The Sixteenth Annual Edward H. Young Lecture A Bicentenmal View of Military-Civilian Relations

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The Sixteenth Annual Edward H. Young Lecture A Bicentenmal View of Military-Civilian Relations

The Judge Aduoeete General's Corps has been fortunate to hove a series of outstandmg officers and attorneys leading the Corps through the years The Edward H.

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Legal Education, establ~shed at The Judge Adaoeate Gener-al's School in 1972, recognizes Colonel "Ham" Young's eontnbution to the establishment of the first JAG School dur:ng World War I1 and the reestabl~shment of the School at Fort Myer during the Korean canflrct. Colonel Young graduated from the United States Military Academy ~n 1918, wLth a commission OB a second hutenant, Infantry. He sewed with the Army ofoccupatioñnEurope after World Warl, and for the nert ezghteen years sen,ed in oa~tousmfantry assrgnments and as o White House Aide during the CoalLdge and Hoouer administrations. In 1936, he was detailed to The Judge Ad. uocate General's Department, and completed the requirements for the juris doctor degree o w the next two years. He then become an Assrstont Professor of Law at the UnLted States MilLtury Academy, where he ulrote two teztbooks on constitutional low In 1942, he was appornted Commandant of the first The Judge Aduoeote General's School, at the Natronal La& School ~n Washington, D C. He remamed as Common-dant when the school transferred to the Unrwrsity ofMichigan Low School ~n Ann Arbor sewn months later. Colonel Young later serued as Theater Judge Admcate of the Unrted States Forces Chma, and os legal admsor to the United States Em-bassy and to the Far East Umted NatLans Wor Crimes Corn. missLon. Colonel Young was a member of the first Judicial Coune~l,which heard court-martial appeals immedmtely before Congress passed the Uniform Code of Milrtary Justbee, and in 1950 he reoetruated The Judge Advocate General's School at Fort Myer, Vwginio Colonel Young retired in 1954, and passed away in Nouember, 1987

On September 24, 1987, Professor Donald N. Zdlman of the UniuersLty of Utah College afLow presented the suteenth

Edward H Young Leetuie, dtscussmg mhtor). roles and IS-sues under the Constitutxm Professor Zillman is a formerjudge advocate who served on the faculty of The Judge Advocate Geneiai's School He has also been (i Professor of Low at Arrzona State L'mcersit), Spee~al

AssLStant Attorne) Gem eral for the State ofArizo...

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