Background
Young, Plummer Bernard was born on July 27, 1884 in Littleton, North Carolina, United States. Son of Winfield and Sallie (Adams) Young.
Young, Plummer Bernard was born on July 27, 1884 in Littleton, North Carolina, United States. Son of Winfield and Sallie (Adams) Young.
Student Saint Augustine’s College, Raleigh, North Carolina. Doctor of Laws, Shaw University, 1935. Doctor of Humane Letters, Virginia Union University, 1937.
Doctor of Laws, Virginia State College, 1940, Tuskegee Institute, 1943.
Editor, public Norfolk Journal and Guide, since 1910. Chairman organizing committee Tidewater Bank & Trust Company, 1918, president, 1918-1921. Trustee Jeanes Education Foundation, 1930-1940, Howard University, since 1933 (Chairman of the Board, 1943-1949), Hampton Institute and Saint Paul’s Polytechnic Institute, 1940-1944.
Director, vice president Southern Regional Council, 1943-1947.
Member Advisory Council on Virginia Economy. Member Norfolk City Commision on Higher Education.
Member Advisory Council on Virginia Economy. Member Norfolk City Commision on Higher Education.
Married Eleanor Louise White, 1906 (deceased). Married second, Josephine Tucker Moseley, February 11, 1950. Children: plummer Bernard, Thomas White.