`Dr. Walter Albert Young, 88, of 522 Hiram, former president of Friends University. Born in Marion, Kentucky and brought to Kansas as a child. Graduated from Friends in 1905 and received a master of arts degree from University of Chicago. Taught at Friends for five years and then at a college in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Returned to Friends and served 20 years as a history professor, dean, and president. Was president from 1939 to 1946. Resigned in 1946 and then taught history at Baker University in Baldwin, Kansas. After retirement from Baker, he served as pastor of the Methodist Church in Scranton, Kansas. Returned to Wichita in 1960. Survived by widow, Mary, a daughter, Mrs. Martha Mustain, Hutchinson, Kansas, and two brothers. The Wichita Eagle, March 5, 1971, page 8B.
`Dr. Walter Albert Young, 88, of 522 Hiram, former president of Friends University. Born in Marion, Kentucky and brought to Kansas as a child. Graduated from Friends in 1905 and received a master of arts degree from University of Chicago. Taught at Friends for five years and then at a college in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Returned to Friends and served 20 years as a history professor, dean, and president. Was president from 1939 to 1946. Resigned in 1946 and then taught history at Baker University in Baldwin, Kansas. After retirement from Baker, he served as pastor of the Methodist Church in Scranton, Kansas. Returned to Wichita in 1960. Survived by widow, Mary, a daughter, Mrs. Martha Mustain, Hutchinson, Kansas, and two brothers. The Wichita Eagle, March 5, 1971, page 8B.
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