James Sterling Young

James Sterling Young (1927-2013) was an American political scientist, winner of the

Bancroft Prize, Professor Emeritus of Government and Randolph P. Compton Scholar at the University of Virginia.

Life

A native of Savannah, Georgia, Young graduated from Princeton University, and Columbia University, with a Ph.D. in 1964. Before moving to the University of Virginia, he was a professor, and vice president of Columbia University. He was Project Director for the Edward Kennedy Oral History Project.

He married the anthropologist Virginia Heyer Young. They live in Albemarle County, Virginia.

Awards

• 1967 Bancroft Prize

Works

• The Washington Community, 1800–1828. Columbia University Press. 1966. ISBN 978-0-231-02901-8. (reprint 1986 ISBN 978-0-231-08381-2)