Robert D. Young (March 7, 1934 – October 4, 2013) was a Republican member of both houses of the Michigan Legislature from 1971 through 1982.

[1][2] After graduating from Michigan State University, Young returned to his farm in Saginaw.

Young won election to the Michigan Senate in 1974, again serving two terms.

After he left the Legislature, Young became executive vice president of the Great Lakes Sugarbeet Growers Association, a role he held until his retirement in 1996.

Young died on October 4, 2013, aged 79, from complications from an infection in the blood stream.