Otis E. Young, Jr., 90, passed away on September 16, 2016. He served as Sgt., U.S. Army, 1943-46, and was an Air Force Reserve Officer 1948-1962. He received the B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in History from Indiana University. He was an Instructor, Alpena (MI) Community College, 1952-54; Assistant Professor, Bradley University, Peoria (IL), 1954-63; Visiting post-doctoral scholar, Ohio State University 1959-1960 and Professor of History, ASU, Tempe (AZ) 1963-88. Among many books, scholarly articles and reviews on Western, Military and Mining History, his three most notable books were The West of Philip St. George Cooke, who was the commander of the Mormon Battalion, Western Mining and The Mining Men. He is survived by his wife, Ruth, two sons and one granddaughter.