Background
III, Hamilton Eugene McRae was born on October 29, 1937 in Midland, Texas, United States. Son of Hamilton Eugene and Adrian (Hagaman) McR.
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Hamilton Eugene McRae III
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Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, U. Arizona, 1961; student, United States Air Force Electronics School, 1961-1962; postgraduate, U. Redlands, California, 1962-1963; Juris Doctor with honors and distinction, U. Arizona, 1967; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Sterling College, 1992; visiting fellow, Darwin College and Martin Center, Cambridge (England) University, 1996-1997.
Career
Electrical engineer, Salt River Project, Phoenix, 1961;
associate, Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, Phoenix, 1967-1971;
partner, Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, Phoenix, 1971-1985;
chairman real estate department, Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, Phoenix, 1980-1985;
member policy committee, Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, Phoenix, 1982-1985;
member finance committee, Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, Phoenix, 1981-1985;
chairman business development committee, Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, Phoenix, 1982-1985;
partner and co-founder, Stuckey & McRae, Phoenix, since 1985;
co-founder, Chairman of the Board, Republic Companies, Phoenix, since 1985. Magistrate Paradise Valley, Arizona, 1983-1985. Juvenile referee SuperiorCt., 1983-1985.
President, director Phoenix Realty & Trust Company, since 1970. OfficerIndsl. Development Corporation Maricopa County, 1972-1986. Instructor and lecturer in real estate.
Officer, board directors other corporations. Adjunct Professor Frank Lloyd Wright School Architecture, Scottsdale, Arizona, since 1989. Instructor Arizona StateU. College Architecture and Environmental Design.
Lead instructor ten-state-barseminar on Advanced Real Estate Transactions, 1992. Evaluation committee for certified real estate specialist Arizona Bar, 1994-1996. Member real estateadv. commission Arizona Bar, 1996-1997.
Achievements
Membership
Elder Valley Presbyterian Church, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1973-1975, 82-, 96-98, chair evangelism committee 1973-1974, corporation president, 1974-1975, 84-85, trustee, 1973-1975, 82-85, chairman of the executive committee, 1984, member mission committee since 1993, chairman 1998. Trustee Upward Foundation, Phoenix, 1977-1980, Valley Presbyterian Foundation, 1982-1983, Arizona Academy, since 1971. Trustee, member Executive Committee Phi Gamma Delta Ednl.
Foundation, Washington, 1974-1984. Trustee Phi Gamma Delta International, 1984-1986. Board directors Archon, 1986-1987.
Founder, trustee, president McRaeFound., since 1980. Board directors Food for Hungry Inc. (International Relief), 1985-1995, Executive Committee, 1986-1995, Chairman, Board Of Directors, 1987-1992.
Chairman of the Board dirs.Food for Hungry International, 1993-1995, president advisory county, since 1995. Trustee, member Executive Committee Arizona Museum Science and Technology, since 1984, 1st vice president, 1985-1986, president, 1986-1988, Chairman, Board Of Directors, 1988-1990, Executive Committee 1984-1990, exhibits committee since 1990. Lambda Alpha International Honorary Land Economics Society, since 1988.
Secretary-treasurer Arizona State University Council for Design Excellence, 1989-1990, board directors since 1988, president 1990-1991. Member Crisis Nursery Office of the Chair, 1988-1989, Maricopa Community Colls. Foundation, since 1988, secretary 1990-1991, 2d vice president 1993-1994, 1st vice-president and president elect 1994-1995, president since 1995, capital campaign cabinet, 1995-1996, member nominating committee, 1997, Phoenix Cmty.
Alliance, 1988-1990, Interchurch Center Corporation, 1987-1990, Western Art Associations, board directors, 1989-1991, Phoenix Committee on Foreign Rels., since 1988, U. Arizona President's Club, since 1984, chairman, 1991-1992. Board directors Economics Club of Phoenix, since 1987, secretary-treasurer, 1991-1992, vice president, 1992-1993, president 1993-1994. Board directors Control Arizona Shelter Superior vena cava syndrome, since 1995, Arizona Community Foundation, since 1996, invest. committee, 1996, Executive Committee since 1997, treasurer since 1997, chair nominating committee 1997-1998, vice chair board directors, since 1999, chair development committee, since 1999, member Elsner scholarship committee, since 1999.
Founding member Alliance linking povertyand homelessness, 1996-1998, board directors, since 1996, member Executive Committee, since 1996, co-chair long range planning committee, 1997-1998. Member of advisory board Help Wanted United States of America, 1990-1992. Volunteer fund raiser Young Men’s Christian Association, Salvation Army, others.
Board directors Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, since 1992, chair finance committee since 1997, Chairman, Board Of Directors, since 1998. Member Taliesin Council, since 1985. Board directors Taliesin Architecture,1992-1998, Taliesin Conservation Committee (Wisconsin), 1992.
Founding member Frank Lloyd Wright Society, since 1993. Member finance committee Kyl for Congress, 1985-1992,board director campaign board Kyl for United States Senate, 1993-1994, 99-. Senator KylCouncil, since 1995.
Campaign committee Symington for Governor '90, 1989-1990, member gubernatorial advisory board, 1990-1991. Member Governor's Selection Committee for StateRevenue Director, 1993. Member bond committee City of Phoenix, 1987-1988.
Member Arizona State University Council of 100, 1985-1989, investment committee, 1985-1989. Board of Governors Twelve Who Care Hon Kachina, 1991. Member of advisory county Maricopa CountySports Authority, 1989-1993.
Member Arizona Coalition for Tomorrow, 1990-1992. Founding member, board directors Waste Not Inc., 1990-1994, president, 1990-1992, chairman, 1992-1994, advisory board since 1996. Board directors Garden Homes at Teton PinesHome Owners Association, since 1996.
Selected as bearer for the Olympic Torch Relay Team, 1996. First lieutenant United States Air Force, 1961-1964, Member American Bar Association, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum Engineers, Arizona Bar Association, Maricopa County Bar Association, U. Arizona Alumni Association, National Society Fund Raising Executives (Philanthropy awardAriz. chapter 1991, 97), Clan McRae Society North America Phoenix Executive Club, International Platform Association, American Friends of the U. Cambridge (England), Jackson Hole Racquet Club, Teton Pines Country Club, Tau Beta Pi.
Connections
Married Betty Hawkins, August 27, 1960. Children: Elizabeth Ann, Stephanie Adrian, Scott Hawkins.
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Political Party
Republican