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Young was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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George Cressler Young
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University of Florida.
Career
He was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Florida in 1938 and his Bachelor of Laws from the University of Florida College of Law in 1940. Young was in private practice in Winter Haven, Florida from 1941 to 1942 and was a United States. Navy lieutenant from 1942 to 1946 during World World War World War II Young was in private practice in Miami from 1947 to 1948.
He was administrative assistant to United States. Representative and later United States. Senator George Smathers from 1948 to 1951.
Young was in private practice in Jacksonville from 1951 to 1961. President John F. Kennedy nominated Young to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida and United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida, to the seat vacated by George West. Whitehurst.
Confirmed by the Senate on September 14, 1961, he received commission on September 18, 1961. Young was reassigned to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida on October 29, 1962.
He served as chief judge from 1973 to 1981 and assumed senior status on October 19, 1981.
He died of a heart attack in 2015.
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