lewis Historical Pub. Co. via Google Books snippet view, 19. Retrieved on 2008-10-30.
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| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Milton A. McRae |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Milton McRae, Milton Alexander McRae |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | co-founder of Scripps-McRae League of Newspapers, later Scripps-Howard |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13 July 1858 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Detroit, Michigan, United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1930 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
