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.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| 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
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namesake of St. Lawrence University’s Owen D. Young Library ⓘ |
| influenced | interwar international reparations policy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Young Plan
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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
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surface form:
Dawes Plan committee
Young Plan ⓘ
surface form:
Young Plan committee
|
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Time Person of the Year
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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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