Hugh David Young (November 3, 1930 – August 20, 2013) was an American physicist who taught physics for 52 years at Carnegie Mellon University.
Young is best known for co-authoring the later editions of University Physics, a highly regarded introductory physics textbook, with Francis Sears and Mark Zemansky (this book — first published in 1949 — is often referred to as "Sears and Zemansky", although Hugh Young became a coauthor in 1973).
Except for brief visiting professorships at the University of California, Berkeley, Young spent 60 years at Carnegie Mellon.
[3] Young also wrote an algebra-based version named Sears and Zemansky's College Physics, which is currently in its 11th edition.
His lectures were often standing room only and showed not only Young's brilliance, but also his sense of humor.