Background
The daughter of Carl Young and Eleanor Hamilton, she was born in Houston.
The daughter of Carl Young and Eleanor Hamilton, she was born in Houston.
She received a bachelor"s degree in biology and chemistry (1947) from Incarnate Word College, a master"s in nutrition education (1955) from Saint Louis University and a Doctor of Philosophy in nutrition, biochemistry and physiology (1968) from the University of Wisconsin.
She was inducted into the Texas Women"s Hall of Fame in 1994. She was an associate professor at Incarnate Word College and then a professor in medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center. Young often asked her students to eat the same food as was being served to patients to help them appreciate the patient"s viewpoint.
Young led the first studies to show a hereditary lactase deficiency in Hispanic people.
The nutrition curriculum that she established at the University of Texas Health Science Center was hailed by the National Academy of Science as a model for this type of program In 1982, she was named Texas Dietician of the Year.
In 1991, she was named a fellow of the American Institute of Nutrition. She died at the Incarnate Word Retirement Community in San Antonio.
Young donated her body to science.