YoungRA Guide to the Roy A. Young Papers 1913-1990 Young (Roy A.) Papers Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. 1990 Oregon State University Archives
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Consult repository. Young, Roy A. (Roy Alton), 1921- Roy A. Young Papers 1913-1990 1943-1990 4.5 cubic feet These materials were generated by Roy A. Young as a faculty member and administrator at Oregon State University (1948-1976 and 1986-1990), the University of Nebraska (1976-1980), and Cornell University (1980-1986). Materials in English. Biographical Note:

Young served as a faculty member and administrator at Oregon State University (1948-1976 and 1986-1990), the University of Nebraska (1976-1980), and Cornell University (1980-1986).

Roy Alton Young was born 1 March 1921 in McAlister, New Mexico. He obtained an Associate of Arts degree from Eastern New Mexico Junior College in 1939, a B.S. in Biology from New Mexico State University in 1941, and an M.S. in Plant Pathology from Iowa State University in 1942. Following military service in the U.S. Navy (1943-1946), he returned to Iowa State University and completed requirements for the Ph.D. in Plant Pathology in 1948.

Young came to Oregon State University in 1948 as an Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology. He taught graduate courses on bacterial diseases of plants and plant disease control. Principal research efforts were on diseases of ornamentals and potatoes with emphasis on soil borne diseases and on fungicide research. He served as Head of the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology from 1958 until 1966, when he was appointed Dean of Research with campus-wide responsibility for research coordination.

Young served as Acting President of Oregon State University from June 1969 until July 1970 and subsequently as the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies from 1970 to 1976. In 1976, he accepted appointment as Chancellor of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and then in 1980 as Managing Director/President of the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research at Cornell University. He retired in 1986 and returned to OSU, where he served as part-time Director of the Office for Natural Resources Policy until 1990.

Young was active in the American Phytopathological Society and serves on several national councils, advisory panels, and the boards of directors of several private and public organizations. He married Marilyn Sandman in 1950 and they have 2 children, Janet E. and Randall Owen.

Includes personal files created by Young in his capacity as a faculty member and administrator at OSU, and as an administrator at the University of Nebraska and Cornell University. Contains correspondence files, research project files, reports, reference files, professional organizations files, publications, clippings, and photographs.

Organized into 9 series: 1. Dept. of Botany & Plant Pathology; 2. Dean of Research; 3. Acting President; 4. Vice President for Research & Graduate Studies; 5. Chancellor, University of Nebraska; 6. Professional Organizations & Activities; 7. Publications; 8. Talks and Trip Summaries; 9. Photographs. Each series is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

Roy A. Young Papers, Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.

Papers were donated by Roy A. Young in August 1990.

University records pertaining to Young's administrative positions at OSU can be found in the Botany & Plant Pathology Department Records (RG 54); Vice Provost for Research & International Programs Records (RG 170); and the President's Office Records (RG 13). The Research Office Records (RG 170) contain materials of the Governor's Science Council from the years that Young was a member.

