Fr Edward Hugh McGrath (94), one of the founding fathers of XLRI, passed away on 4th August, 2017. He had been the director of XLRI from 1959 to 62, and 1981-82. He conducted several courses for management and trade union groups at XLRI. During the 60s, under his guidance XLRI started offering courses for unions in collaboration with the steel union at the Steel Worker College.