Owen D. Young

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Owen D. Young was an American industrialist, lawyer, and businessman best known for founding RCA and for his influential role in international economic policy during the interwar period.

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instanceOf businessman
human
industrialist
lawyer
advisorTo U.S. government on economic and foreign policy matters
associatedWith League of Nations economic conferences
boardMemberOf General Electric
RCA
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1874-10-27
dateOfDeath 1962-07-11
educatedAt Boston University School of Law NERFINISHED
St. Lawrence University
employer General Electric
Radio Corporation of America
familyName Young
fieldOfWork corporate law
international economic policy
founded Radio Corporation of America
givenName Owen
hasHonor namesake of Owen D. Young Central School in New York
namesake of St. Lawrence University’s Owen D. Young Library
influenced interwar international reparations policy
knownFor Young Plan
surface form: Young Plan for German reparations

founding the Radio Corporation of America
leadership at General Electric
memberOf Dawes Plan for German reparations after World War I
surface form: Dawes Plan committee

Young Plan
surface form: Young Plan committee
nativeLanguage English
nominatedFor Time Person of the Year
surface form: Time Person of the Year 1929
notableWork Young Plan
occupation business executive
industrialist
lawyer
participatedIn negotiations on German reparations after World War I
placeOfBirth Stark, New York NERFINISHED
placeOfBurial Van Hornesville, New York
placeOfDeath St. Augustine, Florida NERFINISHED
politicalActivity involved in Democratic Party politics
positionHeld chairman of General Electric
chairman of the board of RCA
religion Methodism
residence Van Hornesville, New York
sexOrGender male
spouse Josephine Sheldon Young NERFINISHED
workedOn reorganization of the American electrical industry

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