Young, Robert R., 1897-1958

Robert Ralph Young was born on February 14, 1897 in Canadian, Texas, the son of David John Young and Mary Moody. He graduated from Culver Military Academy in 1914 and attended the University of Virginia. After leaving the University in his second year, he married Anita O'Keeffe, the sister of painter Georgia O'Keeffe. They had one child, Eleanor Jane Young. Young began his career with E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Company and subsequently worked for the Allied Chemical Corporation (1916-1920) and the General Motors Corporation (1922-1928). He served, briefly, as chief financial advisor to John J. Raskob of General Motors. In 1929, Young started the brokerage firm of Young, Kolbe, and Company, which was dissolved in 1937. That year Young and a group of investors purchased the Alleghany Corporation, a holding company that owned substantial interests in the Chesapeake & Ohio, Nickel Plate, and Missouri Pacific Railroads. He served as Chairman of the Board of the Alleghany Corporation from 1937 to 1954. From 1954 to 1958, Young served as director and chairman of the board of the New York Central Railroad. Robert Young died on January 25, 1958.

From the description of Robert Ralph Young papers, 1909-1985 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702161045

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