Sunday, May 28, 2000 - North Shore News - 19

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McRae donates $1 mto Cap College
THREE years after
donating $1 million to

Capilano College's Asia
Pacific Management

Cooperative Program
(APMCP), Canadian

businessman and philanthropist, Robert McRae,
has pledged another $1
million to support the
college's international
programs.
The new donation is
intended to promote international study and work experiences for students in the Latin
American
Management
Program
(LAMP)
and
APMCP.
It is specifically directed at
developing
credit-transfer
agreements with master's
degree programs at reputable
international universities.
"Mr. McRae strongly
believes in helping young people to work, live and learn in an
international context," said
John Potts, Capilano College
dean of Business, H uman

Services and International programs. "This generous donation will support the development of young Canadian managers and will be used to assist
them in working abroad in the
private sector and in development capacities. These young
people become ambassadors
for Canada."
McRae and his daughter,
Elizabeth Peck, run Canadians
Resident Abroad, Inc., a
Toronto company that sends
tax and investment reports to
Canadian expatriates around
the globe.
An inspirational speaker, his
philosophy is well known
an10ngst the students, graduates and faculty members of
Capilano College's international programs. He often says: "I
don't want to be old and poor
or dead and rich."