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Show Herbert Young Honored in U of C 'In Memoriam' rVural goodness. We have all id: ic." Celeste T. Wright Arthu.- Chilr Bruce Glassburner C. Bickiorr? C'Brier, Harold C. Reiber Thi;J- story i;: excerpted from the book "In Memoriam" published pub-lished by the University of California in June 1967. the University of Peshawar, Pakistan, where the Dean lection lec-tion on physical chemistry and thermodynamics to me.n, while Dr. Maxine Young taught elementary chemistry to women. wo-men. The couple plmr.ed to visit, in their spare time, sites o' he early Indus civilisation, cb'aining samples of metal and mcrtar, to be studied in an archaeclrgical a.nd geochrono-logical geochrono-logical dating laboratory which the Dean hoped eo establish at Davis. But although the Youngs explored, in their own car, relics at Mohenjo-daro and else where, the Pakistani officials offic-ials would not permit the removal re-moval of samples. In this disappointment, dis-appointment, Herbert Young turned to another of his i.nter-csls: i.nter-csls: the study of ancient religions. re-ligions. In 1963, almost immediately upr.n arriving home, Dean Young was hospitalized. He rallied and resumed work; but on July 1, 1964, severe illness compelled him to resign. He dieii January 11-. 19613. In the words of K.nowles A. Ryerson, a former head of the Davis campus, "Herbert Ytung had a great heart, great ideals, great faith in himself, his university, uni-versity, and his country. There was something daep, fine, and bedrock in Herbert Young's "U v s ' ,l Av -rw- . ? ; r , - . v - -: - ' - - . . - s'- i s ti ' s j ' , - - J1. - - ' ' V - - . - ' ' , . i J f ' r v: ' " " n - . ' . w 1906-1965 Professor of Chemistry Dean, College of Letters and Science Herbert Young, the son of William Alexander and Aldie - Jennings Young, was born October Oc-tober 10, 1908, in San Diego, California, anc' grew up on a desert farm in the Imperial Valley. After attending San Fernando High School and, for a year, UCLA, he completed requirements for the B.S. in chemistry at Berkeley. Next year, 1929, he married Maxine Bardsley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Bardsley Bard-sley of Milford. Her brother Jack Bardsley still lives in Mil-ford, Mil-ford, Maxine, a chemist in her own right; their son John, now a Ph.D in physics, was born in 1938. By 1932 Herbert Young had his Ph.D and an instruct-orsJhip. instruct-orsJhip. In 1934 he went to Davis Da-vis as an Assistant Professor, and an Assistant Chemist in the Experiment Station. He enjoyed his students. Even after becoming Dean, he sometimes had an upper division divi-sion class, and always a grad uate course in thermodynamics. One of his Ph.D's. now a professor, pro-fessor, recalls: "His guidance was gentle. Though ready to help, he steered us into solving our own problems. In short, he was a great teacher." Ha served as Chairman of the Committee Com-mittee on Student Affairs, fostered fos-tered the Cal Club, worked with the ASUCD executive committee, and actively supported sup-ported the athletic program at Davis. From 1940 to 1951 he was Chairman of his Department. Planning the interior of the first regular Chemistry Building Build-ing (which now bears his name), he and his colleagues gained long-overdue facilities. A sound, program, a well-balanced faculty, wise budgeting, excellent relations with Berkley, Berk-ley, all made Chemistry at Davis Da-vis a strong Department. The agricultural faculty consulted Dr. Young on many chemical problems. Meanwhile he continued con-tinued his own research, publishing pub-lishing (often in collaboration with his wife) numerous papers, pa-pers, especially on the oxidation oxida-tion of sulfur compounds. His talents were widely recognized. rec-ognized. When, during the Second Sec-ond World War, the University aided in developing the first atomic bomb, chemists were needed to separate uranium 235 -from other uranium isotopes. The Berkeley department was already engaged on the Plutonium Plu-tonium Project. At the request RECOGNIZE THIS PICTURE: It is presently the Hughes home cn the hill back of Milford. It was taken in 1910, shortly after it was built. Pictured are Mrs. Lottie Bardsley and daughter Maxine in the front of the house and Mr. Edward L. Bardsley and son Jack in the back. Picture submitted by Jack Bardsley. of Ernest Lawrence, the University's Uni-versity's coordinator for the work, Herbert Young headed the "Davis Group," Manhattan District of the U. S. Engineering Engineer-ing Corps. As Director of the Research and Development Division at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Dr. Young faced serious problems. Besides the handling of rare a.rd dangerous compounds, there were building--onstruc-tion difficulties, labor agitations slumps in morale, obstacles of military regulation. Oak Ridge had a remote location a hot summer climate, no air-conditioned buildings, inadequate hospital care. When uranium was finally converted, on schedule, into a volatile salt, no small credit belonged to Herbert Young. After this wartime interlude - (1943-45) he returned home and, a year later, became a full Professor. Such was his reputation repu-tation that in 1951, when the College of Letters and Science was being organized at Davis, he was appointed Dean. Though this choice was ex-t'emtily ex-t'emtily pt.p'Uai h now ceded ced-ed great resourwiulness. The f-.inds available :? so scanty that majors could be afforded enly in subjects that had lng h-'en established at Davis: the enly full professors must bo 1hose already th.jro. Many department;? de-partment;? were combined thus Philosophy and Fine Arts (in chjding Music) developed under o.r e chairman; Dramatic Art and Speech shelte -(.rl with English Eng-lish (newly separa-d fr..n- Foreign For-eign Languages). The Dean himself sometimes functioned as head of Economics, Education, Educa-tion, or Psychology. When a whole department, such as Anthropology, An-thropology, would consist of tne of two assistant professors, he himself recruited these youthful Ph.D's. encouraged the embryo chairmen, and cheerfully rescued those who became overextended. He developed de-veloped the Small-Campus Dean's Conference, where, for example, historians from Davis, Riverside, and Santa Barbara might discuss their curricula, educational policy, and other problems. Herbert Young's ability, personal per-sonal qualities, modest yet impressive im-pressive demeanor assure him of respect; his style of leadership leader-ship was endearing. On academic acad-emic questions he consulted the faculty, enlisted their support. sup-port. His delightful sense of humor broke the tension of debate. de-bate. He protected faculty welfare. In 1961-62 he championed the instructors and assistant professors, pro-fessors, whose progress toward tenure seemed threatened by a Univeristy policy change. He respected his colleagues' summer sum-mer research time. Mere than once he defended a department's depart-ment's right tt eject private or government funds for unsuitable un-suitable programs . He cherished the liberal arts. He not only lifted Physics out of a cement garage and, working work-ing with the faculty, procured a cyclotron, but helped English Eng-lish and the Library in obtaining obtain-ing books, Dramatic Art in transforming an old cafeteria to a little theater. When the art students began painting, he bought, with his own office funds, picture frames for displaying dis-playing their work. He doggedly dogged-ly kept Greek and Latin in the catalog until they could be offered. of-fered. To publicize Letters and Science, he visited the junior colleges. His predictions of growth proved accurate, for Letters and Science became the largest of the several colleges at Davis. He spent his sabbaticals abroad on a Fulbright Fellowship. Fellow-ship. In 1955-56 he served as consultant to the Universities of Cairo and Alexandria and the Egyptian Ministry of Education; Edu-cation; he and his wife devoted many weekends to archoeology and anthropology. For 1962-63 they accepted appointments at |