death_date birth_place birth_date article_title name
1930 detroit , michigan , united states july 13 , 1858 milton a. mcrae
 milton a. mcrae
milton a. mcrae

colonel milton alexander mcrae -lrb- july 13 , 1858 -- 1930 -rrb- was an american newspaper publisher who co-founded the scripps-mcrae league of newspapers -lrb- now scripps-howard -rrb- 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 .
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 mcrae 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 , 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 to 1912 .
he became the third national president of the boy scouts of america upon the death of james j. storrow in 1926 .
