Lynn Forney Young | |
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.jpg) Young in 2020 | |
| Commissioner for the United States Semiquincentennial | |
| Assumed office 2017 | |
| Appointed by | Paul Ryan |
| 43rd President General of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution | |
| In office 2013–2016 | |
| Preceded by | Merry Ann T. Wright |
| Succeeded by | Ann Turner Dillon |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Larry Steven Young |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Stephen F. Austin State University University of Houston |
Lynn Forney Young is an American civil leader and clubwoman. She was the 43rd President General of the Daughters of the American Revolution, serving from 2013 to 2016. As the organization's president general, she oversaw a $4 million restoration of DAR Constitution Hall, led the organization in setting a Guinness World Record for "most letters to military personnel collected in one month" with 100,904 letters to members of the United States Armed Forces, and met with Elizabeth II during an event to launch a project to digitilize the Royal Archives of George III.
In June 2016, Young was appointed to the United States Semiquincentennial Commission by House Speaker Paul Ryan and took office in 2017. She is also a member of the Colonial Dames of America, the National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century, the National Society Daughters of the American Colonists, the National Society United States Daughters of 1812, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.