Background
Young, Dwight Wayne was born on December 15, 1925 in Lambert, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Maurice Leonard and Freda Flora (Polson) Young.
Young, Dwight Wayne was born on December 15, 1925 in Lambert, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Maurice Leonard and Freda Flora (Polson) Young.
Bachelor magna cum laude, Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene, Texas, 1949. Master of Theology Dallas Theological Seminary, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, Dropsie College, 1955.
Postgraduate, Brown University, 1960.
Assistant professor, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1958-1963;
associate professor, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1963-1967, 69-72;
professor, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1972-1987;
professor emeritus, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, since 1987. Consultant Harper & Row Publications, New York City, 1958-1960. Visiting professor Hebrew U., Jerusalem, Israel, 1965, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1967-1969.
Chief editor Pirtle Polson Publications, Gloucester, Massachusetts, since 1980.
Served with United States Marine Corps, 1943-1946. Member International Association for Coptic Studies.
Married Barbara Louise Pirtle, May 25, 1946. Children: Terry Wayne, Cecilia Annual.