Biography - Awards
Awards from the Georgia Institute of Technology
Distinguished Young Alumni
Award - 1965
Purpose: To honor a young alumnus who has demonstrated outstanding achievement
in his/her profession and significant service within the community.
Joseph Mayo Pettit Distinguished
Service Alumni Award - 1972
(Distinguished Alumnus Award - also previously known as the ANAK Service Award)
Presented March 30, 1973
Purpose: The highest award conferred by the Institute and
the Alumni Association
Eligibility: Any alumnus or honorary alumnus who has distinguished
himself/herself by exceptional and outstanding support of the Institute
and Alumni Association throughout a lifetime and who has provided leadership
in his/her chosen profession and local community
Exceptional Engineering
Achievement Award - 1985
Academy of Distinguished
Engineering Alumni - 1994
The Academy recognizes alumni who have made significant contributions to the
profession, the Institute, or society at large.
Individuals receiving this award are widely respected, recognized for their
professional and personal success, actively
involved in engineering or management, and bring distinction to Georgia Tech.
Capt. Young was one of the charter inductees.
Georgia Tech Alumni publication articles mentioning Capt. Young:
"Sputnik to Space Shuttle"
http://gtalumni.org/news/magazine/spr98/div07.html
"The Moon, Mars and Beyond"
by Hoyt Coffee
http://gtalumni.org/news/magazine/fall98/tomorrow.html
"The Job's the Right Stuff"
by Jerry Schwartz
http://gtalumni.org/news/magazine/fall98/today.html
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