| 词条 | M. Norvel Young |
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| name = M. Norvel Young | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Matt Norvel Young | birth_date = October 5, 1915[1] | birth_place = Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | death_date = February 17, 1998 (aged 82) | death_place = Malibu, California, U.S. | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | residence = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | alma mater = Lipscomb University Abilene Christian University Vanderbilt University | employer = | occupation = Historian, academic administrator | title = | salary = | networth = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | religion = | spouse = Helen Mattox | children = 1 son, 3 daughters | parents = | relatives = }} Matt Norvel Young (October 5, 1915 – February 17, 1998), known as M. Norvel Young, was an American academic administrator. He served as the president of Pepperdine University from 1957 to 1971 and as its chancellor from 1971 to 1985. He was the author of five books. Early lifeM. Norvel Young was born in 1915 in Nashville, Tennessee.[2][3] He attended Lipscomb University and Abilene Christian University, graduating in 1936.[2][3] He subsequently earned a PhD in History from Vanderbilt University.[2][3] CareerProfessor Young taught History at Pepperdine University from 1938 to 1941.[2][3] He later taught at Lipscomb University, and he became the minister of Broadway Church of Christ in Lubbock, Texas.[3] He was a co-founder of Lubbock Christian University in 1957.[2] Young served as the president of Pepperdine University from 1957 to 1971, and as its chancellor from 1971 to 1985.[2] According to The New York Times, "Under his leadership, Pepperdine grew from a small college with 950 students in Los Angeles to a full-fledged university with an enrolment of 9,500."[2] Young was also a prolific fundraiser.[3] Facing crisis during the Watts Riots, Pepperdine President Young negotiated all night with activists to prevent the razing of the school. Pepperdine University campus was saved. [4] Soon thereafter, the entire campus moved from Southwestern Los Angeles to Malibu, California.[3] Young was the author of five books.[3] Personal life and deathYoung married Helen Mattox on August 31, 1939 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.[5] They had a son and three daughters.[2] They resided on the campus of Pepperdine University in Malibu.[2] Young was an elder at the Malibu Church of Christ.[6] On September 16, 1975[7], Chancellor Young was responsible for the deaths of two women in a drunk driving accident. M. Norvel Young died of a heart attack in 1998 in Malibu, at the age of 82.[2] His widow died on November 30, 2017.[5] Selected works
References1. ^U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 {{cite news|title=M. Norvel Young, 82, Head of Pepperdine U.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/23/us/m-norvel-young-82-head-of-pepperdine-u.html|accessdate=February 20, 2018|work=The New York Times|date=February 23, 1998}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite news|last1=Oliver|first1=Myrna|title=M. Norvel Young; Led Move of Pepperdine to Malibu|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1998/feb/19/local/me-20747|accessdate=February 20, 2018|work=The Los Angeles Times|date=February 19, 1998}} 4. ^{{cite web |first=Tracy |last=Domingo |url=http://graphic.pepperdine.edu/news/2002/2002-11-14-miracle.htm |title=Miracle at Malibu Materialized |publisher=Graphic.pepperdine.edu |date=November 14, 2002 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130109030744/http://graphic.pepperdine.edu/news/2002/2002-11-14-miracle.htm |archivedate=January 9, 2013 |df= }} 5. ^1 {{cite news|title=Helen M. Young|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/359585349/?terms=%22M.%2BNorvel%2BYoung%22|accessdate=February 21, 2018|work=The Los Angeles Times|date=December 10, 2017|page=B9|via=Newspapers.com|registration=yes}} 6. ^{{cite news|last1=Brookhart|first1=Danny|title=Former head of Pepperdine Norvel Young dead at 82|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/113428058/?terms=%22M.%2BNorvel%2BYoung%22|accessdate=February 21, 2018|work=The Tennessean|date=February 27, 1998|page=22|via=Newspapers.com|registration=yes}} 7. ^{{cite news|last1=Burke|first1=Kathy|title=Chancellor of Pepperdine Pleads Guilty in Car Deaths|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/165989206/?terms=%22M.%2BNorvel%2BYoung%22|accessdate=February 21, 2018|work=The Los Angeles Times|date=October 30, 1975|page=1|via=Newspapers.com|registration=yes}} Further reading
9 : 1915 births|1998 deaths|People from Nashville, Tennessee|People from Malibu, California|Lipscomb University alumni|Abilene Christian University alumni|Vanderbilt University alumni|20th-century American historians|Presidents of Pepperdine University |
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