Robert McRae Endowed Scholarship for Graduate Studies

Dr. Robert J. McRae joined the faculty at Eastern Montana College (now MSU Billings) in 1958. His job as a college physics teacher would be just the beginning of a long and storied career in the Montana University System. Eventually Dr. McRae became a full professor, department head, a dean, and held multiple titles on an “acting basis” within EMC’s administrative staff. Dr. McRae retired as the Director of Graduate Studies and Research before moving into an Emeritus status. In what he accepted as a natural fit, this man of science also fully embraced a life of ministry. Throughout his adult life, Dr. McRae helped establish multiple campus, and community based, Bible studies including a local Intervarsity Chapter at EMC. Dr. McRae passed away in 2015 at the age of 83. In recognition of Dr. McRae’s outstanding personal qualities and his contribution as Director of Graduate Studies and Research from 1984-1991, the Robert McRae Endowed Scholarship for Graduate Studies was established. Scholarships are awarded to superior graduate degree students who have demonstrated the capacity to provide excellent professional leadership and community service. The first scholarship was awarded in academic year 1992-1993.