Owen D. Young
American industrialist, lawyer, and diplomat (1874ā1962) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Owen D. Young (October 27, 1874 ā July 11, 1962) was an American industrialist, businessman, lawyer and diplomat at the Second Reparations Conference (SRC) in 1929, as a member of the German Reparations International Commission.[1]
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Born | (1874-10-27)October 27, 1874 Stark, New York, U.S. |
Died | July 11, 1962(1962-07-11) (aged 87) St. Augustine, Florida, U.S. |
Education | St. Lawrence University (BA) Boston University (LLB) |
Political party | Democratic |
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He is known for the plan to settle Germany's World War I reparations, known as the Young Plan and for the creation of 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. RCA was divested in 1932 and liquidated by GE in 1986.