 Borlaug, N. E. Butz, Earl L. (Earl Lauer), 1909- Jensen, James H. MacVicar, Robert William, 1918- Young, Roy A. (Roy Alton), 1921- Oregon State University. Office of the President. Oregon State University. Dept. of Botany & Plant Pathology. Oregon State University. Environmental Health Sciences Center. Oregon State University. Faculty Senate. Oregon State University. Marine Science Center. Oregon State University. Office of Dean of Research. Oregon State University. Office of Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies. Oregon State University--Research grants. Oregon State University. Sea Grant College Program. Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research. American Association for the Advancement of Science. American Phytopathological Society. American Institute of Biological Sciences--Congresses. Science Development Program (U.S.) Agricultural Research Foundation (Or.) National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges. Council for Research and Policy Administration. National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges. Energy and Environment Committee. Society of the Sigma Xi. Oregon State University Chapter. University of Nebraska--Lincoln. Chancellor. International Congress of Plant Pathology. College administrators--Oregon--Corvallis. College presidents--Oregon--Corvallis. College administrators--Nebraska--Lincoln. Student movements--Oregon. Universities and colleges--Administration. Photographs. Oregon Photographs Colleges and Universities Science Series I Department of Botany and Plant Pathology Files 1952-1968 Departmental administration Agricultural Experiment Station 1 Summary of research activities for the Legislative Interim Committee on Agriculture 1960 1 Review by the U.S. Department of Agriculture 1958 1 Cordley Hall construction 1966-1968 1 Departmental chair selection 1966 1 Departmental scholarship undated 1 Faculty salaries 1956 and 1959 Faculty Senate 1 Organization, committees, bylaws, and minutes 1953-1964 1 Ad Hoc Committee on Reorganization of the Faculty Senate 1963 Graduate students 1 Committee to Study Employment Practices and Stipends 1952-1957 1 School of Science Graduate Committee - tax withholding 1960-1961 Research funding 1 Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Company, The Evaluation of the Fungicidal and Nematicidal Activity of New Chemicals and their Effectiveness in Disease Control 1954-1958 1 Mathieson Chemical Corporation 1953-1957 1 Merck & Co., Inc. 1954-1956 1 Monsanto Chemical Company 1953-1958 1 Mountain Copper Company 1954 National Institutes of Health 1 Acquisition of Laboratory Bench Facilities 1961-1962 1 Fungitoxic Residues in Soil, Water and Plants 1961-1964 1 Research Career Program Development Awards 1963 1 Naugatuck Chemical Division, U.S. Rubber Company 1953-1955 1 Chas. Pfizer and Company, Inc. 1955-1958 1 Stauffer Foundation, The Effects of Vapam on the Soil Microflora in Relation to Control of Vicillium-Induced Diseases 1956-1958 1 United Fruit Company 1957-1963 1 United States Army Biological Laboratories, Epidemiology of Wheat Stripe Rust 1964 1 Research inquiries and articles, potato diseases 1954-1961 1 Miscellaneous research inquiries 1952-1958 National Science Foundation Science Development Program 1 Proposal development 1964-1968 1 The Science Development Program of Oregon State University, proposal submitted to the National Science Foundation (continued in series II.) January 1965 1 OSU's School of Science, Oregon Stater November 1962 Series II Dean of Research Files 1965-1972 1 Position established at OSU and naming of Young 1965-1966 Air Resources Planning 1 Air Pollution Research Task Group 1965-1967 1 Air Pollution Control Center proposal, preliminary draft ca. 1969 1 Air Resources, Training and Information Center proposal ca. 1968 1 Centennial Lecture Series 1969 1 Environmental Health Sciences Center 1966-1975 1 Income tax status of research associates 1967 1 Jensen, James H. (Fred Shideler's file materials) 1967-1969 1 Legislative Interim Committee on Business Climate, Summary of Reports July 1968 Marine Science Center 1 General Information 1961-1972 1 Water Quality Monitoring Program for Yaquina Bay, and other land use issues 1966-1972 1 National Institutes of Health, Health Sciences Advancement Award program 1966-1967 National Science Foundation Science Development Program (cont. from series I) 1 Proposal development 1966-1967 1 Science Development Plan Oregon State University (revised proposal) June 1967 1 Site visit October 1967 1 Oregon Nursery Council July 1966 1 OSSHE business office, encumbrance system of accounting March 1969 1 OSU Today, research program for visiting business leaders 1968 1 President's Commission on Human Rights and Responsibilities Spring 1969 1 Research vs. education; letter to Robert G. Davis, Speaker Pro Tem, Oregon House of Representatives March 1969 1 Research - federal support 1968 Sea Grant Program 1 Program history and development 1966-1972 1 Sea Grant Institutional Program, Oregon State University, proposal submitted to the National Science Foundation September 1967 U.S. Department of Defense, Project THEMIS 2 Prospectus January 1967 2 Preliminary proposal to the Department of Defense ca. 1966 2 Formal proposal January 4, 1967 2 Site visit May 24, 1967 2 Correspondence regarding DOD/OSU contract July-December 1967 2 Prospectus November 1968 2 Renewal proposal ca. January 1968 2 Annual Progress Report October 1968 2 Site visit (renewal proposal) March 14, 1969 2 Renewal proposal ca. January 1969 2 Renewal proposal for sixth year ca. January 1970 Thermal Pollution Study Group 2 Warm Water Irrigation Proposal, submitted to the Oregon State Nuclear Energy Coordinating Committee by the State of Washington Nuclear Energy Coordinator's Office January 1969 2 Memos, minutes and correspondence January-February 1969 2 Western Regional Project on Root Diseases, background information 1969 Series III Acting President Files 1968-1974 2 Agricultural Experiment Station biennial budget correspondence with OSSHE chancellor June 1970 2 American Association of University Professors, OSU chapter June 1970 2 Butz, Earl letter re: Young presidency of OSU July 7, 1970 2 Commencement 1969-1970 2 Deans Council 1969-1970 2 Distinguished Service Awards Committee 1969 2 Distinguished Professor Award Committee 1970 2 Engineering Experiment Station research projects summary 1970 2 Earth Day activities 1970

Also includes information on 1990 activities.

