Young, Richard H.

The son of a Chicago physician, Richard Hale Young was born in Chicago on January 26, 1905. He obtained a Bachelor of Science in Medicine and a Bachelor of Medicine from Northwestern University in 1929 and was awarded his M.D a year later, after an internship at St. Luke's Hospital. He continued his studies as a Fellow in Medicine at Northwestern, focusing on hematology. These studies included stays at the University of Oregon in 1933 and the University College Medical School in London in 1934. Young began an 21 year tenure as Dean of the Medical School in 1949.

Completing his formal education, Dr. Young set up a private practice in Evanston, Illinois in 1934. He married Ellen Louise Stearns the same year. They had two sons, both of whom went on to graduate from Northwestern University Medical School.

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