Born on August 4, 1916, in Cincinnati, Ohio, Young received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1938 from the University of Florida and a Bachelor of Laws in 1940 from the Fredric G. Levin College of Law at the University of Florida.

He entered private practice in Winter Haven, Florida from 1941 to 1942.

He was assigned by operation of law to serve additionally on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida on October 29, 1962, to a new seat authorized by 76 Stat.

[1] His service terminated on April 24, 2015, due to his death of a heart attack in Orlando, Florida.

[2] This biography of a federal judge in the United States is a stub.