 2 Legislative Interim Committee on Education March-November 1969 2 Nuclear power development and environmental protection 1969-1970 2 OSU closing, May 8 1970 2 Papadopoulos tenure case 1969-1974 2 Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) 1969-1971 2 Salaries for academics for 1969-1970 2 Fred Shideler file 1969-1970

Clippings, news releases, notes, correspondence, memos pertaining to Young's presidency.

 2 Statistics, Department of, transfer from School of Science to School of Agriculture June 1969-January 1970 2 Student-Faculty Conference April 10-11, 1970 Student unrest - clippings, memos, statements, correspondence, broadsides, publications 2 1968 2 1969 2 1970 2 Minority and Special Services Programs September 1969-May 1970 2 Support for Higher Education 1969-1970 2 Visiting Speaker Policy Review Committee May 1970 2 Ward, John M., Dean of Science 1969-1970 Series IV Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies Files 1969-1980 Boyce Thompson Institute 2 Efforts to relocate Institute at OSU 1973 2 Historical information 1975-1980 Committees 2 Environmental Science and Technology Advisory Committee 1969-1972 OSU Foundation Planning Committee 2 Organization December 1973-January 1974 2 Cultural and conference center background material 1974-1976 Energy Resources Research Committee 2 Energy Resources Institute proposal 1972-1974 2 Energy research at OSU 1973-1974 2 Office of Energy Research and Development 1974 Conference on Magnitude and Deployment Schedule ofEnergy Resources (co-sponsored by the OSU Office of Energy Research and Development July 21-23, 1975 2 Correspondence, news releases, speech notes, planning notes July 1975 2 Proceedings September 1975 Dedications 2 Nash Hall April 27, 1974 2 Peavy Hall Fall 1971 2 DDT testimony by Dr. Norman E. Borlaug October 1971 3 Energy articles 1975-1978 Environmental Protection Agency 3 Corvallis Environmental Research Lab - water lab 1970-1971 3 Graduate training programs 1972 3 Long Range Development Plan, 1972 revision of 1964 plan 1972 MacVicar, Robert W. 3 Fred Shideler's file - clippings, news releases, memo, statements pertaining to MacVicar's early tenure as OSU president 1970-1971 3 Young's evaluation of MacVicar, 1976; Young's evaluation of his own office 1976 National Science Foundation 3 NSF Research Funding Policy in Chemistry and its Consequences for Oregon State University and the Nation November 1972 3 The Economic Impact of Oregon's 'Bottle Bill', study supported by NSF Institutional Grant for Science, GU3662 March 1974 3 NSF Research Management Improvement Grant RMI73-08348, correspondence, July 1975; and final report December 1975 3 Oceanography, School of - draft of letter changing status from department to school April 29, 1972 3 Office of Technology Assessment October 1972 3 OSSHE - report to Vice Chancellor Miles C. Romney regarding state supported faculty research December 1972 3 Pacific Rim Center (Portland State University) 1972-1973 3 Research associate salaries March 1976 Research at OSU 3 General Information 1969-1976 3 Purchasing comparisons July 1974 3 Reviews of OSU research management July-August 1974 Resignation 3 Correspondence April-May 1976 3 Farewell party April 1976 3 Clippings February-April 1976 3 Resource for the Future correspondence May 1976 3 Rockefeller Foundation grant, Man and His Activities as They Relate to Environmental Quality 1969-1976 3 Sea Grant Program, draft of article for Coast Lines April 1976 3 U.S. Department of Transportation, Urban Transportation Institutional Grant Research and Training Proposal, submitted by OSU November 1970 3 VIP list April 1, 1975 Series V Chancellor, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Files 1976-1978 3 Clippings and news releases regarding acceptance of position February-April 1976 3 National Conference on Public Service and the Federal-University Partnership, University of Georgia, proceedings and news release June 21-23, 1978 3 News release and schedule of visit of former President Gerald R. Ford September 1978 Series VI Professional Organizations and Activities Files 1943-1989 American Association for the Advancement of Science, general activities 3 1963-1971 3 1972-1980 American Institute of Biological Sciences 3 Meeting at OSU, August 26-31 1962 3 2nd National Biological Congress, Miami Beach, Florida 1972 3 Correspondence and memos 1971-1973 American Phytopathological