Re: paleonet Keith Young

[Dee Ann Cooper <deeanncooper@xxxxxxxxx>]

although i never met Dr. Keith Young personally, my
research team (led by Dr. J.B. Stevens and M.S.
Stevens,M.S. - who knew him well) sent ammonite
specimens to him on an ongoing basis for a decade (as
recently as this past summer) for proper
identification in our ongoing work mapping and
delineating the stratigraphy of the Boquillas
Formation.  without his input, i would not have
achieved my master's degree.  i will always remember
him for this.--- ann molineux <annm@mail.utexas.edu>
wrote:

> Sad news from Austin, Texas:
> >Keith Preston Young
> >
> >
> >Family-Placed Obituary
> >
> >Aug. 18, 1918 - Aug. 20, 2004 Keith was born near
> Buffalo, Wyoming at the 
> >foot of the beautiful Bighorn Mountains to Marvin
> Preston Young and Belle 
> >Elgin Young. His family was in the ranching
> business and Keith spent much 
> >of this youth in the great outdoors of northern
> Wyoming. He graduated from 
> >Johnson High School in Buffalo, and became the
> first member of his family 
> >to attend college when he enrolled at the
> University of Wyoming at 
> >Laramie, where he earned his bachelors and masters
> degrees. During World 
> >War II, Keith served in the United States Army in
> Europe, rising to the 
> >rank of Captain. After the war, Keith completed his
> post-graduate studies 
> >at the University of Wisconsin at Madison where he
> earned his doctoral 
> >degree. It was in Madison that Keith met the love
> of his life, Ann Smedal. 
> >They were married in Madison on June 4, 1949. After
> their honeymoon, Keith 
> >and Ann started their new life together in Austin,
> Texas where Keith was 
> >employed as a professor in the Department of
> Geological Sciences at the 
> >University of Texas. Keith taught at UT Austin for
> 40 years, and was also 
> >the author of numerous publications in the field of
> geology. He retired in 
> >1988 as Professor Emeritus. Keith was preceded in
> death by his parents. He 
> >is survived by Ann, his wife of 55 years; by his
> sons, Keith M. Young and 
> >wife Connie of Austin, Steven E. Young and wife
> Eleanor of Dallas, and 
> >Robert A. Young and wife Diana of Harlingen. He is
> also survived by his 
> >grandchildren, Matthew and Emily Young of Dallas,
> Julia and Robert Young 
> >of Harlingen, Marisa Ponce of Austin, and Cory and
> Meghan Nichols of 
> >Austin. He is also survived by his two brothers,
> Marvin Elgin Young and 
> >James Marshall Young of Buffalo, Wyoming. Keith was
> a devoted son, 
> >husband, father and grandfather and a lover of the
> land. We shall miss 
> >him. Memorial services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on
> Tuesday, August 24, 
> >2004, in the chapel of Weed-Corley- Fish Funeral
> Home. Arrangements by 
> >Weed-Corley- Fish Funeral Home , 3125 N. Lamar,
> Austin, TX 78705 - (512) 
> >452-8811. You may view memorials online at
> wcfish.com
> 
> We shall miss his vast knowledge of the ammonite
> world and his less 
> published but nonetheless significant contribution
> to the rudist world. His 
> ongoing interest in geology, and his never ending
> willingness to help those 
> who wish to learn and contribute to the field of
> biostratigraphy, provided 
> us with an excellent role model.
> 
> ann molineux
> 
>
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> Ann Molineux, Ph.D.
> Collections Manager
> Non-vertebrate Paleontology
> Texas Memorial Museum
> University of Texas
> Austin, TX 78712
> 
> e-mail:annm@mail.utexas.edu
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> 
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