Fred Young (businessman)
{{Short description|American businessman}}
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Fred Young is a retired businessman and conservative donor.
Education and career
Young earned a bachelor's degree from Cornell University in 1964, and an MBA and master's degree in engineering from Cornell in 1966.{{cite news|last=Gold|first=Lauren|title=$11M gift for Atacama telescope will help astronomers answer fundamental questions about galaxy, star formation|url=http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2010/11/alum-commits-11-million-atacama-telescope|accessdate=19 December 2013|newspaper=Cornell Chronicle|date=12 November 2010}}
Young served as president and CEO of Young Radiator, a company founded by his father in 1927.{{cite news|title=Inductee Highlight: Fred Young|url=http://www.automotivehalloffame.org/blog/fred-young?page=1|accessdate=20 December 2013|newspaper=Automotive Hall of Fame|date=25 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810074528/http://www.automotivehalloffame.org/blog/fred-young?page=1|archive-date=10 August 2014|url-status=dead}} Young sold the company to MotivePower in 1999, after which he retired as CEO.{{cite news|last=Mullins|first=Robert|title=Young Radiator accesses capital as result of its sale|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/1999/01/04/focus2.html?page=all|accessdate=20 December 2013|newspaper=Milwaukee Business Journal|date=3 January 1999}}
Political activities
In 2012, Young donated $100,000 to The Club for Growth Action, a conservative Super PAC.{{cite news|last=Golden|first=Kate|title=State has some ties to super PACs|url=http://host.madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/elections/state-has-some-ties-to-super-pacs/article_8adc01d6-50c4-11e1-bbdb-0019bb2963f4.html|accessdate=20 December 2013|newspaper=Wisconsin State Journal|date=6 February 2012}} Young has supported other conservative groups and candidates, including Scott Walker. Young serves on the boards of the Cato Institute and the Reason Foundation.{{cite news|last=Bice|first=Daniel|title=Proposal to double campaign donation limits gets an unlikely objector|url=http://m.jsonline.com/more/news/watchdog/noquarter/doubling-wisconsin-limits-upsets-major-gop-donor-do-gooders-b9928904z1-210771211.html|accessdate=20 December 2013|newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|date=9 June 2013}} In 2013, Young filed a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's campaign finance contribution limits.{{cite news|last=Zambo|first=Kristen|title=Lawsuit filed on Racine man's behalf challenging campaign contribution limit|url=http://journaltimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/lawsuit-filed-on-racine-man-s-behalf-challenging-campaign-contribution/article_656fd468-cee5-11e2-b30b-001a4bcf887a.html|accessdate=20 December 2013|newspaper=Racine Journal Times|date=6 June 2013}}
Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope
In 2020, the CCAT-p telescope, whose construction Fred Young had supported for over 2 decades and with over US$16 million, was renamed the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST).{{Cite web|title=Breakthrough telescope in Chile renamed for benefactor alum|url=https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2020/09/breakthrough-telescope-chile-renamed-benefactor-alum|access-date=2021-04-19|website=Cornell Chronicle|language=en}}
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Category:Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management alumni
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