Background
Young, Evan E. was born on August 17, 1878 in Kenton, Ohio, United States. Son of Sutton E. and Emma (Stickney) Young.
Young, Evan E. was born on August 17, 1878 in Kenton, Ohio, United States. Son of Sutton E. and Emma (Stickney) Young.
Student Hiram (O.) College, 1895-1896, South Dakot State School Mines, 1897. Bachelor of Laws, University of Wisconsin, 1903.
Second lieutenant Company M. 1st South Dakot Volunteer Infantry, April 25, 1898. Mustered out as captain and adjutant, 11th Cavalry, United States.V., March 13, 1901. Practiced law, Sioux Falls, South Dakot, 1903-1905.
American consul at Harput, Turkey, 1905-1908, at Saloniki, 1908-1909.
Chief, Division Near Eastern Affairs, Department State, 1909-1911. Envoy Extraordinary anu Minister Plenipotentiary to Ecuador, 1911-1912.
Appointed foreign trade adviser of Department of State, 1912. Consul general, at Halifax, Nova Scoti, 1913-1919, at Constantinople, 1920.
American commissioner to Baltic provinces of Russia, 1920-1922.
Ordered to Washington, 1922. Detailed to Department of State, February 15, 1923. Chief Division of Eastern European Affairs, 1923-1925.
Appointed foreign service officer Class 1, July 1, 1924.
Envoy Extraordinary anu Minister Plenipotentiary to Dominican Republic, 1925-1930, to Bolivia, January-February 1930 (resigned). Vice president Pan-American Airways, Incorporated., 1930-1944 (retired August 17, 1944), and became member board directors.
Member Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Phi Delta Phi.
Married Dawn Waite, August 23, 1905 (died January 9, 1943).