Society 3 Constitution and list of members 1913, 1917 General correspondence 1956-1974 3 Annual meeting programs 1966, 1967, 1974 3 60th anniversary 1968 Pacific Division 3 Constitution 1953 3 List of officers 1914-1957 3 Annual meetings 1956-1976 3 Survey of plant pathology at universities (OSU response) 1966 International Congresses of Plant Pathology 3 Grant proposals submitted to National Science Foundation requesting travel funds to attend Congresses (London, England, 1968; Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1973; Munich, Germany, 1978) 1967, 1972, and 1977 3 Correspondence and memos re: planning of Second Congress (Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1973), 1970-1973; and Third Congress (Munich, Germany, 1978) 1976-1977 3 IX International Congress of Plant Protection planning correspondence 1977-1978 Committees 3 Awards and Honors Committee 1975-1976 Endowment Fund Special Committee 3 1984-1985 3 Including proposal for organization of an endowment fund 1986 3 Endowment fund creation 1987 3 Endowment Fund Standing Committee 1988-1989 3 Commission on Undergraduate Education in the Biological Sciences, correspondence, memos, reports, speech texts, meeting programs 1964-1972 3 International Biological Program Evaluation Committee 1973-1976 Man and the Biosphere program, correspondence, reports, meeting programs, membership lists 3 1971-1975 3 1976-1982 National Academy of Sciences 3 Committee on Educational Policy in Agriculture, review of Purdue University agriculture school 1964 Committee on Plant and Animal Pests, Subcommittee on Plant Pathogens 4 Book manuscript development 1964-1968 4 Book manuscript, Plant-Disease Development and Control 1968 4 Environmental Studies Board Executive Committee, Study on Problems of Pest Control: A Technology Assessment 1972-1974 National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges Council for Research and Policy Administration 4 First and second annual meetings 1966-1967 4 Annual meeting 1969 4 Annual meeting 1970 4 Annual meeting 1971 4 Annual meeting 1977 Committee on the Environment and Energy 4 1974 4 1975 4 1976 4 1977 4 1978 4 1979 4 1980 4 1981 4 1982-1983 4 1984-1985 4 Proposal to the EPA, Long-Range Research: The Environmental Protection Agency and the Nation's Universities and Colleges October 1984 4 Science, Universities, and the Environment symposium 1987 4 Ad Hoc Committee on Environmental Research Centers 1972-1974 4 Joint Committee on Marine Resources (NASULGC-Sea Grant Association) 1975-1978 4 National Council of University Research Administrators 1967 4 National Governor's Council on Science and Technology 1970-1972 National Science Foundation 4 1961 Summer Institutes Advisory Panel 1960-1961 4 Advisory Committee 0n Research Applications Policy 1977-1980 4 Advisory Committee for Applied Science & Research Applications Policy 1977-1979 4 Advisory Committee for Engineering and Applied Science 1978-1980 Pacific Coast Research Conferences on Control of Soil Fungi 4 Correspondence re: planning of first and second conferences 1953-1954 4 Proceedings 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965 5 Phi Kappa Phi, Oregon State chapter, proceedings of the fifth (1943) and sixth (1944) Biology Colloquium 5 Rockefeller Foundation Fellowships in Environmental Affairs Advisory Panel 1977-1978 5 Sea Grant Review Panel 1977-1979 Society of Sigma Xi, Oregon State University Chapter 5 List of officers and committee members 1957-1964 5 Research Committee reports 1960-1961, 1964-1965 5 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Policy Advisory Committee 1985 Series VII Publications 1947-1979 5 Bibliographic list 5 Copies of selected publications Series VIII Talks and Trip Summaries Files 1966-1990 5 1966-1967 5 1968 5 1969 5 1970-1971 5 1972 5 Recognition and Awards Banquet May 18, 1972 5 1973 5 1974-1976 5 Speech presented at the OSU Agricultural Research Foundation 50th Anniversary Luncheon October 26, 1984 5 Speech presented at the 25-year celebration of the Marine Science Center in Newport June 15, 1990 5 Background materials used to prepare Marine Science Center speech Series IX Photographs 1957-1970 6 Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Stauffer Foundation Grant, soil temperature tanks 1957 2 photos 6 Dean of Research, U.S. Department of Defense Project THEMIS, Yaquina 1967 2 photos 6 Roy A. Young and Robert MacVicar July 1, 1970