Irving James Young

Background

Young, Irving James was born on April 2, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of James L. and Virginia Dorthea (Jourdan) Young.

Education

AB, DePauw University, 1950; Bachelor of Science, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1952; Doctor of Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1954; Master of Science in Pharmacology, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy in Physiology, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1960.

Career

Clinical neurology investigator, VA Lakeside Hospital, Chicago, 1962-1964; chief neurology service, Veterans Administration Hospital., Downey, Illinois, 1964-1972; attending neurologist, electroencephalographer and electromyographer, N.W. Cmty. Hospital, Arlington Heights, Illinois, since 1968; chief Neuroscience research and training program, Veterans Administration Hospital., Hines, Illinois, 1972-1973. Consultant State of Illinois, since 1963, State of Wisconsin, since 1972, Medical College Wisconsin, Milwaukee, since 1969.

Achievements

• Irving James Young has been listed as a noteworthy Neurologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Long Grove (Illinois) School Board, 1972-1975, Long Grove Planning Commission,1975-. Deacon Roman Catholic Church, Buffalo Grove, Illinois, since 1979. Fellow American Academy Neurology.

Member Society Neuroscis. Society Biological Psychiatry, International Society Neurochemistry, Wisconsin Neurological Society (president 1984-1985), Biofeedback Society American, American Society Neuroimaging (diplomate in computerized cerebral tomography).

Interests

• Avocations: lapidary arts, woodworking, photography, poetry, gardening.

Connections

Married Helen Marie Bennett, June 27, 1953. Children: Mary Diane, Ann Elizabeth, Jeffrey Steven, James John.

Father:

James L. Young

Mother:

Virginia Dorthea (Jourdan) Young

Spouse:

Helen Marie Bennett

child:

Mary Diane Young

child:

James John Young

child:

Jeffrey Steven Young

child:

Ann Elizabeth Young