Owen Young
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Owen D. Young (October 27, 1874 - July 11, 1962) was an American industrialist, businessman, lawyer and diplomat at the Second Reparations Conference in 1929. He is best known for his SRC diplomacy and for founding the Radio Corporation of America.
Owen D. Young was born in 1874 in the village of Van Hornesville, town of Stark, Herkimer County, New York.
St. Lawrence University graduate in 1894; he completed the three-year law course in two years, at Boston University, graduation from law school in 1896.
Young founded RCA in 1919. He became its first chairman, and continued to serve as chairman until 1933.
He also served as the chairman of General Electric, from 1922 until 1939.
Young was named Time Magazine's Man of the Year in 1929.
In 1930, he built Van Hornesville Central School in his hometown to consolidate all the same rural schools in the area. In 1963, it was renamed Owen D. Young Central School in his honor. Long active in education, Young was a trustee of St. Lawrence University from 1912 to 1934, serving as president of the board the last 10 years. He was a member of the New York State Board of Regents, governing body of New York's educational system, until 1946.
New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey called upon him in 1946 to head the state commission that laid the groundwork for the State University of New York system. Although the commission represented a wide range of views and opinions, Young achieved a surprising unanimity that resulted in a report containing recommendations adopted by the legislature.
In 1932, he was a candidate for the Democratic Presidential nomination which went to Franklin Roosevelt instead.
Family
In 1898 he married Josephine Sheldon Edmonds (April 21, 1870 - June 25, 1935), an 1896 Radcliffe College graduate, who bore him five children:- Charles Jacob Young, born December 17, 1899, (1899-1987);
- John Young, born August 13, 1902, (1902-1926);
- Josephine Young, born February 16, 1907, (1907-1990);
- * Speculative fiction author as Josephine Young Case
- Philip Young, born May 9, 1910, (1910-1987);
- * Chairman, Civil Service Commission (1953-1957)
- Richard Young, born June 23, 1919.
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