Earl G. Young Foundation For Education and Research

Earl G. Young, M.D.
(1928-1989)

Earl Young Resident Research Competition
Dr. Earl G. Young of Minneapolis was a founding member of the Western Trauma Association and its 14th President. He died of a myocardial infarction, Monday, February 27, 1989, while skiing at Snowbird during the 19th Annual Meeting of the Association.

Dr. Young received his medical degree from the University of Rochester, N.Y. and Ph.D. in surgery from the University of Minnesota. He completed advanced training in cancer research at Harvard, a fellowship in cardiovascular surgery at Baylor University in Houston and studied microvascular surgery at the University of California–San Diego.

He was a clinical professor of surgery at the University of Minnesota Medical School, and a practicing general and vascular surgeon at the Park-Nicollet Clinic in Minneapolis from 1960. He was nationally known and was actively involved in research and education throughout his career. In 1988, one year before his untimely death, he received the Owen H. Wangensteen Award for Academic Excellence from the University of Minnesota Health Science Center. It was awarded by an unprecedented unanimous vote of all 72 surgical residents.
The Residents Paper competition was begun in 1991 as a tribute to Dr. Young’s memory and his "spirit of inquiry, love of learning … and commitment in service to mankind.

* The award is given to the best resident paper presented at the Annual Meeting.
* Dr. John Najarian characterizing Earl at a memorial service in his honor at the University of Minnesota.

EARL G. YOUNG AWARD
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