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In 2005, McCrary was one of five individuals, including [[Jim Humphreys]], former manager of the [[Pitchfork Ranch]] east of Lubbock, who received the Founders Award from the National Ranching Heritage Center at Texas Tech, which offers a highly acclaimed free outdoor museum on the Tech campus. The award is given to people who have made the ranching center, along with its inside museum, a priority in their lives. McCrary also supported Texas Tech through the Ershel A. Franklin Charitable Trust, named for McCrary's partner in the oil business. Upon Franklin's death in 1980, McCrary became sole trustee for the trust.

In 2005, McCrary was one of five individuals, including [[Jim Humphreys]], former manager of the [[Pitchfork Ranch]] east of Lubbock, who received the Founders Award from the National Ranching Heritage Center at Texas Tech, which offers a highly acclaimed free outdoor museum on the Tech campus. The award is given to people who have made the ranching center, along with its inside museum, a priority in their lives. McCrary also supported Texas Tech through the Ershel A. Franklin Charitable Trust, named for McCrary's partner in the oil business. Upon Franklin's death in 1980, McCrary became sole trustee for the trust.

McCrary's grandfather sold part of his ranch to C. W. Post in the early 20th century. McCrary still owns part of the original ranch that his grandfather purchased from Clarence Scharbauer of [[Midland, Texas|Midland]]. McCrary returned to Post in the late 1940s to run the family ranching operation. He left the community only for vacations and business and art-collecting trips. He has visited more than one hundred countries on all continents, including [[Antarctica]], which he has toured three times with ''[[National Geographic]]'' [[magazine]]. Despite such extensive travels, McCrary said that he would not live in a large city because he preferred the camaraderie of life in a small west Texas town.

McCrary's grandfather sold part of his ranch to C. W. Post in the early 20th century. McCrary still owns part of the original ranch that his grandfather purchased from Clarence Scharbauer of [[Midland]], Texas. McCrary returned to Post in the late 1940s to run the family ranching operation. He left the community only for vacations and business and art-collecting trips. He has visited more than one hundred countries on all continents, including [[Antarctica]], which he has toured three times with ''[[National Geographic]]'' [[magazine]]. Despite such extensive travels, McCrary said that he would not live in a large city because he preferred the camaraderie of life in a small west Texas town.

McCrary once said that he believed his town of Post would have become the size of Lubbock had C. W. Post lived to fulfill his dream of creating a self-sustaining community. Post, who was in poor health for much of his life, died just before his sixtieth birthday and was in Texas for only seven years of his life.

McCrary once said that he believed his town of Post would have become the size of Lubbock had C. W. Post lived to fulfill his dream of creating a self-sustaining community. Post, who was in poor health for much of his life, died just before his sixtieth birthday and was in Texas for only seven years of his life.