Owen D. Young

Politician, Author

1874 – 1962

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Who was Owen D. Young?

Owen D. Young was an American industrialist, businessman, lawyer and diplomat at the Second Reparations Conference in 1929, as a member of the German Reparations International Commission.

He is best known for his SRC diplomacy and for founding the Radio Corporation of America. Young founded RCA as a subsidiary of General Electric in 1919; he became its first chairman and continued in that position until 1929.

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Born
Oct 27, 1874
Stark
Religion
  • Unitarian Universalism
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Boston University
  • St. Lawrence University
Lived in
  • New York
Died
Jul 11, 1962

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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