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Oct 23, 2023 · Charles E. Young, the fiery, fiercely outspoken chancellor of UCLA credited with turning the campus into an academic powerhouse, died of natural causes Sunday at his home in Sonoma, Calif. He was 91.
Nov 21, 2018 · When Charles E. Young first arrived at UC Riverside in the spring of 1954, the campus consisted of little more than a handful of buildings, some of which were still under construction. “We felt ...
Jan 6, 2022 · January 6, 2022. Charles E. Young, UCLA chancellor emeritus, celebrated his 90th birthday on Dec. 30. Young has lived in Sonoma, California, for the past decade, but visits the campus in Westwood at least annually. UCLA Newsroom asked Young to reflect on his years of leadership and the trajectory of UCLA and the University of California system.
Dr. Charles E. Young. Dr. Charles Edward Young was Chancellor of University of California, Los Angeles for 29 years, serving from September 1, 1968 to June 30, 1997. Embarking upon the position at the age of 36, Young was the youngest person to ever head a University of California campus and also retired with the longest tenure as chancellor in ...
Portrait of Charles Young prior to his departure for Sequoia National Park in 1903 . United States Army. 1 st African-American National Park Superintendent. In the summer of 1903, Captain Charles Young would become the first African-American national park Superintendent when he and his troops were tasked to manage and maintain Sequoia National Park in northern California.
The Charles E. Young Research Library is one of the largest libraries on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles in Westwood, Los Angeles, California. It initially opened in 1964, and a second phase of construction was completed in 1970. Interior renovations took place in 2009 and 2011. Located at the northern edge of the campus ...
Charles Young (March 12, 1864 – January 8, 1922) was an American soldier. He was the third African-American graduate of the United States Military Academy, the first Black U.S. national park superintendent, first Black military attaché, first Black man to achieve the rank of colonel in the United States Army, and highest-ranking black officer in the Regular Army until his death in 1922.
