H. Edwin Young, American economist, Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison (1968–1977), died he was 94.

Hugh Edwin Young served as Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1968 to 1977 and President of the University of Wisconsin System from 1977 to 1980 died he was 94.^[1]

(May 3, 1917 – January 2, 2012) 

An economist, Young graduated from the University of Maine and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.^[2] As UW Chancellor, Young presided over a campus divided by the Vietnam War and student protests.^[3] He was born in Bonne Bay,^[4] Newfoundland (then British Dominion of Newfoundland) and moved to Maine with his family when he was 5.^[5] Young died in Madison, Wisconsin after a stroke.^[6]

Personal life

Young was married with five children and predeceased by his wife (d. 1993).



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