Robert D. Young (March 7, 1934October 4, 2013) was a

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member of both houses of the

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from 1971 through 1982. After graduating from

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, Young returned to his farm in Saginaw. After one term each as Spaulding Township Supervisor and as a member of the Saginaw County Board of Commissioners, Young was elected to the

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in 1970, serving two terms. Young won election to the

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in 1974, again serving two terms. Redistricting after the 1980 Census put Young in the same Senate district—the 14th—as Senator Jerome T. Hart who defeated him for re-election in 1982. 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 was a

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and a member of the

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, and the

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. Young died on October 4, 2013, aged 79, from complications from an infection in the blood stream. He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Saginaw.Gongwer News Service
Former Sen. Robert D. Young Dead at 79
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