Young, Benjamin P. (Benjamin Percy), 1887-

Professor of Zoology, Cornell University.

Benjamin P. Young received a B.A. from the University of Kansas in 1908 and a Ph.D. from Cornell in 1919. For seven years following his graduation he served as a high school principal and as city school superintendent in Kansas. From 1915 to 1917, he served as an instructor in entomology at the University of Kansas. In 1917, he became an instructor in entomology at Cornell; in 1919, Assistant Professor of Zoology, in 1940 Associate Professor of Zoology, and, in 1952, Emeritus Professor. His academic interests centered on invertebrate zoology, with special emphasis on entomology and parasitology, and he played a major role in developing the basic zoology course at Cornell. In 1910, he married Nola May Ayers. They had two children, John A. Young and Mary Elizabeth (Betty) Young Lacey (Cornell '38).

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