Alabama Newscenter — People of Alabama: Don Young of Hoover

By Tamika Moore
People of Alabama

“Everyone is entitled to a struggle. By that, I mean you’ve got to persevere. I’m a CPA. You have to take an examination to be a CPA. I took the exam the first time and I failed. That made me more determined to keep on doing what I was doing. I took it again and I passed half of it. If you don’t pass it on three times, you’re out. I took it for the third time and I passed. That’s what I mean when I say everyone is entitled to a struggle. That’s my way of life. In fact, that’s the way I sign my email. I put my name with the words entitled and struggle in capital letters because, to me, that’s what life is all about. Things happen in life that you wish didn’t happen. Bad stuff. Just keep on keeping on, that’s what works.” – Don Young of Hoover.

Young came to Birmingham in 1963 to work for UAB. He worked there for 30 years. He is 96 and says he is proud of his six children and 55 grandchildren. They are his proudest accomplishment. Another is writing a book. He is publishing “The Power of Epistles: A Series of Emails from Don Young to John and Eydie Jones.” The book is a series of messages between him and the Joneses after Eydie was diagnosed with multiple myeloma. It is his second book.

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