Earle Montgomery Young, M. D. Biography


	This biography appears on pages 247-248 in "History of Dakota 
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				EARLE MONTGOMERY YOUNG, M. D. 

	Dr. Earle Montgomery Young, a popular physician of Plankinton, 
has already gained high rank in his profession and has the confidence 
of his colleagues and the general public. He was born in Tyndall, South 
Dakota, on the 3d of February, 1887, a son of C. M. and Retta F. 
(Murray) Young. The father was an educator and for twenty-two years was 
associated with the State University of South Dakota at Vermillion. 
Previous to his connection with that institution he was a high-school 
teacher and was at one time the editor of a paper at Tyndall. At the 
time of his death he was dean of the college of arts and sciences of 
the university and as he was the first man to hold that position he was 
largely responsible for the organization of that college and the 
formulation of the policies that governed the various departments 
thereof in their relation to each other and to the university as a 
whole. He was the author of a number of educational works of merit and 
was well known and highly respected in the educational world. 

	Dr. Young attended the public and high schools of Vermillion and 
the State University: He was graduated from the latter institution with 
tile degrees of A. B. and M. A., in 1908 and shell entered Rush Medical 
College of Chicago for preparation for the medical profession. He was 
graduated in December, 1912, but did not consider that he was fully 
qualified for the independent practice of medicine and therefore spent 
a year and a half as interne, thus gaining practical experience. For 
six months he was connected with the Home for Destitute Children and 
for one year was interne in the Presbyterian Hospital under Dr. D. W. 
Graham. Upon returning to South Dakota he located at Mount Vernon, 
where he practiced for a short time, but on the 1st of August, 1914, he 
removed to Plankinton, where he has since resided. He is accurate in 
diagnosis and as he keeps thoroughly informed as to the latest 
improvements in medical practice and the discoveries of investigators 
he gives his patients the benefit of the advance that is constantly 
being made in medical science. He has gained a large and lucrative 
practice and is highly esteemed by his colleagues. He is now county 
physician and he belongs to the Mitchell District Medical Society and 
to the American Medical Association. Dr. Young is an adherent of the 
Baptist church and fraternally is identified with the Masons, the Odd 
Fellows and a number of college fraternities. He has great faith in the 
future of South Dakota and is making his life a factor in the 
development of his section of the state. A representative of one of the 
early and influential families of South Dakota, he is proud of the fact 
that his parents were among those who laid the foundation for the 
greatness of the commonwealth, and he believes the opportunities 
offered the ambitious young professional man here are equal to those 
found elsewhere.