Saul Young, an emeritus professor in the University of Dayton's School of Business Administration, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, Jan. 10. He was 64.

Young joined the UD faculty in 1983. During his service at the university, he received a variety of accolades for both his teaching and his research, according to a recent press release. Though he retired in 2001, he continued to publish research, and he also taught in the University's Master's of Business Administration (MBA) program.

Accounting professor Joseph Castellano team taught MBA courses with Young during the past five years.

'The five years I team taught with Saul were the happiest and most productive of my 35-year teaching career,' Castellano said in a recent press release. 'The pride and joy we felt in our teaching together was undoubtedly related to the most wonderful friendship we developed. He was a man of great wisdom, intellect, integrity and compassion.'

During his time at UD, Young acted as a founding member of the department now known as management information systems, operations management and decision sciences, which was established in 1983.

He also served as the assistant director of the UD honors program during its creation, as well as UD's representative to the Advanced Integrated Manufacturing Center, an engineering partnership with Sinclair Community College.

'Saul was a lifelong learner,' said professor and department chair Charles Wells. 'He would attend conferences outside his discipline just to learn more. He loved to make connections outside his department and the School of Business Administration.'

Young received a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Texas in 1962, a master of science from the University of Wisconsin in 1969 and a doctorate from Stanford University in 1975.

Young served as president and a member of the Yellow Springs Village Council from 1983 to 1987 and was the owner of the Yellow Springs Bike Shop from 1979 to 1982. He also held a variety of positions at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

'??Scores of faculty, staff, students, graduates and friends of the School of Business Administration knew and loved Dr. Young,' said Patricia Meyers, dean of the School of Business Administration, in a recent press release. 'His devotion to teaching, scholarship, service and to the well-being of all those whom he knew set a shining example for us all.'