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Time Person of the Year
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Owen D. Young
1874-10-27 – 1962-07-11
Life & Legacy
Owen D. Young (October 27, 1874 – July 11, 1962) was an American industrialist, businessman, lawyer and diplomat at the Second Reparations Conference (SRC) in 1929, as a member of the Reparation Commission.
He is known for the plan to settle Germany's World War I reparations, known as the Young Plan and for the creation of the Radio Corporation of America. Young founded RCA as a subsidiary of General Electric in 1919; he became its first chairman and continued in that position until 1929. RCA was separated into as another traded company in 1932. This was although they still held a large portion of RCA shares and liquidated by GE in 1986.
Occupation & Career
economist, diplomat, lawyer, businessperson, politician, entrepreneur, jurist
Education
Boston University School of Law; St. Lawrence University; Boston University
Faith & Community
Unitarian Universalism
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Time Person of the Year
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
Time Person of the Year
Church
Unitarian Universalism
Organizations & Memberships
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Education & Institutions
Boston University · Boston University School of Law · St. Lawrence University
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Faith Community
Unitarian Universalism
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Family Child
Philip Young
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Family Child
Josephine Young Case
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Family Spouse
Louise Powis
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Sources & Provenance
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