HERRICK YOUNG

Herrick "Jack" Young, 76, a resident of Larchmont from 1960-1980 and a longtime leader in the electric utility industry who specialized in partnerships between business, consumer, community, and environmental groups, died January 11 in Martinsburg, West Virginia. The cause was cardiac arrest.

Mr. Young, who lived in Washington DC, Lenox , MA, and Hedgesville, West Virginia, was a former Senior Vice President for the Edison Electric Institute, a national association of investor owned electric utility and power companies. At EEI, where he worked for more than 30 years, Mr. Young was responsible for communications, customer services and marketing, and human resource management. He launched the association's environmental, low-income-customer, and minority organization initiatives, and was instrumental in developing EEI's strategic planning capability. Mr. Young was also an early advocate of strong government policies to promote development of electric vehicles in the US.

After retiring from EEI in 1994, Mr. Young joined the public relations firm of Kearns & West as a senior counselor focusing on partnerships between energy and technology businesses, communities and environmental organizations.

Mr. Young served as Chair of the Corporate Board of Advisors to the National Council of La Raza, the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States. At NCLR, he helped develop the organization's Project EXCEL program, which tested and implemented innovative community-based education models designed to improve Hispanic educational attainment. He also helped lead the NCLR's Hispanic Image Campaign, which provided accurate information and positive images of Hispanics in the mainstream and Hispanic media.

From 1984-2004, Mr. Young was a member of the board of the National Center for Appropriate Technology, a nonprofit organization based in Butte, Montana that helps disadvantaged communities by providing information and access to appropriate technologies. He served as Board Chair from 1990-1998 and organized NCAT's Honorary Advisory Council. NCAT programs include home weatherization, energy monitoring, demonstrations of renewable energy technology, testing of new products, and information on energy efficient building construction.

During his career, Mr. Young also served on the Board of Directors of the national YMCA, the National Energy Foundation, Renew the Earth, and the National Institute for Urban Wildlife. He was also founding Director and, since 1992, Board Secretary of New Horizon Technologies, a national leader in the field of energy consumption metering, supplying Energy Information Systems to large energy users throughout North America.

Born in Teheran, Iran, Mr. Young moved to the U.S. with his parents when he was seven years old. He lived in Washington, DC for the last 25 years. He is a graduate of Lafayette College, received a Master of Arts degree from Columbia University and served in the Army in Japan during the Korean War.

Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Dora Jean Irvine Young, two daughters, Catherine Young of Brooklyn, NY and Elizabeth Young Fina of West Stephentown, NY, a son, Jim Young, of Montclair, NJ, and five grandchildren.

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