Charles E. Young
| Charles E. Young | |
|---|---|
Charles E. Young, President of the
University of Florida, circa 2001. |
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| Born |
December 30, 1931 Highland, California |
| Alma mater |
B.A., UC Riverside, 1955 M.A., UCLA, 1957 Ph.D., UCLA, 1960 |
| Occupation |
University Professor University Chancellor Nonprofit Administrator |
| Employer |
U.S. Air Force UCLA University of Florida Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art |
| Spouse(s) | Sue Young (deceased) Judy Young |
Charles E. Young (born December 30, 1931), nicknamed Chuck Young, is a retired American university administrator and professor. A native of California, Young led the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) for 29 years as chancellor and the University of Florida for more than four years as president. He now lives in Sonoma, California.
Young was born in Highland, California in 1931. As a youth he worked in the local orange groves. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. After completing his military service, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, with honors, in political science from the University of California, Riverside in 1955. While he was at UCR, he was the campus's first student body president. He received his Master of Arts and doctor of philosophy degrees in political science from UCLA in 1957 and 1960, respectively. His dissertation is titled “The politics of political boundary making." He worked for University of California President Clark Kerr in 1959-60 on the California Master Plan for Higher Education.
Young met Sue Daugherty when they were students at San Bernardino Valley College. They married in 1950 and had two children, Charles Jr. and Elizabeth. Sue Young died in 2001. In 2002 Young married Judy Cornell. His daughter, Elizabeth Young-Apstein, died in 2006.
Young began his UCLA career in a series of executive posts in the administration of Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy: assistant to the chancellor (1960–62), assistant chancellor (1962–63), and vice chancellor for administration (1963–68). He also became a full professor in the political science department. Following Chancellor Murphy's resignation, Young was named his successor by the UC Regents on July 12, 1968. At 36, he was the nation's youngest head of a major university.
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