Colonel Milton Alexander McRae (July 13, 1858 – October 11, 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 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.
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.