Biography:Richard S. Young
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Short description: American biologist and academic
Richard S. Young (died 1996) was an American biologist.[1][2]
Life and career
Richard Young was born in Kings Park, New York. He attended Gettysburg College and Florida State University.[3]
Young started his career as a research scientist for the Food and Drug Administration.[3]
During the 1960s and 1970s, Young was the head of life sciences exploration program of the U.S.[3] In 1979, he became vice-president of the Rockefeller University.[3]
Young died due to prostate cancer in 1996.[3][4]
References
- ↑ Rummel, John D. (February 25, 2014). "Carl Woese, Dick Young, and the roots of astrobiology". RNA Biology 11 (3): 207–209. doi:10.4161/rna.27702. PMID 24572623.
- ↑ Dick, Steven J. (July 1, 2009). "Origins and development of NASA's exobiology program, 1958–1976". Acta Astronautica 65 (1): 1–5. doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2009.01.058. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094576509000861.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Noble, Holcomb B. (October 15, 1996). "Richard S. Young, 69, Pioneer In the Study of Space Biology". https://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/15/us/richard-s-young-69-pioneer-in-the-study-of-space-biology.html.
- ↑ "Richard Young". The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1996/10/19/deaths/a5f63dd3-230a-4640-9470-5536a15bec33/.
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