Michael K. Young

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Michael K. Young
University of Washington President Michael Young recently speaking at a Council committee meeting, 2011-07 (9018396188).jpg
25th President of Texas A&M University
In office
May 1, 2015 –December 31, 2020
Children3
Education Brigham Young University (BA)
Harvard University (JD)
ProfessionUniversity Administrator
Academic work
Discipline Jurisprudence
Institutions

Michael Kent Young (born November 4, 1949) [2] is an American lawyer and academic administrator. He previously served as president of Texas A&M University from 2015 to 2020, president of the University of Washington from 2011 to 2015, president of the University of Utah from 2004 to 2011, and dean of the George Washington University Law School from 1998 to 2004. [3] [4]

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Early life and education

Young was born and raised in Sacramento, California. He received a Bachelor of Arts with majors in political science and Japanese from Brigham Young University in 1973 and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1976. [3] [5]

Career

After law school, his judicial clerkships, and positions at two law firms, Young joined the United States State Department and served as Deputy Legal Adviser, Deputy Under Secretary for Economic and Agricultural Affairs, and Ambassador for Trade and Environmental Affairs in the Bush administration. [3] Among many other international agreements, Young worked on treaties related to German unification, as well as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and Uruguay Round negotiations leading to the World Trade Organization and Earth Summit. [6]

Following his State Department work, Young became a professor and administrator at Columbia University from 1994 to 1998 and George Washington University from 1998 to 2004. [3] His academic positions there included Fuyo Professor of Japanese Law and Legal Institutions and Director of the Center for Japanese Legal Studies at Columbia, and Dean and Lobingier Professor of Comparative Law and Jurisprudence at GWU's law school. [7]

Young was president of the University of Utah from August 2004 [7] to May 2011. [8] From 2011 to 2015, Young was the president of the University of Washington. He became president of Texas A&M University in May 2015. [9]

Young also served on the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom from 1998 to 2005, including twice serving as its chair. [7] [10] [3]

He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations [11] and a fellow of the American Bar Foundation. [12]

Young announced his intention to retire from the presidency of Texas A&M University on September 2, 2020 to be effective in May 2021. [13] In November, it was announced the resignation would take effect earlier on December 31, 2020. [4]

Personal life

He served as president of the New York Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1985 to 1989. [14]

Young married fellow BYU alumna Suzan Stewart in 1972, whom he met during her freshman year while dating her roommate, and they are the parents of three children. [15] They divorced in 2010.

On June 3, 2011, he married Marti Denkers (Young). [16] Young's relationship with Denkers was the subject of some controversy: Denkers was a student at the University of Utah during the time Young presided over it, [17] and she was formerly married to Steve Denkers, a member of the wealthy Eccles family that has given hundreds of millions of dollars to the University of Utah over the years. [18]

Honours

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  2. ↑ Marquis Who's Who on the Web
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Michael K. Young C.V." (PDF). Texas A&M University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
  4. 1 2 "Announcement From President Michael K. Young". Texas A&M Today. 2020-11-24. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  5. ↑ "BY High Alumnus Named President, University of Utah". www.byhigh.org.
  6. ↑ "About President Young" . Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  7. 1 2 3 "Michael K. Young". University of Utah. Archived from the original on 2004-10-11. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
  8. ↑ "Michael K. Young". University of Utah. Archived from the original on 2011-11-17. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
  9. ↑ "Regents: Two-time university president expected to serve at helm of Texas A&M". theeagle.com. February 3, 2015. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Past Commissioners". United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
  11. ↑ "Council on Foreign Relations Roster" . Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  12. ↑ "About President Young" . Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  13. ↑ "Michael K. Young To Retire From Post As 25th President Of Texas A&M University". Texas A&M Today. 2020-09-02. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  14. ↑ Tiffany, Scott, ed., City Saints: Mormons in the New York Metropolis. (New York: Nauvoo Books, 2004) p. 62
  15. ↑ Desmond, Theresa (Fall 2004). "Go West, Young Man". Continuum, The Magazine of the University of Utah. Archived from the original on October 21, 2021. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  16. ↑ 'Incoming UW President Michael Young gets married', in The Seattle Times , June 7, 2011
  17. ↑ "Michael Young Weds University Student and (Hopefully) Puts Personal Drama to Rest". Archived from the original on 2016-08-14. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
  18. ↑ Tribune, Brian Maffly The Salt Lake. "Michael Young: Former U. president remarries in Seattle" . Retrieved 2016-06-30.
  19. ↑ Haurwitz, Ralph K. M. "Regents name Michael Young sole finalist for Texas A&M president". Austin American-Statesman.
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