Leigh J. Young | |
Office: | Mayor of Ann Arbor |
Term Start: | 1941 |
Term End: | 1945 |
Predecessor: | Walter C. Sadler |
Successor: | William E. Brown Jr. |
Birth Date: | 31 March 1883 |
Birth Place: | Albia, Iowa, US |
Death Place: | Ann Arbor, Michigan, US |
Party: | Republican |
Leigh Jarvis Young (March 31, 1883December 24, 1960) was a Michigan politician.
Young was born on March 31, 1883, in Albia, Iowa, to parents David Whitcomb and Mary Young.[1]
Young worked as an associate professor of forestry for the University of Michigan from 1911 to 1920.[2] Young served as the mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan from 1941 to 1945.[1]
Young married Frances Speed Graham in 1912.
Young died of heart disease in the Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on December 24, 1960. Young was cremated.[1]