Title: Roy A. Young Papers, 1913-1990
Predominant Dates: 1943-1990
ID: MSS YoungRA
Primary Creator: Young, Roy A. (Roy Alton) (1921-)
Extent: 4.5 cubic feet
Arrangement: Organized into 9 series: 1. Dept. of Botany & Plant Pathology; 2. Dean of Research; 3. Acting President; 4. Vice President for Research & Graduate Studies; 5. Chancellor, University of Nebraska; 6. Professional Organizations & Activities; 7. Publications; 8. Talks and Trip Summaries; 9. Photographs. Each series is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
Languages of Materials: English [eng]
Young served as a faculty member and administrator at Oregon State University (1948-1976 and 1986-1990), the University of Nebraska (1976-1980), and Cornell University (1980-1986).
Roy Alton Young was born 1 March 1921 in McAlister, New Mexico. He obtained an Associate of Arts degree from Eastern New Mexico Junior College in 1939, a B.S. in Biology from New Mexico State University in 1941, and an M.S. in Plant Pathology from Iowa State University in 1942. Following military service in the U.S. Navy (1943-1946), he returned to Iowa State University and completed requirements for the Ph.D. in Plant Pathology in 1948.
Young came to Oregon State University in 1948 as an Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology. He taught graduate courses on bacterial diseases of plants and plant disease control. Principal research efforts were on diseases of ornamentals and potatoes with emphasis on soil borne diseases and on fungicide research. He served as Head of the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology from 1958 until 1966, when he was appointed Dean of Research with campus-wide responsibility for research coordination.
Young served as Acting President of Oregon State University from June 1969 until July 1970 and subsequently as the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies from 1970 to 1976. In 1976, he accepted appointment as Chancellor of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and then in 1980 as Managing Director/President of the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research at Cornell University. He retired in 1986 and returned to OSU, where he served as part-time Director of the Office for Natural Resources Policy until 1990.
Young was active in the American Phytopathological Society and serves on several national councils, advisory panels, and the boards of directors of several private and public organizations. He married Marilyn Sandman in 1950 and they have 2 children, Janet E. and Randall Owen.
Related Materials: University records pertaining to Young's administrative positions at OSU can be found in the Botany and Plant Pathology Department Records (RG 054), Research Office Records (RG 170), and the President's Office Records (RG 013). The Research Office Records (RG 170) contain materials of the Governor's Science Council from the years that Young was a member.
Preferred Citation: Roy A. Young Papers (MSS YoungRA), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Other URL: A preliminary container list was created for this collection on or before Decemeber 11, 2015.
Young, Roy A. (Roy Alton) (1921-)
Agricultural Research Foundation (Or.)
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Institute of Biological Sciences--Congresses.
American Phytopathological Society
Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges
Borlaug, N. E.
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research
Butz, Earl L. (Earl Lauer), 1909-
College administrators--Nebraska--Lincoln.
College presidents--Oregon.
History of Science
International Congress of Plant Pathology
Jensen, James H.
MacVicar, Robert William, 1918-
National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges. Council for Research and Policy Administration
National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges. Energy and Environment Committee
Natural Resources
Oregon State University--Administration.
Oregon State University. Department of Botany
Oregon State University. Environmental Health Sciences Center
Oregon State University. Faculty Senate
Oregon State University. Marine Science Center
Oregon State University. Office of Dean of Research
Oregon State University. Office of the President
Oregon State University. Office of Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies
Oregon State University. Sea Grant College Program.
Research grants--Oregon--Corvallis.
Science Development Program (U.S.)
Society of the Sigma Xi. Oregon State University Chapter
Student movements--Oregon.
University History
University of Nebraska--Lincoln. Chancellor
Young, Roy A. (Roy Alton), 1921-
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